Friday, April 23, 2010

an open letter

dear wedding binder,

where would i be with out you? you keep my ideas and inspiration safe and sound, you hold all of by business cards because you know that i would lose them, you keep track off all the deposits and amounts paid so far so that at a moments notice my money fears are calmed.

thank you for always being by my side.

yours truly,

me
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i am not sure how many of you have a wedding binder but let me tell you, we live by ours. the wedding binder was one of the first things i did when we got engaged. we knew that we were on a tight budget and that we wanted to do a lot ourselves so the binder seemed like the best idea.
it has not always been at the forefront of our planning but it was a great starting place and now with the wedding getting closer it has been really helpful in keeping on track.

i laid it out in a pretty easy format. timeline first with boxes to check off when we complete tasks followed by [in no particular order]:

Attendants [with phone numbers and addresses]
Program [notes and inspiration]
Flowers
Transportation
Photographer
Reception Site
Ceremony Site
DJ
Caterer
Bridesmaid Attire
Groom & Groomsmen Attire
Gown & Accessories
Honeymoon
Registry

Each of the above has its own tab with a contact sheet, inspiration, business cards as well as any other pertinent information.
How do you keep all your wedding information intact?

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