4 Simple Steps to Wedding Organizations Success

First of all, congratulations on your engagement!

From the moment you get engaged, chances are you will bombarded with wedding information and recommendations from friends, family, and social media. An overwhelming onslaught of advice and excitement: it's hard to know where to begin! Here's my advice for how to go about getting organized and tackling the information with ease.

Step 1 - Consult the experts

Going into wedding planning, I was amazed at how much I didn't know I didn't know. It's such a complicated process with so many moving parts, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Luckily, since you are not the first bride-to-be, there are so many resources online who have been around the block a few times and can guide you on your way.

My choice was buying the Southern Weddings Planner. It's not only beautiful but extremely thorough and filled cover-to-cover with insider tips and inspiration. Their blog is also full of advice and insight. This binder also doubles as a file-organizer, which leads me to...

Step 2 - Get your paper in order

A binder, file bin, or accordion file organizer will go a long way in keeping info packets, important documents, inspiration clippings, and general wedding scraps in order. Determine how you'd like to categorize your papers and stay vigilant about keeping all the loose papers in place!

Step 3 - Get organized digitally

First, create a folder for your wedding and slap it on your desktop. Make sub-folders using the same categorization process that you used for your paper organization. I generally followed the SW Planner's categories when creating my digital folder.

Step 4 - Create a wedding-specific email account

This one is easy. Head over to gmail, or your other email provider of choice, and get a head start on having all of those important messages in one place. Can't think of a good email address? Try something simple like laurieandscottwedding@whatever.com or smithwedding@whatever.com.

Give your dapper fiancee the password too so you can both be diligent about checking the account daily. The first of many shared things. <3

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Get these things in place, and you're sure to have a running start on getting the basics of planning your big day in order! Happy planning!