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YOUR TO-DO LIST (from Loreen)

* complete guest list with email addresses, street addresses & phone numbers.
* get a note book to organize and keep everything in.
* choose your date & find find your ceremony venue
* send out a "save the date" card or magnet
* choose invitations
* place to celebrate (reception)
* transportation to & from
* Officiant---who will put together your ceremony and perform it ?
* consult on vows
* readings, prayers, etc. for ceremonyc
* shade for ceremony, if outdoors.
* wedding coordinator
* wedding license....Santa Ana or Norwalk; also available in Catalina, M-TH by appt.
* rings
* registry---showers, bachlorette, wedding
* for the reception: decor, food, liquor, bar, coffee service, servers, champagne toast, area for cake or appetizers, area for gifts &
guest book, dance floor, lighting.....(if it’s a do-it-yourself wedding, don’t forget trash cans & liners, outside lighting, ashtrays,
extra people to serve & bus/clean-up, restrooms, a person to be in charge of the ‘timing’ of everything....a friend that will
coordinate that’s NOT in the wedding party).
* photographer
* music for guests arriving
* music for family entrance
* music for processional entrance
* music for brides entrance
* music for exit after ceremony
* music for entrance into reception
* dance lessons
* DJ/ Band
* first-dance song
* father/daughter dance song
* wedding party dance music
* dinner music
* special requests songs
* reception line
* money dance
* flowers: bride & bridesmaids, flower girl & boy, groom & groomsmen, Moms, Dads & Grandparents
* ceremony flowers; archway, gazebo or ceremony site.
* reception flowers: head table & centerpieces; special head table decor
* cake; possible cake flowers
* cake cutter & server
* table cameras
* seating arrangements....a must have !!
* party favors for each place setting or in a basket on guest book table
* guest book & pen
* hotel arrangements for out-of-towners; print & send in advance
* hotel arrangements for the newly married couple
* rehearsal dinner; should include all out-of-town guests.
* brides goodies --- gown, lingerie, gloves, veil, jewelry, make-up, hair, manicure & pedicure, shoes, purse, purse for money dance,
flowers, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
* clothing for the groomsmen; boutonnieres.....boutonnieres for the fathers ?
* bridesmaids/maid of honor: dress, shoes, jewelry, hair, nails, make-up & flowers
* attire for wedding night --- special lingerie ---remind your hubby too; he may want to get something special for himself. :)
* emergency sewing kit... safety pins, nail glue, clear nail polish, band-aids, hairspray, eye drops, mirror.
* gifts for the entire wedding party, including both the men & women.....
* wedding gift for your spouse
* gift table
* arrangements for gifts to get taken care of after reception--assign someone.
* breakfast or lunch for out-of-towners the day after the wedding to say final goodbyes.
* honeymoon arrangements.