Who else if 5 months away? What have you done already?

we're just over 5 months away & we're in really great shape (imo).

Done:

received dress

1st fitting

reception reservations made

hotel room rates secured

Paid wedding planner in full

made room reservations for our week in Maui

purchased all plane tix

To Do:

make Honeymoon room reservation

buy his ring

buy his outfit

finalize design of DIY invitations

buy OOT bags & rest of filler items (some already done)

make reservation for lunch after the ceremony at the hotel.

pick cake flavor

finalize bouquet flowers

arrange for lei greeting for guests

Not Doing:

Rehersal Dinner

not having wedding party (bridesmaids/groomsmen)

I'm sure I left out a ton, but since our wedding is so informal (on the beach) we're not doing alot of traditional stuff.

My 2 months to go list:

Finished:

picked place

found TA

booked our travel

collected addresses

sent out save the dates

took engagement pictures

got dress, shoes, jewelry, veil

picked hairstyle

made website

made logo

designed, glued & mailed invitations

planned ceremony music- friend is currently recording it on keyboard

booked photographer & then booked another one

started on making cups for OOT bags

made postcards for OOT bags

bought thank you cards

made photo guestbook (and then made it again)

registered for stuff

made hairflower (although I'm working on a better one now- see a pattern here)

made pre-wedding brochure for guests who have booked

ordered fans for guests to use during ceremony

most of organizing for group trip to Coba & Charter fishing trip is done~ waiting on RSVPs to book

took care of my grandma's passport issues

bought a cheap, used camcorder to record ceremony & the rest of our vacation

bought various sun dresses to wear on vacation

bought white swimsuit

bought snorkel set

OOT bags

bought organza bags for flower petals, will buy the petals when we get there

made gift for grandma (photobook)

bought lipstick & lipstick sealer

Bought nail polish (giving it a test run today- so pretty )

spanish phrase list for OOT bags

cancun airport letter (still need to mail to guests with final newsletter)

his outfit for wedding (so glad to have that one taken care of)

outfit for paperwork day (will be same outfit for prewedding TTD)

To do:

Find some cool blue shoes for prewedding TTD

his wedding band (I know where I'm getting it from I just need to know his size)

write vows

decorations for a simple AHF (After Wedding Fiesta) I’m waiting until after Cinco de Mayo to buy them

make programs to attach to fans

finish painting cups for OOT bags (only a couple left to do)

Make a “meet the guests” brochure (work in progress right now, mostly done)

Make a welcome letter (work in progress right now, mostly done)

make a timeline for guests of all the events

Book charter fishing & group trip to Coba (waiting on RSVPs, but planning is done)

Get dress hemmed (keep putting this one off for some reason)

Finish making bridesmaid gifts (even though I’m not having bridesmaids-5 have been finished & passed out, I have 3 to complete but they are mostly done)

Make a new & improved hairflower (have the flower just need to attach it)

Wrap up wedding music details

make CDs for dance after wedding incase we get to use the disco (collect everyone’s first dance songs)

Embroidery hankies for our moms (I have the stuff, I just need to learn how to cross stitch)

decide on eye makeup

make CD of honeymoon music

make CDs for OOT bags

coordinate paperwork day (Mike is supposed to be handling this)

decide on tipping amounts & gift for TA (probably something cute from mexico & a nice thank you card) & WC (maybe something from Texas & North Carolina + cash)

Make announcements to send out after the wedding (mom thought I should do this- lots of stamps!)

Wrap black ribbon around raffia fans

Stuff I’m not doing:

Wedding party

Decorations (other than what the hotel does for our package)

welcome/ rehearsal dinner

Morgan, Can you believe that we are exactly 2 months away from being married ladies!

We're just going to get married there. With our resort to use the wedding services for free we had to either get married for $200 or do a vow-renewal for $150. So it's not really a "free"wedding.

I'm trying to get all of my stuff organized into the planning blogs.

I still need to:

Get AHR heeled shoes.

Pray my dress gets here early. It's not supposed to be in until May 25th!

Order the GM suits

Make OOT CDs

Finalize ceremony & ceremony music

I really think that is it for the actual wedding. Our AHR is a month later and I still have some stuff to do for it but I'm not even focusing on that right now.

We're just going to get married there. With our resort to use the wedding services for free we had to either get married for $200 or do a vow-renewal for $150. So it's not really a "free"wedding.

 

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We are saving about $1000 to do a symbolic ceremony at our hotel so we decided to do it that way. it also allowed us to reserve our date much earlier & personalize the ceremony. I'm excited about paperwork day now, so I'm glad we went with that option.

 

I believe in jamaica it was easier to make it legal. And it looks like there was only a $50 difference at your hotel. Much less drastic than mine.

My 1 month to go list!!!!! I've started to feel pressure to get things done for the first time. My list was making me feel a little overwhelmed. I found it helped to break my list up into weekends. When I look at my to do list that way it's really managable. I tried to plan it so I'm not very busy the weekends before I go.

Finished:

picked place

found TA

booked our travel

collected addresses

sent out save the dates

took engagement pictures

got dress, shoes, jewelry, veil

picked hairstyle

made website

made logo

designed, glued & mailed invitations

planned ceremony music- friend is currently recording it on keyboard

booked photographer

cups for OOT bags

made postcards for OOT bags

bought thank you cards

made photo guestbook

registered for stuff

made hairflower

made pre-wedding brochure for guests who have booked

ordered fans for guests to use during ceremony

organized group trip to Coba & Charter fishing trip took care of my grandma's passport issues

bought a cheap, used camcorder to record ceremony & the rest of our vacation

bought various sun dresses to wear on vacation

bought white swimsuit

bought snorkel set

OOT bags

bought organza bags for flower petals, will buy the petals when we get there

made gift for grandma (photobook)

bought lipstick & lipstick sealer

Bought nail polish

spanish phrase list for OOT bags

cancun airport letter (still need to mail to guests with meet the guests letter)

his outfit for wedding

bought clothes for him to wear during vacation

bought dress for paperwork day

ordered his wedding band

planned legal ceremony

Almost done:

Make a “meet the guests” brochure

Make a welcome letter

Finish making bridesmaid gifts (I have 3 left to finish but they are mostly done)

Make a new & improved hairflower (have the flower just need to attach it)

Wrap up wedding music details

To do:

write vows

ceremony programs

Get dress hemmed (still putting this one off for some reason)

make CDs for dance after wedding incase we get to use the disco

Embroidery hankies for our moms (I have the stuff, I just need to learn how to cross stitch)

make CD of honeymoon music

finish wrapping black ribbon around raffia fans

buy slip for TTD

collect hair inspiration pictures & photography inspiration pictures

Stuff I’m not doing:

Wedding party

Decorations (other than what the hotel does for our package)

welcome/ rehearsal dinner

Hey Morgan

great job completing your list....

can u tell me where u got your raffia fans?

thx

3 weeks!

Finished:

picked place

found TA

booked our travel

collected addresses

sent out save the dates

took engagement pictures

got dress, shoes, jewelry, veil

picked hairstyle

made website

made logo

designed, glued & mailed invitations

planned ceremony music- friend is currently recording it on keyboard

booked photographer

cups for OOT bags

made postcards for OOT bags

bought thank you cards

made photo guestbook

registered for stuff

made hairflower

made pre-wedding brochure for guests who have booked

ordered fans for guests to use during ceremony

organized group trip to Coba & Charter fishing trip took care of my grandma's passport issues

bought a cheap, used camcorder to record ceremony & the rest of our vacation

bought various sun dresses to wear on vacation

bought white swimsuit

bought snorkel set

OOT bags

bought organza bags for flower petals, will buy the petals when we get there

made gift for grandma (photobook)

bought lipstick & lipstick sealer

Bought nail polish

spanish phrase list for OOT bags

cancun airport letter (still need to mail to guests with meet the guests letter)

his outfit for wedding

bought clothes for him to wear during vacation

bought dress for paperwork day

ordered his wedding band

planned legal ceremony

Make a “meet the guests” brochure

Make a welcome letter

dress hemmed

finish wrapping black ribbon around raffia fans

collect hair inspiration pictures

Almost done:

Finish making bridesmaid gifts (I have 3 left to finish but they are mostly done)

Make a new & improved hairflower (have the flower just need to attach it)

Wrap up wedding music details

write vows

glue cardstock on ceremony programs

make CDs for dance after wedding incase we get to use the disco

Embroidery hankies for our moms (I have the stuff, I just need to do it)

make CD of honeymoon music

buy slip for TTD