by Summer
The key to a great wedding is organization. The best bit of advice I could give you is to start a binder as soon as wedding plans start being made. Divide the binder into sections: dress, flowers, caterer, venue, cake, guest list, budget, invitations, honeymoon, and any other section you think is necessary. As you start getting ideas, phone numbers, bids, and reservations for different wedding items file them in the necessary section in the binder. This way as the wedding draws nearer you’ll know exactly where everything is and you’ll feel organized rather than swamped. (Another bonus is that as my younger sisters get married, my mom will have an entire binder of phone numbers, ideas and bids to help her in planning another wedding.)
Lay out your budget early and plan wedding details accordingly. If you only have x amount of money and having a sit down dinner is most important to you, then you’ll need to plan on spending a good amount of your budget on food and less on flowers, for example. Once you’ve decided what’s most important to you, look for classy ways to cut costs on other items. Hold the reception in the backyard of a neighbor with a beautiful home, choose a more plain dress and accessorize, invite a more intimate amount of people, design your own invitations and have them printed at a local printer instead of sending away for custom made invitations or ask around to see if anyone has a wholesale florist license who might have access to buying flowers at a discount price. There are many ways to cut costs without cutting quality, just be creative.
Register on a wedding planning site like TheKnot. They’ll provide you with a (somewhat overwhelming) checklist of what to do and when to do it. They also provide a countdown to the big day and venues in your area. I was getting married in the Salt Lake area and they were able to give me a great list of SLC caterers, florists, venues, etc. to use in planning the wedding.
Create a master guest list and make appropriate notations as you send their invitation, receive an RSVP, open a gift and write their thank-you note. This is a great way to keep track of who is who when the gifts start piling up and thank-you cards need to be written.
About the Author
Summer is a freelance health, beauty and entertainment writer from California.
The key to a great wedding is organization. The best bit of advice I could give you is to start a binder as soon as wedding plans start being made. Divide the binder into sections: dress, flowers, caterer, venue, cake, guest list, budget, invitations, honeymoon, and any other section you think is necessary. As you start getting ideas, phone numbers, bids, and reservations for different wedding items file them in the necessary section in the binder. This way as the wedding draws nearer you’ll know exactly where everything is and you’ll feel organized rather than swamped. (Another bonus is that as my younger sisters get married, my mom will have an entire binder of phone numbers, ideas and bids to help her in planning another wedding.)
Lay out your budget early and plan wedding details accordingly. If you only have x amount of money and having a sit down dinner is most important to you, then you’ll need to plan on spending a good amount of your budget on food and less on flowers, for example. Once you’ve decided what’s most important to you, look for classy ways to cut costs on other items. Hold the reception in the backyard of a neighbor with a beautiful home, choose a more plain dress and accessorize, invite a more intimate amount of people, design your own invitations and have them printed at a local printer instead of sending away for custom made invitations or ask around to see if anyone has a wholesale florist license who might have access to buying flowers at a discount price. There are many ways to cut costs without cutting quality, just be creative.
Register on a wedding planning site like TheKnot. They’ll provide you with a (somewhat overwhelming) checklist of what to do and when to do it. They also provide a countdown to the big day and venues in your area. I was getting married in the Salt Lake area and they were able to give me a great list of SLC caterers, florists, venues, etc. to use in planning the wedding.
Create a master guest list and make appropriate notations as you send their invitation, receive an RSVP, open a gift and write their thank-you note. This is a great way to keep track of who is who when the gifts start piling up and thank-you cards need to be written.
About the Author
Summer is a freelance health, beauty and entertainment writer from California.
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