A PRICELESS LIST Your wedding day should be an enjoyable and memorable occasion.
After all, you've spent months planning for it! By the time the great day arrives, you
should be as relaxed as possible, knowing that every detail of the day has been carefully
considered and planned for. Or has it? Surely all those wedding check lists that you've
religiously worked through covered all the angles for you...
It seems that all the checklists you worked with never
dealt with the details of the wedding day itself. Everything, form who will be responsible
for bringing the guest book to the ceremony to who will be responsible for the care and
handling of your bridal gown and veil on the day after your wedding is on this checklist
to help you well before you're standing at the alter.
About one month before your wedding day, take some quite
time to mentally walk through the day itself. Begin at the ceremony and make a mental note
of all the items necessary for the ceremony. Consider everything from your attire, to the
guest book & pen to the programs etc. Then, on paper or on your computer, make a chart
of this day. Start ceremony, where will the times be placed, who will remove them from the
ceremony site, and where do the items end up? Remember, be specific. Your chart might look
like this:
| Ceremony Items |
Who will bring? |
Where will item be placed? |
Who will remove? |
Where does it go after ceremony? |
| Guest book & pen |
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| Programs |
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| My gown |
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| Flowers |
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| Gifts received |
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| Ring bearer pillow |
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| Bible |
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| Rosary beads |
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| Bride's Flowers |
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Next, move on to the reception and do the
same chart for this part of your wedding day. Being as specific as you can, list every
detail such as the bridal portrait and easel, toasting glasses, cake knife, and server,
disposable cameras, floral centerpieces, wedding gifts, toasting glasses, your cake top
and extra wedding cake. Whose responsibility is this item, who will bring it to the
reception, who will remove it from the reception, and where will it go? Your chart might
look like this:
| Reception Items: |
Who will bring: |
Where will item be placed: |
Who will remove: |
Where does it go after reception? |
| Bridal portrait and easel |
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| Cake knife and server |
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| Toasting glasses |
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| Disposable cameras |
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| Bride's flowers |
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| Attendants flowers |
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| Ceremony flowers |
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| Gifts received |
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| Cake top |
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| Extra wedding cake |
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| Bride's going away clothes |
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| Bride's gown and accessories |
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Once you have completed your list and
asked everyone on the list for their help, send them a brief letter of thanks. Include
with this letter a summary of everyone else who is assisting you and what their
responsibilities are. You may want to send everyone involved a copy of your chart. From
this informational thank you letter, your assistants will not only know exactly what they
are to do, but what your other assistants are doing as well. you will create a wonderful
sense of teamwork. |
