PW Guide Article: Your Non-Coordinator Wedding Coordinator

I have non-coordinator as well! We are so lucky to have her helping us out! We're saving a lot of $$ going this route and we still get the piece of mind that someone is there helping us out!

I am my own wedding planner!  I am having so much fun organising our wedding, I don't understand why people just want to hand it all over to a wedding planner to do. And I don't see why it has to be stressful. Yes there is a lot to do, but it's fun! 

I am stressed to my eyeballs as the assigned non-coordinator is not up to scratch as I'd hope. This is time I replaced her instead of doing things myself and getting stressed and messing with my beautiful skin and face. Oh gosh I just want to scream, I have exactly 20 days to go :)!!

I'm planning everything & making all the arrangements, but I've asked my big sis to be a "big-day-of" coordinator. I keep everything in a big binder, so on our wedding day (May 12), I'll just hand it over to her. This way, I can have the fun of planning, but not the stress of worrying on the day of the wedding. I sit down with my sis periodically to make sure that she is up to date.

I have been planning everything myself as well.  I can't say that I'm having fun doing it, but I'm not stressed out either.  I looked at it much like shopping - which I don't like; I wanted to get everything done early so that I wouldn't stress for the entire 9 months; 20 days left and I'm at ease with everything.  I secured all of the vendors in the first 3 months and didn't have much to do after that; that actually irritated my bridesmaids who felt that they had nothing to do.  With nothing much left for me to do, I worked on the honeymoon arrangements, the reception dinner and the after wedding party.  I also didn't want to worry about paying my vendors on the day of the wedding, so I waited until this past week and paid off everything.  The only thing left to do is to take this holiday weekend to do a thorough spring cleaning of the house to get ready for the family coming in from out of country.  I have a binder with all of the details sorted out by categories:  Rehearsal, Venue/Catering, Music, Beauty, Photography, Flowers, Transportation, Honeymoon (oh, and Vegas in 2 wks).  Making a list of what you need to do is helpful and updating it as you secure those tasks you complete.  Also, having a clear spreadsheet of your vendors, costs, deposits and amounts owed is also helpful to keep you within your budget and allow you to budget for what you still need to pay.  Tip:  Groupon, Living Social, Bloomspot, Craigslist are great ways to find deals with vendors, hotels, destinations, makeup, etc.  I've saved enough money and found some great deals so that I am able to provide hairstyling and makeup for the ladies in our families as well as close friends on the wedding day - my thank you gift to my guests for coming.  Last - if anything doesn't go perfectly, your guests won't know as they don't pay much attention to what is going on behind the scenes.  Remember to relax and enjoy yourself on your day.  It will all work out.

I have 19 days to go before my big day and I have to say it has been both stressful and fun. I had no idea it was so much to do in planning a wedding. My future sister in-law has volunteered to b my non official cordinator. Although I apreciate her help, I find myself wanting to do it myself. This is the only time I plan to walk down the aisle and like every other bride I want thing to be if not perfect,great. I want to congratulate all of the 2012 Brides.

Been a little stressful, but we have taken cared of all the big things except makeup person and transportation open. Were down to 3 weeks now. We decided to hire a DOC, for our situation it was needed, most of our siblings our from out of town w/small kids so not a lot of time for them to help or debrief them, we will have them help as readers for readings, ushers etc.

All I have to say is I would be lost without my wedding planner binder that I purchased at Walmart and my mom. She has been a huge part of planning our wedding making sure everything is perfect and not too cheesey looking. I have kept all reciept in my wedding binder until the proper category so I knew who I had paid and who hasn't been paid. I also have a bridesmaid that is extremely organized and has taken alot of the stress off my mom when it came to the bridal shower. All that is left is the favors, seating chart (few people invited can't sit together LOL), last dress fitting, paying of the photographer, and tips. Other then that it's party time LOL