Checklists - All Done!

Hotel Checklist - All Done!

• Book hotel
• Sign contract
• Food Tasting
• Confirm hotel theme
• Confirm wedding favours
• Confirm function room for solemisation
• Confirm first dish song
• Confirm final number of guests
• Confirm any need for additional carpark coupons
• Submit 2 pictures for hotel to display on electronic board in the premises

Bridal Studio Checklist - All Done!

• Book bridal studio
• Confirm package requirements
• Take pre-wedding photos (taken with separate bridal studio in China)
• Confirm selection of pre-wedding photos (to be done in China)
• Confirm and approve design board of albums (to be done in China)
• Collection of wedding albums and frames (to be done in China)
• Selection of actual day wedding gowns (considered as first fitting)
• Second fitting for actual day wedding gowns
• Trial Make-up
• Collection of wedding gowns (to place $500 refundable deposit)
• Return of wedding gowns (to collect $500 deposit)

Invitation Cards Checklist - All Done!

• Design save-the-dates
• Send out save-the-dates to friends and colleagues (via email)
• Select wedding card (card, inserts and envelopes)
• Approve artwork for card inserts
• Confirm quantity and artwork for card inserts
• Collection of wedding cards, inserts and envelopes
• Print map of the hotel to include in the cards
• Confirm guest names and mailing addresses
• Design tea ceremony invites
• Print out tea ceremony invites to include in wedding invitation cards for family
• Design solemnisation invites
• Print out solemnisation invites to include in weding invitation cards for family
• Sending out invitation cards for Marcus' colleagues to China by Courier
• Sending out invitation cards by hand to family and some friends
• Sending out invitation cards by post

Flowergirl Checklist - All Done!

• Decide on flowergirl
• Inform her parents
• Buy her dress
• Buy her headpiece (hairband/tiara etc)
• Flowergirl basket + rose petals

Pageboy Checklist - All Done!

• Decide on pageboy
• Inform his parents
• Take his measurements
• Buy his suit
• Ring pillow

Bridesmaid/Jiemei Checklist - All Done!

• Decide on bridesmaid
• Ask bridesmaid if available
• Plan and allocate their responsibilities
• Decide on their colour theme for clothes and shoes (morning and night)
• Arrange for transportation

Bestman/Xiongdi Checklist - All Done!

• Decide on bestman
• Ask bestman if available
• Plan and allocate their responsibilities
• Decide on their colour theme for shirt and tie (morning and night)
• Arrange for transportation

Reception helpers/Reception Area Checklist - All Done!

• Decide on who will be manning the reception table
• Decide on reception table I/C
• Ask if they will be able to help
• Decide on colour theme for the reception table
• Decide on colour theme for reception helpers
• Purchase reception table pens
• Angpow box
• Prepare confirmed guestlist with seating plan
• Indicate which guests have priority for carpark coupons

Photography/Videography Checklist

• Decide on photography/videography
• Sign contract
• Place deposit
• Prepare cheque for final payment
• Pick up photographs, DVDs and all other promised materials after the wedding

Tea Ceremony Checklist - All Done!

• Confirm time and venue for both groom and bride's family
• Purchase tea-ceremony tea sets
• Arrange for buffet catering for lunch at groom and bride's family
• Arrange for someone to prepare the logan and red date tea at both families
• Arrange order of tea ceremony, starting with parents, grandparents and then from elders to youngest
• Prepare bag for collection of angpows/gifts (one for each side)

Audio/Video Checklist - All Done!

• Childhood/Dating Montage
• Childhood/Dating Montage to be burned into CD and labelled
• Pre-wedding shoot Flash DVD
• First march-in song to be burned into CD and labelled
• Second march-in song to be burned into CD and labelled
• First dish song to be burned into CD and labelled
• Background music to be burned into CD and labelled
• All songs and montage to be back-up in a separate set of DVDs (kept by the bride) and also in groom's laptop

Solemnisation Checklist - All Done!

• Decide on a solemniser
• Approach solemniser
• Print out consent for solemniser
• Meet with solemniser to get consent signed with solemniser ID number
• E-file wedding
• Appear at ROM on stated date to do statutory declaration and collect ROM documents
• Arrange for some one to pick up solemniser on day of wedding