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Your Wedding Planning Book

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Are you planning a wedding? First thing you need to do is to start a binder - your wedding planning book. Put everything in one place, save copies of documents, and enjoy planning your wedding! When you get close to wedding day, turn your binder over to your wedding planning, best friend or Mom. Following is a list of information that you will want to include in your binder.

  • master do list
  • expenditures
  • phone #s to family & wedding party (cell phones)
  • phone #s of where family  & wedding party is staying
  • phone # & name of decorator
  • phone # & name of wedding site/Church/Temple
  • phone # & name of reception location
  • phone # & name of rehearsal dinner location
  • phone # & name of cake person
  • phone # & name of photographer
  • phone # & name of alterations person
  • phone # & name of florist
  • phone # & name of all helpers
  • flight/travel agendas to & from for wedding party & family
  • maps to Church, reception site, rehearsal dinner, other wedding locations
  • wedding day timeline
  • assignments
  • receipts, invoices
  • contracts
  • samples
  • menu
  • recipes
  • errand list & addresses & maps
  • shopping list of all menu ingredients
  • gift list
  • thank you list for those who have helped out (for example, cooking,
  • decorating, flowers, ...)
  • after the wedding to do list
  • packing list for wedding/Church/Temple
  • packing list for reception
  • list of groom's family names
  • a guest list (so you know who people are in case someone forgets a name)
  • reception layout
  • list of photos for photographer
  • list of casual photos for assigned person to take
  • list of what has been borrowed & needs to be returned
  • reception schedule
  • bride/groom's new address & phone #
  • list for everyone to write in their correct addresses (family members) for
  • bride/groom's thank you notes
  • list of what decorator is bringing
  • list of what flowers to expect & who they are for
  • list of who is coming when (cake, photographer, decorator, flowers)
  • lots of extra paper for new lists
  • everyone's e-mail addresses
  • ALL NOTES, ideas, record phone calls, ...