A checklist is a great way to keep track of how your wedding plan comes together and the closer you get to the big day, the more important the checklist becomes.
Unfortunately, a wedding plan is only as good as the checklist it follows.
Starting with a good and complete checklist is important.
So how do you know if your checklist is complete? Well, you do not because there is no such thing as a complete checklist.
In fact, no matter how hard you try, you will find yourself adding more to the checklist as you go than there was original content to begin with.
Why have checklists at all if it will never start as complete? A checklist will keep you organized and keep you thinking in a right direction.
If you go into wedding planning without a checklist or some other form of organized direction, you will find it very difficult and discouraging.
People who have never been through the ordeal and joy of planning a wedding think of a checklist as a sheet of paper with items to do listed on it that you would check off as you go but nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact, if your checklist isn't as fat as a notebook to begin with then you are going about it all wrong.
The size of your checklist may well depend upon the size of your wedding but even a small wedding will encompass several pages of checklist if it is big enough to require one.
Many checklists will include dates for meeting caterers and vendors and must include the notes from each appointment if you are to compare and find the best man, woman, or company for the specific job at hand.
You may want to use a three ring binder with folders, pockets, and sleeves so that you can use dividers for the many different aspects of planning a wedding.
Keep your vendors separate and try to maintain a neatness to avoid confusion.
Another benefit of using a binder is that you can move your time-lined items around as meeting are rescheduled or as you realize that, the original plan for you wedding is a bit out of order.
Take your time and make clear and concise notes so that you can read whether you ordered the bath wedding favors or the soap wedding favors or both and if they were paid for.
Keep items that are completed with receipts in a separate notebook, folder, or sleeve.
Making legible notes is so important and cannot be stressed strongly enough and removing completed items to a separate area will help to cut down on confusion.
Brian storming your checklist will take at least a week as you and your partner and wedding planner meet and talk about all the things that you want to accomplish.
Finding a good location, catering food, and providing entertainment are big issues but are just a small part of planning and pulling off a big event and you should know what you are getting into.
This a is why you want to take you r time when planning the checklist.
You want it to be as complete as possible when you get started so that you can limit the surprises that always pop up when you can least afford them.
Keeping your notes on a laptop computer and keeping it, your notebook checklist, and you completed item and receipt book together in a brief case or knap-sack will keep you organized and mobile.
Your wedding planner will have many more great tips that you can use to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible.
If you do not have a wedding planner and do not intend to use one you may want to research the process online.
Just remember to enjoy the it and make some memories while you are at it.