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So my best friend is coming to visit me in a couple of weeks and she told me that she wanted to see my wedding binder*. My what??? Apparently, I'm supposed to have a binder full of magazine clippings, contracts, wish lists, schedules, fabric swatches, etc. I don't, as you might have guessed. I spend most of my inspiration-seaching online so that's where most of my inspiration stays. I have the blog and my tumblr. The wedding binder, to me, is just one more thing we are made to think that we need in order to pull of a fabulous wedding.
Do you have a binder? Are binders even relevant anymore in this new time of tumblr and blogger? They are definitely not eco-friendly.
So how do you organize all of your wedding schtuff?
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*Just to clarify, my wise friend's reply to my "My what? Am I suppose to?" was "No, you aren't suppose to do anything." Exactly.
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I have a folder on my computer desktop... and I have my blog... I think it's the new age of wedding binder =) Though, I do have a folder/book thing that I stick hard copies of contracts in... but other than that, everything is electronic!
My blog has definitely replaced the need for an inspiration binders (though I now feel I *need* a tumblr blog for the images currently residing in email account subfiles.) Shared google docs with my man have taken the place of misplaceable papers for joint planning. Binder shminder.
I have a binder, but it's filled mostly with checklists, contracts and business cards. I haven't updated it lately, but know I need to!
haha yes the wending binder. i kind of have one. the cover of it says, 'wedding shit', so needless to say, i don't use it that much...i mean, i have a blog with all my ideas, why have a binder too? it just has our important stuff like flight vouchers and contracts for the venue and food. i just needed it to store stuff in, hence "wedding shit" :)
haha yes the wending binder. i kind of have one. the cover of it says, 'wedding shit', so needless to say, i don't use it that much...i mean, i have a blog with all my ideas, why have a binder too? it just has our important stuff like flight vouchers and contracts for the venue and food. i just needed it to store stuff in, hence "wedding shit" :)
I created a print organizer for my wedding because i felt like i should, but I use my blog to track ideas and images and google docs to share and update budgets, schedules, etc. I really don't need the binder.
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there's so much inspiration floating around i think it would have been dangerous for me to start collecting it physically! especially because there is a lot of other physical stuff involved if you are crafting a wedding. when we got engaged, people did give us a bunch of wedding diaries/planners (they were all pinkish). in reality: we had a folder where we kept our contracts, venue measurements, and any important paper work. we bought a canvas box for keeping our crafted paper-goods safe (since we opted to make our save-the-dates & invitations by hand we had to have a place to keep them as we worked). i was asked about "my binder" a few times. but my computer has such neat electronic pockets.
I do have a spiral bound sketch book which I suppose counts as my binder. My sister, MOH, gave it to me as well as a sturdy folder to keep contracts and other important papers in.
I have written lists, and literally made it into a scrap book for ideas i have liked of dresses, colors [paint swatches], decoration, favor ideas all from the many magazines I have dog eared the pages on.
It does help to collect the inspiration physically for me Wedding dress consultants, and planners have been impressed when I whip it out and say "yes, I DO have some ideas for that"...rather than trying to describe something to them.
I didn't even think about it. Maybe it's because I am an artist, it's just in my nature.
I have my blog, a crazy number of folders on my computer, a bzillion bookmarks AND a real life binder. I'm thinking it will be like a scrapbook. Sometimes I like tangible things.
Ugh! I never made one. I think it would have just stressed me out more.
I kept a binder to hold all of the contracts, menu's, receipts... anything paper.
I also made a paper one with magazine cutouts, but that was before the blog, and so once I started blogging I barely looked at that anymore. Fortunately the binder was made from recycled paper, and i recycled it again so... :)
I kept everything digital until the last trip I made to the area to meet with our vendors, when we needed to look over things together. Forced to relent, I finally printed out everything into an organized binder. As much as I didn't want "The Binder," I have to admit that having it all in hand during the meetings really did make a huge difference.
Everything is digital. I wanted to make a book but felt I wanted crafty enough.
You have a good friend there!
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