No good wedding can start without a plan….that is why the
first thing I did when Lou got engaged was make her a wedding binder! Zazzle
allows you to customize your wedding binder with a cute photo (personalization
is always a plus) and then you can pick your binder size from there! I went with the
1.5” binder, which seems to be perfect.
The most useful item I included in the binder, from Lou’s opinion, was
the wedding checklist, which lists the tasks that should be
completed each month leading up to your wedding. Since I was not engaged
at the time Lou was, I used online advice to choose what to include in the binder... I was informed later that a
lot of the recommended documents ended up being useless.
However, some of the more popular items were a business card organizer
for all of your wedding contacts, a divider section for each vendor (or you can add the
section as you book them) and a zipper pouch for fabric samples, pictures you have torn out
of magazines, etc. All of this is so important because it helps you STAY
ORGANIZED! Organization is essential when wedding planning. If you decide to use a wedding planner
(which is a perfect option for many brides) you should certainly use them to
keep you organized, heck, that is their job! But when it’s just you and the impending
wedding sneaking up on you organization is mandatory for
the sake of sanity!
Lou's wedding binder & sparkly notebook to keep all details in one spot!
The most fun part about being engaged is gathering
inspiration for your wedding and getting the wheels in motion to make your vision a
reality. This was made so much
easier with Pinterest! If you are not on Pinterest yet, dig yourself out
of the cave you have been hibernating in and join!
Some inspiration from Lea's Pinterest page
Here are just a couple of reasons why Pinterest is so major:
- Instead of buying $10.00 bridal
magazines, to tear up and flag corners, you can virtually post every image you
love to a "board"
- You can search for pretty much anything on Pinterest and
SOMETHING will be there. It is essentially a more precious and crafty version of Google for searching! Vampire wedding? You got it. Redneck wedding? You got it!
Sports themed weddings? You got it…you get the idea, it’s fabulous for whatever
your taste may be.
- Pinterest now has secret boards. You can make the boards
completely private or include a couple of besties you want to view with
you. Lou and I have private and public boards
for our weddings. There may be certain decorations you "pin" and decide you want to recreate for your own ceremony but do not want your guests, who follow you on Pinterest, to have “seen it before”. This is the perfect use for a private board.
- The best feature is how easy the app makes Pinterest to
use. When I was wedding dress
shopping, I pulled out my phone to show my consultant my wedding dress “board”
for things I was interested in trying on.
When chatting with my florist, she asked me to send her a link to my Pinterest board for ideas of what I am looking for!
I will stop my preaching because I am sure you either agree
or will soon when you join! Needless to say, Pinterest is a great help to stay
organized! If you start feeling
overwhelmed, look back at your Pinterest boards and realize that in a few short
months those could be pictures from your wedding that get pinned on other
people’s Pinterest walls! When all else fails, go to the “Humor” section on
Pinterest and laugh!
xx, Lea
Wedding Binder [www.zazzle.com]
Rose Gold Sparkle Notebook [www.jcrew.com]
All Other Pictures [www.pinterest.com]
