Preparing for your big day? Consider these 17 essentials for your wedding planning checklist.
BuzzFeed is known for curating a variety of stylish, fun, and practical wedding planning products and accessories. Here's a breakdown of the typical types of items that BuzzFeed highlights for each category:
1. Wedding Planner
Stylish Wedding Planner Books are a must-have, featuring well-organized sections for budgeting, guest lists, vendor contacts, timelines, and checklists. Look for planners with hardcover, elegant design, and guided prompts to keep you on track.
2. Stickers
Wedding-Themed Planner Stickers sets include icons for appointments, vendor meetings, dress fittings, and celebration reminders. These colorful and decorative stickers help personalize and organize your planner.
3. Trinket Dish
Engagement Ring Holders or Jewelry Dishes are small ceramic or glass dishes designed for safely holding rings and small wedding day accessories. Cute, decorative pieces often feature phrases like "Love" or "I Do."
4. Split Dish
Divided Trinket or Snack Dishes have dual compartments, perfect for keeping small items separated, such as wedding day jewelry and hairpins, or offering snacks at a bridal shower.
5. Pet Bandana
Customizable Wedding Pet Bandanas are adorned with phrases like “Ring Security” or “Flower Pup,” perfect for including pets in your wedding festivities with adorable style.
6. Faux Engagement Ring
Novelty Fake Engagement Rings are fun for party favors, engagement party photo props, or practice for the big proposal moment.
7. Wine Glass
Engraved or Painted Wedding Wine Glasses featuring “Bride,” “Groom,” “Maid of Honor,” etc., sometimes with funny quotes or elegant designs, are perfect for toasting at the wedding.
8. Engagement Party Decorations
Banners, Balloons, and Confetti in theme-coordinated decor with phrases like “She Said Yes!” or “Engaged” in glittery or metallic finishes are available for celebrating the first wedding event.
9. Engagement Ring Socks
Quirky Socks with Ring Designs are lighthearted gifts for the bride-to-be or bridal party, often with cute slogans.
10. Scratch-Off Poster
Wedding Countdown or Bucket List Posters with interactive scratch-off elements revealing surprise tasks, date ideas, or countdown days until the big day are perfect for maintaining romance during stressful planning times.
11. Bridesmaid Proposal Stickers
Adhesive Stickers with phrases like “Will You Be My Bridesmaid?” for sealing cards or decorating mini gift boxes are available for asking bridesmaids to join the wedding party.
12. Pretty Cards
Elegant or Playful Cards for Invitations or Notes with high-quality cardstock, floral, minimalist, or whimsical designs, sometimes with matching envelopes, are perfect for wedding invitations.
13. Satin Sash
Bride and Bridal Party Sashes, often embroidered with roles (“Bride,” “Maid of Honor,” “Bridesmaid”) in metallic thread, are perfect for bridal showers and bachelorette parties.
14. Ceramic Tree Ornament
Commemorative Ornaments personalized with wedding date or couple’s names are ideal as keepsakes to hang on holiday trees or in a memory box.
15. Wooden Hanger
Custom Engraved Bridal Hangers for hanging the bridal gown or bridesmaids’ dresses are available, often inscribed with names or “Bride” in elegant script, making for great photo opportunities.
16. Coloring Book
Wedding or Love-Themed Coloring Books provide entertainment during breaks from screens, fiance, and wedding planning duties.
17. Photo Props
Wedding and Engagement Party Props, including signs, hats, glasses, and speech bubbles with catchy sayings or wedding-themed icons, are perfect for photo booths.
These items can potentially be reused for subsequent wedding events such as the bridal shower.
BuzzFeed's recommendations in these categories typically emphasize items that are: - Trendy and Instagram-worthy: Stylish designs that stand out visually. - Practical for planning: Planners and stickers that help keep everything organized. - Fun and festive: Props and accessories that add personality to celebrations. - Keepsakes: Ornaments and custom hangers that offer sentimental value beyond the wedding day.
If you'd like, I can help highlight some top-rated or popular products in any of those categories!
In addition to the items mentioned earlier, here are some additional products: - A pair of engagement ring socks is available, keeping the planner cozy during fall and winter. - A ceramic tree ornament is available for giving to a partner during the holidays, with a blank back for a personal note. - Bridesmaid proposal stickers are available for popping on gifts to ask bridesmaids to join the wedding party. - A faux engagement ring is available, made of sterling silver, for wearing during times when the real engagement ring needs to be insured or protected. - A colouring book about the realities of married life is available, providing entertainment during breaks from screens, fiance, and wedding planning duties.
These items can also be reused for subsequent wedding events such as the bridal shower. A pet bandana is available for including pets in engagement announcements, and a trinket dish is available for keeping jewelry, including engagement rings, organized. A scratch-off poster with date ideas is available for maintaining romance during stressful planning times, and a satin sash is available for wearing during bachelorette parties or bridal showers, suitable for photos and potentially free drinks.
In the realm of home-and-garden accessories, BuzzFeed's suggestions include a custom engraved bridal hanger, ideal for hanging the bridal gown or bridesmaids’ dresses, making for great photo opportunities. Moreover, a commemorative ornament personalized with the wedding date or couple’s names could become a keepsake to hang on holiday trees or in a memory box.
Expanding your lifestyle collection, a coloring book themed around the realities of married life could serve as entertaining respite from wedding planning stress. Additionally, a pair of engagement ring socks, featuring ring designs, would help keep the wedding planner cozy during colder seasons, such as fall and winter.
