My favorite (and only biological) sister is getting married. :) She expressed to me that she has no idea what she is doing when it comes to planning a wedding. Unlike some brides who have their entire weddings planned out by the age of 12, I also had no idea what I was doing when it came to planning my wedding. My biggest help was a wedding planning book I had purchased in addition to an e-book I had downloaded. Some of it was very useful to me, and some of it was stuff I did not use. Since I was not working full-time hours when I started my wedding planning, I ended up creating documents on the computer for my own use.
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| Thank you, Target! This binder seemed sturdy enough to hold all of my sister's wedding planning sheets. |
I just finished putting together a wedding planning book for my sister similar to what I used for all of my wedding plans. Hopefully, it will be of use to her as my wedding planning book was of use to me. I ended up changing the font and format slightly to better suit her personality, and I told her she could use as much or as little of the pages she desired. If it helps her at all in her wedding planning process, all of the work put into the book will have been worth it. Chalk one up for the Matron of Honor!
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| I separated the pages into different sections with pocket dividers. The pockets will most likely come in handy for my sister once the vendor literature starts to accumulate. Some of those pamphlets are worth holding on to. |
Everything was organized into a sturdy 3-ring binder. The one I purchased for my sister had a clasp for holding a paper notepad on the inside of the front cover. Having paper to take notes on during wedding planning is a must. I divided the different planning sheets into eight sections since I had purchased an 8-pack of sturdy pocket dividers. If there are any tiny pamphlets she acquires, which there most likely will be, I figured my sister could keep them in the pockets of the dividers. The papers were slid into sheet protectors. While possibly cumbersome to have to pull out the paper to write on, I thought it best to do it this way to protect the paper from the numerous times one goes through the pages in a wedding planning book.
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| I used sheet protectors because of how frequently I flipped through the pages of my own wedding planning book. |
If anyone else is seeking assistance in planning a wedding, feel free to download as many or as few of the pages I included in the book I made for my sister as you want. Every bride creates a wedding that is her own, and there really is no correct or incorrect way to plan.
