It’s a New Year and I’m energized! No more Blog slacking or excuses. I received some really great responses to my “Quick Tip Tuesday’s” so I’m going to try to get back to posting them every Tuesday. Since the Holidays are a time where so many couples get engaged, I thought reposting this tip would be beneficial:
You just got engaged and now what? Here are some tips to kick start your wedding planning:
1. Make a Wedding Journal: Create an event document folder on your computer desktop, or hand write in a journal. I had a 3″ three ring binder with divider inserts and it worked perfectly. Call it “My Dream Wedding”. Label your divider inserts into categories, e.g. wedding dresses, jewelry, wedding veils, catering, venues, photography, etc. You can do the same thing online, except create files in “My Favorite Bookmarks” and save the links there. This is your Bible for everything and anything.
2. Build a Wedding Inspiration Board: Start collecting pictures of your FAVORITE wedding dresses, veil styles, floral bouquets, table decorations, room themes, wedding cakes, shoes – absolutely everything! Grade your most favorite top pictures as (10) scaling to the least favorite (1). Collect and place all category 10s on your Inspiration Board. Put the board in a prominent position to glimpse at it every now and then. Over a period of time you will have replaced and sometimes totally changed what you originally liked.
3. Efficiently Manage Your Time: We all love lists, it structures all the info in a workable format. Write lists and lots of notes for referral later.
4. Make Information Work for You: Think smarter, not harder. When researching suppliers immediately note phone numbers, email and office addresses, plus mobile numbers. Include all details in one place, i.e., a Contact list (paper or computer) which can be used as your quick and easy reference tool for the future.
5. Money vs. Your Dream Wedding: In a perfect world money grows on trees. Back to reality! Three important decisions must be made before you can begin your wedding preparation.
a.) What can you afford? b.) What financial support will you receive from others?c.) What is your final figure to spend?
Stay tuned for next weeks topic: “How to choose your Photographer”
Thanks for reading!