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Any good ideas for organizing wedding information?

I am engaged and beginning to plan the wedding. So far I have only bought bride magazines and sent away for free catalogues and samples. I have started to receive this information...any good ideas on how to organize all of it? I was thinking maybe a notebook of some sort?

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1. Get a binder. Have sections for each part of the wedding. For instance you might have centerpieces, florals, dress, rings, ceremony, reception, food. As many as you need. In the last section make sure you have a place to keep all of your signed contracts and copies of all your receipts so they don't get mixed in with your brainstorming stuff. In each section include two of three clear plastic sleeves where you can clip out pictures that catch your fancy or stick business cards. Behind the sleeves you should include several sheets of paper so you can jot down any thoughts, dates, etc. Also, when you have your basic color ideas chosen go to the hardware store a pick up several sets of your wedding colors from the paint chips. Take one set and paste to your wedding binder. The other sets you need to hold on to. They will prove almost invaluble to you later to take shopping when you want to know if something will look good or to hand out to vendors when you want them to color match exactly. On wedding day hand the notebook to whoever is acting as your coordinator and dealing with any problems so they have the proofs of payment and contracts as backup if something should happen (god forbid!) You may or may not want to get a checklist kind of book from the bookstore. I've found that the freebie lists online work just as well. They have books that are supposed to help you organize it all but I've found them to be pretty unhelpful since they give you a very limited space to keep your clippings and whatnot.
2. I agree with pspoptart..., a binder is the most life saving thing for a bride. The only thing I would add to her ideas would be to find binder pages tht are actually along the lines of a pencil case - they are clear, but a heavier plastic and have a slider closure. I found that it was a lit easier to deal with bulkier or smaller items that may fall out of a 'sleeve' type page. The binder is a great 'keepsake' when the wedding is over. Sort through everything and remove all the items and ideas you didn't use, and you'll have a great memory book for later. Good luck!
3. this may sound crappy but if you got a computer then go online and get all forms of info and make a powerpoint or something
4. Ok, first you need a USB flash drive so that you can save info on it. and get one just for the wedding. then you need a binder so that you can have stuff in it such as mag clippings. O, and one more thing................................................................... COOONGRAAATUUULAAATIIIOOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5. congratulations. You can check www.weddingplanner.com
6. I was going to say exactly what pspoptart said. Keep all your clippings and bits together, and you can also make a little scrapbook after the wedding if youre into that kind of thing.
7. I got my binder (with pretty much all of these things in it already) at Target. It has checklists, ideas, places for holding business cards, to-do lists, stickers, calendars, pages for taking notes, zip-lock plastic holders, and sections for all the details. It's been a real help with all the planning! Plus, it's simple and pretty -- totally able to make it mine! I love it! Good luck with it all and have a blast!!!! Congratulations!