05' to do list. - what's left

-December
Pick up flower girl’s dress
Purchase Bride’s earrings
Plan ceremony and reception music
Pay off Florist


-January
Finalize guest list
Have calligrapher address invitations
Order GMOB dress
Order MOG dress
Prepare day-of timeline
Purchase Groom’s gift


-February
Buy guestbook
Mail out invitations
Schedule gown fittings


-March
Complete seating arrangements
Confirm all final payments with vendors
Finalize menu with reception hall
Obtain marriage license
Order tuxedos


-April
Prepare all wedding ceremony and reception accessories for transport
Prepare day-of emergency kit
Schedule spa treatments for waxing, manicure, pedicure for April 21st.
Shop and pack for honeymoon

December:
baptism certificates
cake topper
church direction cards
family list
wedding day timeline
must take list
reception timeline
gather family pictures


January:
assemble invites
rehearsal dinner
rings
table # pics


February:
buy shower outfit
passports
send invitations
tuxes
matches
cocktail hour CD


March:
assemble favors
buy almonds
directions for vendors
make flower pens
start programs
OOT bags
decide on menu


April:
assemble tips
emergency kit
marriage license
pack for honeymoon
pack for wedding nite - make sure to have garment bags
placecards
seating charts
make chocolate lollypops for RD
confirm all vendors


ONGOING:
break in shoes
DJ list
GIFTS
practice dancing


Whenever:
CD for friends
gel inserts
slippers/sneakers


Dress:
bra
crinoline
fittings
stockings

FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY :
Confirm: Photo/Video, DJ, Limo, hall, church, priest, hotel, transportation, honeymoon, etc, etc - time & locations & directions
Final Attendees for reception hall
Final Payments - Reception, DJ
Rehearsal Dinner
Dress & Veil Pressed
Pick up Dress
Nail Appointment
Hair & Make up Appointments
Drop off Place Cards, Favors, menu's, flutes, cake servers, menus, bathroom baskets, etc ... at reception hall
Envelopes for Final Payments & Tipping day of wedding
Gown & Tux bag for after reception
Overnight bag for hotel

In no particular order of things I can think of off the top of my head:

-passports
-finalize guest list with addresses
-order invitations
-birth certificates sent to church
-favors
-buy BM/GM gifts

this is all the stuff i have left to do:

book florist
book limos
order bridesmaid dresses
order jr. bridemaid dress
order flowergirl dress
order mob and mog dresses
buy bridal party gifts
attend focus
pre-cana
get rings
plan honeymoon
get shoes
hair and makeup trial
book hair and make-up
finalize guest list
order invitations
find a calligrapher
get all my undergarments
garter, toasting flutes, unity candle, unity candle holder, card box,
order favors
get place cards
marriage license
go for fittings
finalize menu
make menus
bachelorette party
make a do and do not play music list
give pictures and invite to photographer
payments to watermill
order tuxedos
buy grooms gift
buy parents gifts
attend shower
have bridal luncheon

and probably sooooooooo much more i can't think of right now

this is all the stuff i already have

hall
church
dress
veil
tiara
jewelry
d.j.
place card holders
cake knives

Here you go:
MY BIGGEST ONE: Create timeline for wedding day-in constant progress

Ensure BMs have ordered dresses
Pick BM accessories
BM gifts
Determine if BP wants appt for hair, make-up, nails
Pick tuxes for civilian GMs and fathers
GM gifts
Order father of the bride's tie
Determine order down the aisle

Purchase bridal earrings
Shoes
Undergarments- slip, bra, garters
Lingerie
Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
Dress Fittings
Have dress and veil pressed
Confirm time and location with make-up artist
Create Emergency kit for wedding day-
Tylenol, bobby pins, chalk, hairspray, mints

Stationary/Invitations:
Weigh invitations and reply cards
Give to Calligrapher upon arrival
Order postage from usps.com
Programs: Design programs and determine inside wording
Design program basket
Decide which usher will hand out programs and assign duty
Send invitations
RD Invites
Design Menu Cards
Order menu cards and programs
Place Cards/Table Numbers:
Order/make place card candles

Pre-Wedding Activities:
Organize Rehearsal with a timeline
Organize any sightseeing activities for OOT guests
Out of Town Welcome Baskets-
create and deliver to various hotels
Update Wedding website with travel info, activity info

Bridal Accessories:
Guest photomat and sign in pen
Personalized toasting flutes

Vendor Information:
Create emergency contact list with all vendor information, including contracts
Create a photo MUST have list for photographer.
Create a Video MUST have list for Videographer.
Create playlist for Band/DJ
Determine First Dance song, BP song, parents songs and cake cutting song
Schedule meeting with Florist
Schedule meeting with Reception hall to determine menu, linens, order of evening
Confirm with all vendors re: appropriate locations, times and services

Transportation:
Reserve Guest Transportation, coordinate times for bus to pick up and drop off guests

General Wedding:
Purchase gifts for parents
Purchase gifts for Groom's parents
Decide if we want to take dance lessons and organize
Purchase wedding rings
Apply for MARRIAGE LICENSE
Designate someone to pay vendors and tips
Confirm all airline and hotel reservations
Complete Pre Cana
Determine who will take stuff home from reception hall
Have gown and tux bags for after reception

Ceremony:
Decide on musical selections for ceremony
Order Aisle Runner
Select readings and give copies to readers
Make pew bows

Reception:
Order Cake- determine style, favor, size- # of layers, color and type of icing
Purchase box for storing top layer
Order Cake topper
Submit final menu selection to Reception Hall, confirm special requests
Get final guest count
Seating chart- determine number and types of tables
Special announcements to be made
Cocktail hour décor
Coordinate food for BP in Bridal Suite
Select Traditions we want to include: first dance, cake cutting, parents dance, toasts, garter toss, bouquet toss.

From my TWO PAGE To Do word document

· Candle Placecards
o Purchase tealights and votive holders
o Purchase vellum
o Create sample
o After Seating Arrangements are complete, create place cards
· Programs
o Visit uprint.com for template
o Purchase paper for programs (one per program, one program per guest)
· Menus
o Find template
· Donation Cards
o Figure out charity
o See if they have donation cards
o If not, create (find template)
· Invitations
o Get wording straight
o Go to BM and order (150 + 10% additional envelopes)
o Get envelopes and list to inkspun.com
o Get direction cards from milleridge
o Print out hotel info inclusion
o Number back of rsvp’s and include info in spreadsheet
o Stuff invitations
o Mail out 1/25/04
· Fittings
o Fri, 2/11/05 5PM
§ Get swatch for shoes
o Fri, 3/4/05 5PM
o Fri, 3/18/05 5PM
· Jewelry
o Necklace (?)
o Earrings
o Hair clip
· MOB Dress DONE
o Shopping 12/4/04 10AM DONE
· Seating Arrangements
· Tasting
o Make appointment
o Go to tasting, finalized menu
· Readers (ask, pick)
o Ask brian and alex
o Pick readings
· Contact Janet King re: songs + ceremony
o After ceremony is set, contact janet with ceremony itinery + song requests
· Meet with Pam for ceremony creation
o Reemailed completed questionnaire 12/3/04
· Rings
o Diamond district week between Christmas and new year’s
· Transportation
o Call golden touch (never responded to email sent 11/15 thru website)
· Picture Place
o Send in deposit to Old Westbury Gardens
· Engagement Pictures
o Once LD’s surgery is scheduled, call for these
§ Preferably 12/24 or 12/31
· FG gifts
o Lockets + (possibly) FG t-shirt
· RB gift
o No idea
· GM gifts
o This is on brett
· Parent gifts
o Moms – get 8x10 double frames (lenox?) and print out words on nice paper
o David and Cyndi – brett’s checking on activity from cruise (gift cert)
· Book RD
o Austin’s ale house, late lunch, 4/2 (Sat)
· Flower Payments
o 50% due 2/3/05
o Final Payment: day of
· DJ Payments
o Balance paid on or before day of
· Harpist Payments
o Due day of ($400)
· Pick out cake (likely at tasting)
· Book airfare for honeymoon
· Tuxes
· OOT bags
o Get list of what to put in
o Try jack’s for majority of stuff
· Bathroom baskets
o Get list of what to put in
o Try jack’s for majority of stuff
· Undies
· Pillar candles
o Purchase for mantle and our table
· Hotel
o Call 3/25 to reconfirm: big room; make sure patricia o’gara’s room is adjoining, or at the least, next to my room
· Teeth whitening
· Get shoes dyed
· Get marriage license
· Ger cameras for kids’ table/placecards
· Tanning
o Find airbrush place
o Do trial for first fitting
· Order FG dress(es)
o 12/12

gain back my sanity

I didn't realize how much I have left to do...

I don't have a specific order for all of these things... I guess I'll just list everything I can think of:

Finish desinging invitations

Complete Phase II of guest list (this includes meeting with both sets of parents to make sure we have everyone's address, correct spelling of names, correct title - Dr, Mr, Mrs... and CUT TONS OF PEOPLE)

Design session with florist (need to really get my ideas together because they are all over the place)

Start working on my 'Perfect Pair' candle favors (I'm making the candles myself)

Go with MOH to try on dresses and finally pick one (those of you who saw my post last week... we ironed things out)

Find shoes.

Get all the BM dresses ordered.

Figure out what to get BM's and groomsmen

Get tuxes ordered (and convince step-dad that he has to rent one like everyone else because he has to match - I dont want him to wear his own ... Its from the 80's)

Help MOB and FMIL find dresses

Decide ... limos or no limos... and how many

Work on music for ceremony and also for the DJ (Key because we have a primarily Russian-Jewish guest list... need to satisfy the need for ethnic music)

Go for second make-up trial (need to tone down what we originally did)

Need to figure out how I am doing my hair...

Need to buy head piece and other accesories.

Get t-lights for the ceremony and reception

Order wedding bands

Order my gift to FH (getting him a set of cuff links and studs to wear on the wedding day - he is going to kill me but oh well...)

Oh...LOSE 40lb



Make programs to match invites.

Make place cards to match invites.

Figure out day-of itinerary

Plan rehersal dinner

Plan day after brunch (its Father's Day... have to do something for all the dads)



...... still more but can't think