Wedding Friday: The Binder

After I got engaged and realized I would be emailing a million people… and looking at a million contacts… etc. I decided to make this:

That’s right a binder filled with fun wedding stuff! Didn’t I decorate it well? haha I still have to get to that part.

Softball ended on Wednesday for Eric now he is just umping a million days a week {yay wedding money} but now I feel like I can finally pick the wedding process up again.

Lets take a tour of whats inside shall we.

First up: Vendor Contact Sheet. I put this in the front so when the wedding day comes I don’t have to search for numbers I need. SMART I know.
Next are the Checklists, Budget and Payment Tracker.


All of which are very key to have. The one thing I hate about Wedding Planning checklists is that they all start at a year but I guess not everyone waits 2 years like we do haha. {590 more days} Eric and I still haven’t set a budget but I figured the budget generator would keep us from spending tooooo much! and of course when there is a budget there is a payment tracker. So we know who we paid and when. Don’t want to double pay or forget to pay for that matter! I also have a holder to hold all of our receipts for stuff that we have already bought.

Next tab in my binder: The Reception!

I have examples of my colors. {Which will be great to have when we are out and looking for things to match} A copy of my lease is in there as well as a list of companies that usually work at where I am getting married. It is a list filled with Bakeries, Beer Distributors, Bridal Shops, Caterers, DJ’s, Florists, Limousine and Shuttle Services, Lodging, etc. It has everything. A great resource to have.

Next, I have some tabs for the dress and flowers but nothing is there yet.
Then its Photography.

That is where I have a checklist of photos that should be taken: Before The Ceremony, At Ceremony, and Portraits. This is going to be perfect to have. When we find a photographer we can show them the pictures we absolutely want.

Next: Registry Checklist.
  
This will give us an idea on things to put on our registry. We will be hopefully moving into a house before the wedding day so I am sure there are going to be some things that we need off of this list that’s why I printed it off. It has lists for the Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom, Cleaning and Organizing, Dining Room, and the Living Room.

Next I have a DIY and Honeymoon area that have nothing there yet.
That’s my Binder.
Isn’t it the best? I can’t wait to start filling it up with more fun wedding projects! (:

So far Eric and I do have a couple of things checked off our list of things to do: The Location. The Bridesmaids and Groomsmans, The DJ, My Wedding Band, a tentative list of guests, and 1/2 of our Engagement Photos.

I’m excited to start picking up the Wedding Planning again. The next thing on the list of things to do: Find a Caterer.

Questions: Did you have a binder? How did you keep up with all of your wedding planning? What do you think is the next thing we should worry about?

Tagged as: budget, check list, colors, contacts, list, payments, photography, planning, reception, registry