RE: My Fair Wedding, Frugal Edition: 70!

To motivate: A DIY TODO

via myfrugalwedding, though a bit modified…

Decide the colour theme
Finish the wedding website:
- Finish writing the “How we met”
- Finish writing the “Engagement”
- Get a domain name
- Setup blog/Facebook/Twitter/Google+/???
- Post the “update your address into our address book” email/letter/update (Powered by Google Wedding Document templates)
- Create basis for the Wedding-page and subpages
Engagement party?
Harass people who we might be inviting to update their address, and do it for them if they want it
Decide on the guestlist: who, and how many, and set them in Google Docs
Decide on a budget and set it on Google Docs
Raise enough money for this thing, and
- Stay on budget 1 year before W Day
- 11 months before
- 10 months before
- 9 months
- 8 months
- 7 months
- 6 months
- 5 months
- 4 months
- 3 months
- 2 months
- 1 month
- 3 weeks
- 2 weeks
- 7 days
- 6 days
- 5 days
- 4 days
- 3 days
- 2 days
- a day
Pick the country it will be in
Pick what town it will be in
Pick the venue and book it
Decide the date
Pick Maid of Honour and Bestman
Start making The Dress:
- Source an Arduino Lilypad, accessories of it, and design the circuitry
- Design the underdress (cut, material)
- Design the surcoat (cut, material, embroidery)
- Design the cloak (cut, material, embroidery)
- Sew muslins
- Source fabrics, threads, beads, needles
- Cut fabrics and sew
Help the Groom decide on his clothes
Decide on the policy about MoH/BM/MOG/FOG/FOB/SOB/bridesmaids/ushers/flowergirls/ring BEARS attire
Shoes for us / Shoeclips for MoH/MOG/SOB/bridesmaids/flowergirls
Figure out what my favours will be (most likely from those I’ve posted)
Figure out what Thank You-favours to get to the bridal/groom entourage
Make invitations:
- Pick and list transport options for the guests
- accomodation options
- restaurant
- groceries
- what to pack and how
- other tourist attractions
- tourist vocabulary
- RSVP
- gifts
- SEND
Collect paper/phone/SoMe RSVP’s under Google Docs
Collect the song suggestions into the Spotify Collaborative playlist from the paper/phone/SoMe RSVP’s
Source material, design and make the bouquets, coursages and boutoinnaires
Pick a photographer
Pick a videographer
Pick a caterer
Cake/Cakepops/Cupcakes/Cheesecake/???
Decorations/lighting:
- For the seremony
- For the reception
Table, chair, crockery/utensil/glassware rental?
Raise money for the honeymoon
Soundsystem?
Bridal shower
Bachelorette/Bachelor party?
Bridal Jewellery?
Gift registry/Pecha Kucha wishlist/Preferred goodwills/Tradeins
Wedding programme
How will the rehearsal be planned
Honeymoon?
Wedding vows
Rice/confetti/bubbles/sparklies
Introduce both families
Teethwhitening
Wedding insurance
Decide on a having a ring bearer or not
Hair stylist?
Makeup artists?
Transportation
Have a huge sale in my online stores to raise money
See a dermatologist
Find a second/backup photographer
Disposable cameras?