The Planning Process

Completed List
♦ Save-the-dates sent
♦ Ceremony location booked
♦ Reception location booked
♦ Honeymoon hotel & flight booked
♦ Honeymoon activities booked & restaurant reservations made
♦ Day of Coordinator booked
♦ Photographer & Videographer booked
♦ Transportation booked
♦ Florists booked
♦ Guest hotel rooms blocked
♦ Bridesmaid dresses ordered
♦ My dress ordered
♦ MOG dress ordered & ready for fittings
♦ Ceremony readers chosen
♦ Invitations: came, assembled & mailed
♦ Spotlight Songs chosen
♦ Toasting flutes purchased
♦ Cake Cutting Set purchased
♦ Pew decorations purchased
♦ Finalize bridal registries
♦ Bachelorette party planned
♦ Attended Pre-Cana classes
♦ Bridal shower location booked
♦ DIY- Sweetheart table sign completed
♦ DIY– Ceremony Ribbon Wands completed
♦ DIY– Personalized Dinner Menus completed
♦ Found and purchased wedding bands
♦ Finalized dinner menu
♦ Engagement Picture Session completed
♦ Set rehearsal date (Nov. 8th @ 7pm)
♦ Purchased flower girl dresses & coats
♦ Purchased cake topper and card box
♦ Purchased my garter

To Do List
♦ Purchase MOB dress order
♦ Do-It-Yourself Projects - Personalized aisle runner (in process); flower girl pomanders; Favors (in process); Ceremony programs (in process); Unity Candle (in process)
♦ Purchase bridal party, parents and readers thank you gifts (in process)
♦ Purchase my accessories: veil, shoes, undergarments, etc.
♦ Finalize music selections
♦ Set rehearsal dinner location
♦ Mail rehearsal dinner invitations
♦ Trial hair & makeup
♦ Pick & rent groomsmen tuxedos
♦ Marriage license
♦ Create seating plan
♦ Assemble my “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in my shoe”
♦ Prepare emergency kit
♦ Distribute copies of timelines, vendor contact numbers and copies of readings to Maid-of-Honor, Best Man & Day of Coordinator.
♦ Provide tip and final payment envelopes to Best Man to distribute.

And a bunch more…