Wedding Organizer

A wedding organizer is a vital tool when planning your wedding. It can be a binder/folder chock full of ideas, notes, pictures of dresses or wedding decor, budgets, checklists, and more. Or, if creating one seems overwhelming to you, you can always go out to and buy a Wedding Planning book to help and guide you.

You can use a wedding organizer, even if you have a Wedding Coordinator/Planner handling your event. You also need to have information at your fingertips, and a place to jot down thoughts, ideas, phone numbers or websites, etc.

For the Nigerian bride, getting a book or organizer is especially essential, as our events tend to be grand. However, a lot of the planners out there, cater to western brides in the United States or Europe. Cakes and I were looking for something that could capture what we wanted. Our account on TheKnot.com, while helpful, can't quite grasp the tiny details that are specific to Nigerian culture/traditions. We'd also signed up on NaMyWedding.com, but their website lacks a proper budget, timeline and checklist.

Last weekend, during our Pre-Marital Counseling class at church, we noticed another couple holding a wedding organizer. Imagine our surprise and delight, when we saw that it was written/put together by a Nigerian and was full of contact details for vendors in Nigeria! In addition, it also passed our secret test - the budget chapter included a line item for SMALL CHOPS!!! (This is Berry's absolute favorite thing to eat at events.

Source - Bella Naija

We got The Essential Bridal Handbook by Funke Bucknor-Obruthe at The Hub at The Palms Mall in Lekki. Please note that it's quite pricey - N7500.00 (almost $50)! However, we believe that it IS valuable for what it offers - a Nigerian-centric organizer and directory.

LET THE PLANNING BEGIN!