Keeping Things Organized
February 27th, 2008 @ 5:05 pm by Ms. Dahlia
I need to share with you one of the most amazing organizational tools. Seriously. Shared by some of the awesome women over at Indiebride, it is by far the most comprehensive wedding planning spreadsheet I have seen, complete with formulas to help you calculate total costs and the number of people each person (bride, groom, parents) is inviting.Here are just some of the features:
Budget- it sure helps to keep track of the costs (and when more payments are due) in one spot.
Floorplan- to help figure out where everyone will sit.
Guest list- everyone’s addresses, all in one place.
Other features include a sheet for florist information, a gift tracker, to do list, a savings tracker and a seating chart. I’ve found it really helpful to have everything located in one file- and it makes backing things up that much easier. This, combined with Miss Daffodil’s Wedding Workplan, have been the two tools most frequently used for keeping things organized.
For those of you interested in this, you can download a copy below. (And anyone else want to share their organization tips?)
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12 Responses to “Keeping Things Organized”
I use http://www.weddingwire.com
It has all those features and more plus its all online so you can edit from anywhere.
You can even create a wedding website with an rsvp feature that is linked to your guest list.
This site is the only tool I’ve used to plan my wedding and I LOVE it.
Oh and you can export your guest list so you can print it out or email…
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You just saved me! Thank you for this. It’s lovely and Mr. M will just die when he sees it. He’s a huge fan of Excel. Heh.
Thank you, Miss Dahila!
yay, i’m glad you like the workplan! i’ll have to check out the floorplan…thanks for sharing all these!!!
Yippee!! I had seen a version of the budget spreadsheet through the knot grapevine… This is way cool, thanks for sharing!
Miss Daffodil, thank you also for the workplan! Very nice!
I love both http://www.myweddinghero.com and http://www.iDo.com.
Oopsie - apparently, iDo is at http://www.elmsoftware.com.
WOW.
I’m all jazzed up now.
YAY! I nearly blushed seeing the screenshots of the Wedding Tracker that I used =) I got it from Woodchip on IndieBride and added the cool floorplan and some other stuff to it (in mine, I have decorating schemes for the wedding and reception that my family used to help with set-up, etc).
I truly wouldn’t have been able to handle my wedding without it! How fun to see something I used every day during my wedding saga it spread to one of my favourite blog stops!
Thank you so much for these tools!
i truly love Seating Arrangement for Weddings!!
do yourself a favor and download it..for FREE…
you can find it at http://www.seatingarrangement.com/
i was able to design the floor plan, manage the guest list, track RSVPs, assign seating and more…
it worked GREAT for me..
aimee
Oh. My. God. I second the wedding boner comment, this is ridiculously cool!!!
Ms. Dahlia, Detroit/Cleveland
Age and Occupation: 24, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, IT System Administrator
Engagement Date: December 31, 2006
Wedding Date: May 2008
Blogging Since: September 19, 2007
Venue: United Methodist Cathedral & historic downtown hotel in Cleveland
About Me: I enjoy cooking, dancing and swimming. I am a geek and apply game theory to my everyday life. Winter is my favorite time of year, especially when spent curled up with good coffee and a book by Madeleine L'Engle.
OMG, You just gave me a wedding boner!
I LOVE it.
THANK YOU!