May brides whats left to do list
OK so I'm sharing my recent to do list in case anyone is thinking about what's next:
Engagment Photos:
o Consider whitening your teeth for photographs.
o Take your engagement photo and submit it to the local newspaper.
Bride Attire and Beauty:
o Place your final order for your veil, and other accessories.
o Purchase two pairs of sandal-foot thigh high stockings, a properly fitted corset, undergarments and shoes. (We recommend shoes with square toes and a half size larger than your normal shoes. Extra pads are also a good idea.)
o Make all your appointments for makeup, hair, nails, a massage, etc.
o Lingerie
o *Something Old
o *Something New
o *Something Borrowed
o *Something Blue
o *Purchase Undergarments?Take to Final Fitting
o *Dress Fittings
o *Transport dress, veil and tiara to Site
o *Have dress and veil pressed
o *Make arrangements for dress preservation
o *Veil made
o *Bridal Jewelry
o *Bridal accessories (slip, bra etc..
o *Trial run for hair
o *Trial Run for make-up
o - get garters
o STATIONARY/PAPER PRODUCTS
o Gather addresses of all guests
o Purchase ribbon for invitations and programs from cheapribbons.com
o Weigh Invitations and order postage from USPS.COM
o Send Invitations
o Choose rehearsal dinner invitations
o Send out rehearsal dinner invitations
o Meet with the stationer and select and order menus, table numbers, escort cards, personalized matches, hand towels, napkins and any other accessories.
o
Invitations:
Review invitation options.
o Finalize all the information for the wedding invitations and order them.
o Complete your wedding invitation list and submit it to a calligrapher.
o Create a “B” invitation guest list.
o Invitations, determine quantity, calligraphywording, envelope seals,
Programs:
_Fold Program covers
___Emboss front cover
_Emboss back cover
___Cut out front cover
___Cut out back cover
___Cut out front cover
___Cut out back cover
___Glue squares together
___Proof the interior pages
___Print out the interior pages
___Fold the interior pages
___Bind programs (ribbon?
Stamps:
__Postage Stamps for Bridesmaid luncheon invites
___Postage Stamps for Invitations
___Postage Stamps for reply cards
___Postage Stamps for Thank you notes
ETC.
Bridesmaid Luncheon Invitations:
__Choose Theme
__Choose colors
__Buy paper for invites (if necessary)
__Design invites
__Print invites out
__Address invites
__Mail invites
___Make place cards
PRE/POST WEDDING ACTIVITIES
Not yet completed:
*Organize rehearsal
*Select location for rehearsal dinner
*Decide if we will have day after barbeque, and where
*Organize outings for family days prior to wedding
o Order rehearsal dinner invitations.
o Arrange guest transportation
o Oot welcome baskets
o wedding website to share the details of your engagement with friends and family. Update your wedding website to include information, such as hotel recommendations or directions to the ceremony and reception, for your guests.
o Select three hotels in varying price categories and reserve rooms for out-of-town guests.
General Wedding Stuff
o registering for wedding gifts with WeddingChannel.com.
o Place your final order for party favors.
o Purchase a guest book, sign-in pen, cake knife and lifter, and champagne flutes.
o Purchase gifts for each other and thank-you gifts for your wedding party attendants and your parents.
o Purchase hostess gifts and cards for your showers. Have them giftwrapped and write thank-you notes.
o Prepare a photo and a video shot list, naming important family and guests. Include each person’s relationship to you. Assign a member from both the bride and groom’s families to act as liaison with the photographer and videographer.
o Purchase special candles or mints for the guest powder room.
o Start boxes: Confirm the whereabouts of your guest book and pen, cake knife and lifter, champagne flutes, etc. and put them together in one box or bag marked “cake table.”
o Bride’s Bag with my necessities
o Select and order Flower Girl dress
*Determine hair stylist(s) for bms
*Ask bridal party, mothers, if they want their hair done
*Determine how many people will want manicures
o Have the groom’s mother and your mother coordinate and select their dresses.
o Begin shopping for the groom’s wedding attire. *Find tux shop
blue ties for guys
o Select the groom’s attendants’ attire. Send out tuxedo measurement forms to all groomsmen.
o Hire a dance instructor and schedule your first appointment, if needed.
o Begin place candles, tears of joy, fans
o Shop for wedding bands
o Order cake
o Purchase bridal party gifts
o Tux and dress bags
o Pics for frames etc
o Must have pics list
o Ribbon for favors
Not yet completed:
*Work on programs
*Buy Aisle runner (how long?)
*Apply for marriage license
Product status
Guest Book cards:
___Buy guest table cards and envelopes
___Emboss cards
_Buy urn/bowl to put cards in
___Pens for cards
Escort cards:
___Buy Guest cards and envelops
___Print names on each card
___Write each guest card
___Print table number cards
___Insert table number cards into envelopes
Tissue Holders:
__Fold tissue holders lengthwise
__Fold holders together and tuck
___Tape ends together
__Emboss
___Cut out squares
___Glue squares together
___Glue squares to holders
___Stamp holders
___Stuff with tissues
Place candles:
__buy votives
__buy vellum
o __glue and make
Menu /Beverage Cards:
___Proof Menu selection
___Print Menu cards
___Print Beverage cards
___Find silver frames for tables
___Put menu and beverage cards into silver frames
WEDDING DAY
Not yet completed:
*Create Timeline for wedding day
*Arrange for hair appointments
*Arrange for some transportation
*Designate someone to pay vendors and tips
*Prepare ?Emergency Kit? for the wedding Day
HONEYMOON
*Discuss desired locations
*Determine rough budget
*Order passports?
*Decide on Destination
*Coordinate flights
*Determine accommodations
*Plan activities
*Call post office to hold mail
Review ideas for your honeymoon and contact your travel agent for information and reservations. Find out how far air miles go.
Things still left to find or buy:
___Our wedding rings
___FG Dress
___Guest cards
___Tissues
___Cake server
___Disposable Cameras
___Handkerchiefs for:
Mom
Dad
Grandma
Evan
Uncle Warren (monogram)
___Gifts for Bridesmaids
___Gifts for groomsmen
___Gifts for flower girl
___Gifts for my parents
___Gifts for Evan’s parents
- cut satin ribbon for aisle
- get all plans on paper & give to all vendors
- pay vendor's 2nd deposits
- pay for FH's ring & pick it up
- rings to engraver
- seating chart
- upon final head count
- schedule second meetins with: caterer, florist
- make monogram signs to show way to ceremony
Reception
*Agree on final menu
*Final arrangements
*Final numbers
*Signature drink – “Kir Royal” made with raspberry Chambord and Champagne
*Determine type of table numbers/name cards
*Seating chart
*Find out what time dinner will actually start
*Create Table Name / Number Cards
*Create place cards and name cards
*Decide if and how bouquets will be displayed
o Special announcements to be made, play lists, etc
o Seating arrangements
o Cocktail room décor
o Select the traditions you would like to include in your reception; for example, the bride and groom’s first dance, the formal cake cutting, the first toasts or the father-daughter or mother-son dance.
o Notify any family or friends that you would like to participate in your wedding as an escort card table attendant, gift attendant or photo liaison for the bride or groom’s family.
o Submit menu and beverage selections to the hotel or caterer.
o Begin music selections for the ceremony. You will need a processional song for the groom, parents and attendants, a bridal song and a recessional song.
o Interview and hire any additional management staff and babysitters, if needed.
o Select a responsible person to handle the guest book and determine its location.
Agree on final menu
*Final arrangements
*Final numbers
o *Signature drink
*Determine type of table numbers/name cards
*Seating chart
*Find out what time dinner will actually start
*Create Table Name / Number Cards
*Create place cards and name cards
*Decide if and how bouquets will be displayed
*Decide on some songs to be played for general dancing
*Decide on father / daughter dance song
*Decide on mother / son dance
*Decide on bride and groom entrance song
*Decide on cake cutting song
*Decide on last dance song
o Meet with baker
*Determine Cake Style and number of layers
*Determine Type and Color of Icing
*Determine cake flavor(s)
*Purchase and Engrave Cake Cutting Set
*Purchase box for storing of top layer
Ceremony:
o Select readings, print out and give to readers
o Unity and memory candles
o Rose petal cones
o Baskets for cones, flowers, programs etc.
o Hostesses to greet guests hand out petals etc
*Create documented ceremony from beginning to end
*Review ceremony with Pastor
*Determine order for attendants
*Determine Ceremony Music:
*Work on programs
*Buy Aisle runner (how long?)
*Apply for marriage license
Engagment Photos:
o Consider whitening your teeth for photographs.
o Take your engagement photo and submit it to the local newspaper.
Bride Attire and Beauty:
o Place your final order for your veil, and other accessories.
o Purchase two pairs of sandal-foot thigh high stockings, a properly fitted corset, undergarments and shoes. (We recommend shoes with square toes and a half size larger than your normal shoes. Extra pads are also a good idea.)
o Make all your appointments for makeup, hair, nails, a massage, etc.
o Lingerie
o *Something Old
o *Something New
o *Something Borrowed
o *Something Blue
o *Purchase Undergarments?Take to Final Fitting
o *Dress Fittings
o *Transport dress, veil and tiara to Site
o *Have dress and veil pressed
o *Make arrangements for dress preservation
o *Veil made
o *Bridal Jewelry
o *Bridal accessories (slip, bra etc..
o *Trial run for hair
o *Trial Run for make-up
o - get garters
o STATIONARY/PAPER PRODUCTS
o Gather addresses of all guests
o Purchase ribbon for invitations and programs from cheapribbons.com
o Weigh Invitations and order postage from USPS.COM
o Send Invitations
o Choose rehearsal dinner invitations
o Send out rehearsal dinner invitations
o Meet with the stationer and select and order menus, table numbers, escort cards, personalized matches, hand towels, napkins and any other accessories.
o
Invitations:
Review invitation options.
o Finalize all the information for the wedding invitations and order them.
o Complete your wedding invitation list and submit it to a calligrapher.
o Create a “B” invitation guest list.
o Invitations, determine quantity, calligraphywording, envelope seals,
Programs:
_Fold Program covers
___Emboss front cover
_Emboss back cover
___Cut out front cover
___Cut out back cover
___Cut out front cover
___Cut out back cover
___Glue squares together
___Proof the interior pages
___Print out the interior pages
___Fold the interior pages
___Bind programs (ribbon?
Stamps:
__Postage Stamps for Bridesmaid luncheon invites
___Postage Stamps for Invitations
___Postage Stamps for reply cards
___Postage Stamps for Thank you notes
ETC.
Bridesmaid Luncheon Invitations:
__Choose Theme
__Choose colors
__Buy paper for invites (if necessary)
__Design invites
__Print invites out
__Address invites
__Mail invites
___Make place cards
PRE/POST WEDDING ACTIVITIES
Not yet completed:
*Organize rehearsal
*Select location for rehearsal dinner
*Decide if we will have day after barbeque, and where
*Organize outings for family days prior to wedding
o Order rehearsal dinner invitations.
o Arrange guest transportation
o Oot welcome baskets
o wedding website to share the details of your engagement with friends and family. Update your wedding website to include information, such as hotel recommendations or directions to the ceremony and reception, for your guests.
o Select three hotels in varying price categories and reserve rooms for out-of-town guests.
General Wedding Stuff
o registering for wedding gifts with WeddingChannel.com.
o Place your final order for party favors.
o Purchase a guest book, sign-in pen, cake knife and lifter, and champagne flutes.
o Purchase gifts for each other and thank-you gifts for your wedding party attendants and your parents.
o Purchase hostess gifts and cards for your showers. Have them giftwrapped and write thank-you notes.
o Prepare a photo and a video shot list, naming important family and guests. Include each person’s relationship to you. Assign a member from both the bride and groom’s families to act as liaison with the photographer and videographer.
o Purchase special candles or mints for the guest powder room.
o Start boxes: Confirm the whereabouts of your guest book and pen, cake knife and lifter, champagne flutes, etc. and put them together in one box or bag marked “cake table.”
o Bride’s Bag with my necessities
o Select and order Flower Girl dress
*Determine hair stylist(s) for bms
*Ask bridal party, mothers, if they want their hair done
*Determine how many people will want manicures
o Have the groom’s mother and your mother coordinate and select their dresses.
o Begin shopping for the groom’s wedding attire. *Find tux shop
blue ties for guys
o Select the groom’s attendants’ attire. Send out tuxedo measurement forms to all groomsmen.
o Hire a dance instructor and schedule your first appointment, if needed.
o Begin place candles, tears of joy, fans
o Shop for wedding bands
o Order cake
o Purchase bridal party gifts
o Tux and dress bags
o Pics for frames etc
o Must have pics list
o Ribbon for favors
Not yet completed:
*Work on programs
*Buy Aisle runner (how long?)
*Apply for marriage license
Product status
Guest Book cards:
___Buy guest table cards and envelopes
___Emboss cards
_Buy urn/bowl to put cards in
___Pens for cards
Escort cards:
___Buy Guest cards and envelops
___Print names on each card
___Write each guest card
___Print table number cards
___Insert table number cards into envelopes
Tissue Holders:
__Fold tissue holders lengthwise
__Fold holders together and tuck
___Tape ends together
__Emboss
___Cut out squares
___Glue squares together
___Glue squares to holders
___Stamp holders
___Stuff with tissues
Place candles:
__buy votives
__buy vellum
o __glue and make
Menu /Beverage Cards:
___Proof Menu selection
___Print Menu cards
___Print Beverage cards
___Find silver frames for tables
___Put menu and beverage cards into silver frames
WEDDING DAY
Not yet completed:
*Create Timeline for wedding day
*Arrange for hair appointments
*Arrange for some transportation
*Designate someone to pay vendors and tips
*Prepare ?Emergency Kit? for the wedding Day
HONEYMOON
*Discuss desired locations
*Determine rough budget
*Order passports?
*Decide on Destination
*Coordinate flights
*Determine accommodations
*Plan activities
*Call post office to hold mail
Review ideas for your honeymoon and contact your travel agent for information and reservations. Find out how far air miles go.
Things still left to find or buy:
___Our wedding rings
___FG Dress
___Guest cards
___Tissues
___Cake server
___Disposable Cameras
___Handkerchiefs for:
Mom
Dad
Grandma
Evan
Uncle Warren (monogram)
___Gifts for Bridesmaids
___Gifts for groomsmen
___Gifts for flower girl
___Gifts for my parents
___Gifts for Evan’s parents
- cut satin ribbon for aisle
- get all plans on paper & give to all vendors
- pay vendor's 2nd deposits
- pay for FH's ring & pick it up
- rings to engraver
- seating chart
- upon final head count
- schedule second meetins with: caterer, florist
- make monogram signs to show way to ceremony
Reception
*Agree on final menu
*Final arrangements
*Final numbers
*Signature drink – “Kir Royal” made with raspberry Chambord and Champagne
*Determine type of table numbers/name cards
*Seating chart
*Find out what time dinner will actually start
*Create Table Name / Number Cards
*Create place cards and name cards
*Decide if and how bouquets will be displayed
o Special announcements to be made, play lists, etc
o Seating arrangements
o Cocktail room décor
o Select the traditions you would like to include in your reception; for example, the bride and groom’s first dance, the formal cake cutting, the first toasts or the father-daughter or mother-son dance.
o Notify any family or friends that you would like to participate in your wedding as an escort card table attendant, gift attendant or photo liaison for the bride or groom’s family.
o Submit menu and beverage selections to the hotel or caterer.
o Begin music selections for the ceremony. You will need a processional song for the groom, parents and attendants, a bridal song and a recessional song.
o Interview and hire any additional management staff and babysitters, if needed.
o Select a responsible person to handle the guest book and determine its location.
Agree on final menu
*Final arrangements
*Final numbers
o *Signature drink
*Determine type of table numbers/name cards
*Seating chart
*Find out what time dinner will actually start
*Create Table Name / Number Cards
*Create place cards and name cards
*Decide if and how bouquets will be displayed
*Decide on some songs to be played for general dancing
*Decide on father / daughter dance song
*Decide on mother / son dance
*Decide on bride and groom entrance song
*Decide on cake cutting song
*Decide on last dance song
o Meet with baker
*Determine Cake Style and number of layers
*Determine Type and Color of Icing
*Determine cake flavor(s)
*Purchase and Engrave Cake Cutting Set
*Purchase box for storing of top layer
Ceremony:
o Select readings, print out and give to readers
o Unity and memory candles
o Rose petal cones
o Baskets for cones, flowers, programs etc.
o Hostesses to greet guests hand out petals etc
*Create documented ceremony from beginning to end
*Review ceremony with Pastor
*Determine order for attendants
*Determine Ceremony Music:
*Work on programs
*Buy Aisle runner (how long?)
*Apply for marriage license
