I am not a very organized person but when it comes to my own wedding planning, I am a changed person. I ACTUALLY have an online wedding binder and yes soooo impressive & eco-friendly! No hole punching or paper clipping. Everything is digital and stored in my Google account. It’s so convenience and I can share information/ ideas/ comments with others. Below is what I use to help me organizing my planning and I hope this may help you reduce stresses!!
My online idea hub:
I like flipping magazine and touching & feeling paper, but I am sure all of us spend way more time google images and ideas. I usually find about 20+ links a day and how on earth am I going to remember these sites, rt?! Fun DIY projects from design*sponge, cute favor ideas from Martha Stewart Weddings, real wedding pictures from Style Me Pretty & Southern Weddings, and many many more resources from designer websites and blogs. To keep myself sane and organized, I use Google bookmarks to save my favorite sites, each with a label so it will be easy to find later. The best thing about this Google bookmarks is that I can pull up any favorite sites anytime even if I am not using my computer.
All bookmarks are also stored in my Google notebook, which is a great way to keep my wedding planning ideas and contact information all in one place. All I need to do is select text or images and right click “Note This” and it is saved. Isn’t it easy? And if I want to share images, ideas or links, all I need is to invite the person to view or edit my notebook.
Google Docs:
Our budget, guest lists, design plans, menu, estimates, invoices…etc are all in my Google doc. Yep, no printing at all. After all, things are changing every day and it just makes so much sense to have these files online, viewable/ Editable by all of us. I can upload HTML, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint and I can also export these files. I just find the Google Docs extremely useful as we can make changes without worrying who has the latest file.
Google Form
This is probably the best way to get the mailing/ contact information from your guests! You can create a form in a Google docs spreadsheet and send to your guests through email. Their responses will be automatically added to your spreadsheet and you don’t need to retype/ copy and paste anything. Go figure. I am sure you can do more than collecting addresses!
Google Calendar:
Wahahahahaha….I don’t keep check of vendor payments and appointments! So I assign Wil to do all the calls and with the online Calendar, we can both update and get reminders and I can monitor his progress. =P
Lastly but not least, read all of my favorite wedding blogs (like this one) with Google Reader. I don’t need to go to ten different sites but just one place to read all new posts. cooool.
Yeah!! I am so proud that I have saved a little tree!!
