The "Last-Minutes"

Here is our personal Last minute things to do, things we never got done, etc.' list - We hope it helps those of you in your own planning!

Everybody’s list will be slightly different, but we thought it would be helpful to post our last minute to-dos in effort to help you plan accordingly and not forget anything. The week before my wedding, I worked 2 days, 3 nights, and worked on wedding prep the rest of the time. Matt worked Monday night and had two major tests on Thursday that he was studying for... 

... so creating a list... was a good thing.

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This is a compilation of both our lists, made separately, combined here. Anything in italics is something we added to this blog to make things clearer or add additional things that we did not originally write down but did accomplish that week.

Mon.:

Matt - 

Contact guys about trying on tuxes (possibly Tuesday night?)

Work

Tues.:

Matt - 

Pickup Tuxes

Schedule haircut appointment for Friday

Study for geology test and theatre history test (both were on Thursday) while guys come by to try on tuxes (some rental places will need a few days if changes are needed, try on as soon as possible to avoid these problems.)

Have programs printed

Wed.:

Betsy - 

Figure out who is left to email their duties and schedule to

Email Shaun, officiant, my edited vows

Pick out clothes to wear for the rest of the week (including rehearsal dinner and wedding morning)

Buy: floral tape, corsage pins, foam board, mousse, lace

Pay Sunflower rentals

Pick up stuff from Amy: cake stand, lights, drink containers

Matt - 

Pay all fees that have not yet been paid, pick up wedding license

E-mail photographer on specific unique poses we might want (or not want)

Soon:

Betsy's hand-crafted centerpieces

Betsy - 

Print vellum for centerpieces

Cut ribbon (maybe Fri.)

Pick out props & sheet for photo booth

Delegate Lords supper set up

Put gift cards (for Thank-you cards to helpers) in envelopes and label (so we knew who had gotten their card and who still needed their card, or so that we could delegate for someone else to hand it out)

practice 'first dance' dance one more time

Matt - 

Create music playlist for the reception

Burn CD's for the wedding ceremony

Create a bag of 'stuff to take to the rehearsal dinner/wedding,' begin putting stuff in

 - Betsy's ring

 - wedding license

 - groomsmen gifts

start packing for honeymoon

practice 'first dance' dance one more time

confirm ceremony order with officiant

Thurs.:

Betsy - 

Pack for honeymoon and bring rest of clothes and stuff to Pinetree where Matt currently lived

Drop off cake stand to Jeni (Our cake baker) (never happened...)

Wax appointment
Break in shoes
Finish contact sheet (and clarify food coordinator -my parents don't want to be day of coordinators)

Make 'thank you,' '10/10/10,' and 'Mr. And Mrs.' Signs as a way to create 'Thank You' cards via the photo shoot. This actually did not get done until Saturday. (Since we did not have time to do this until Saturday we decided to instead take photos of blank poster board and then digitally edit them later, in the end... they were never used.)

Sigh... we never used these!

Matt - 

take two tests

Finalize 'Best Man' to-do list (your best man is there to help you 'de-stress' on your wedding day, give him jobs to do so you don't have to do anything but what is required!)

print out honeymoon itinerary (all flights/hotels/car rentals/etc.) - pack in luggage

?:

Blog- 'things to do early (time consuming)' (never happened...)

Blog- 'do not forget...' (clearly this came WAY later...)

Fri.:

Betsy - 

Get hair cut (make sure to setup an appointment earlier)

Make bouquets

Decorate arch

Drop off to get dress steamed (or delegate)

Matt - 

be on call to run any errand for Betsy since she does not live in town

Sat.:

Matt - 

go to Costco (with Nate?) and pick up wedding cake

Both - 

make up bedroom

Gift-wrap door (we wanted to gift-wrap our bedroom door so we had one more present to open when we came home Sunday night.)

Go to the rehearsal dinner!

Sun.:

Betsy -

Make boutineers and corsages

Get ready!!!

Matt - 

bring breakfast to ladies as they get ready

play wii with Nate to de-stress

arrive at church with tuxes in preparation to decorate

Sunday morning the boutineers and corsages took about 2 hours, with Amy and I both working on it so I was glad I didn't have much else I needed to work on. I also was stuck on a chair getting my hair and make-up done for about 2 hours.


All in all... that felt like a LOT of stuff to do, but it was easier to check it all off one by one versus trying to just remember everything. Our wedding went very smoothly thanks to all the help we received (THANK YOU!) and we hope that whatever you are planning will go smoother as well with the little help we could offer.


Until next time!