| A wedding planning checklist will become your new | | | | time frame. Use your calendar as well to make |
| best friend as you progress through your wedding | | | | sure you have enough time available to complete |
| planning. It will be able to tell you when you need | | | | all the tasks needed - other commitments may |
| to do something and what you need to do, as | | | | dictate how much you can achieve in any given |
| well as giving you an overview of where you are | | | | time frame. |
| at with your wedding preparations. | | | | Also be careful about ordering or booking things |
| There are many free checklists available to | | | | too early or too late. For instance, ordering your |
| download from the internet and most bridal | | | | wedding cake at the start of the wedding planning |
| magazines will carry one in some form or another | | | | could be a bad idea as it may not be edible by |
| in each issue. The trouble with these wedding | | | | the time the wedding day arrives, likewise |
| planning checklists is that they usually conform to | | | | ordering your wedding favors one week before |
| a generic time frame and wedding preparations, | | | | could see them arriving after the wedding day! If |
| which may not suit everyone. Each wedding is | | | | you are in any doubt as to how much time you |
| different and you may have more or less tasks | | | | will need to allow for any given task, then ring |
| to complete before the big day. | | | | some vendors or suppliers and ask their advice |
| Designing your own checklist however, is easy | | | | first. |
| and you can use a free version to help you plan | | | | Designing your own checklist can also allow you to |
| your own wedding and produce your own | | | | delegate some tasks to other people and be able |
| wedding planning checklist quickly and easily. All | | | | to keep track of who is doing what and when. |
| you need is a spreadsheet or word processing | | | | For instance, you can delegate the booking of the |
| program on your computer and a little bit of time | | | | wedding transportation to your groom and ask |
| to put it together. A calendar would be handy too! | | | | your chief bridesmaid to pick up your wedding |
| Start by typing in the number of months you | | | | cake for you or table linens etc. Don't forget to |
| have until your wedding day. This maybe 18, 12, 9 | | | | add in potential dates for your bridal shower and |
| etc then use the generic checklist to help you | | | | bachelorette parties either. |
| type in which tasks need to be completed at the | | | | Once you have finished and are happy with the |
| start of your wedding planning. These will usually | | | | way the checklist looks and works, then save a |
| be things like booking the ceremony, booking the | | | | copy on your computer and print out several to |
| reception venue and deciding on your wedding | | | | give to other people and one for yourself for |
| style and/or theme. | | | | your planning notebook. It can also be a good idea |
| If the timeframe to your wedding day is shorter | | | | to keep a copy pinned up next to your calendar |
| than that on the generic list then you will need to | | | | for quick reference should need it. Having a copy |
| add in tasks from the next section as well. This is | | | | on your computer also means you can easily edit |
| the tricky part as you will need to calculate when | | | | it should you need to add things in or move |
| each task should be done to ensure you fit | | | | something around. |
| everything in to your desired wedding planning | | | | |