Every bride should have one. Every wedding coordinator should have one. A brown paper bag for hyperventilating? No. Some Xanax for those nerves? Nope. Maybe a frying pan to hit wack an unenthusiastic bridesmaid with? Wrong again. Brides and coordinators should always have a wedding day tool kit (although the other options sounded promising). I've listed below ('cause you know I love my lists) some of the things I keep in my wedding day survival tool kit*:
*Side note: I want a huge hot pink tool box to put some of my tools in. Here's an amazingly cute one I found at The Original Pink Box. I also found a hard hat and tool belt. Someone please take my credit card away.Leigh's Wedding Day Tool Kit:
- A Tide pen and white chalk for stain removal.
- A sewing kit, safety pins, all purpose glue, heavy duty tape, and double sided fabric tape to keep your dress in place and avoid a Janet Jackson moment.
- A very light, yet durable, hammer and some nails. Could hold a tent string in place or your waste face cousin who keeps trying to drunk toast you. Also, an umbrella, a flashlight, some AA batteries,
pair of scissors, and a long candle lighter (#1 thing vendors borrow
from the event space I work at).
- Beauty supplies like a mirror, blotting papers, Q-tips, makeup remover, a hairbrush, hair spray, bobby pins, hair ties, floss, travel size toothpaste, a toothbrush, breath spray, clear nail polish, a nail
file, tampons, tweezers, deodorant, and lotion. (Bride and groom should
grease up their hands with some lotion pre-ceremony to help wedding
bands slide on with ease.)
- A medical kit and/or first aid kit with aspirin, Tylenol, Alka-Seltzer, Tums, Pepto-Bismol, Bandaids, Visine, and Neosporin.
- Random items like earring backs, a lint brush, straws (to keep lipstick in place), sunscreen, a mini bottle of Febreeze (gets out cigarette smoke and stinky, lingering
I-went-out-last-night-and-haven't-slept-or-showered-yet smells) and
tissues.
I also make a tool kit list for my bride. She can make it a bridesmaid or MOH responsibility to create a bag of goodies. For the bride's tool list I include most of the items listed above; but there are some other things she has to bring from home such as: snacks, bottled water, perfume, the makeup she's wearing day off, pen and paper (to write down last minute lists because it ALWAYS happens), digital camera, itinerary, significant phone numbers, cell phone and charger, and important items like the shoes, dress and veil. Wouldn't it suck if she brought everything on the list and forgot to put her dress in too?It may sound extravagant and it's a lot to tote around, but you never know what you are going to encounter. I'd rather be prepared than stuck in a bridezilla-slash-idiot-vendor-induced bind. Plus, I look super cute with my Vera Bradley totes and current mini tool box. And when I upgrade to my hot pink tool box and tool belt? Watch out!
I hope this list inspires you to make a tool kit for your wedding or any occasion! It's like ol' Ben Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." So, what's in your wedding day tool kit?
*Side note: I want a huge hot pink tool box to put some of my tools in. Here's an amazingly cute one I found at The Original Pink Box. I also found a hard hat and tool belt. Someone please take my credit card away.
I also make a tool kit list for my bride. She can make it a bridesmaid or MOH responsibility to create a bag of goodies. For the bride's tool list I include most of the items listed above; but there are some other things she has to bring from home such as: snacks, bottled water, perfume, the makeup she's wearing day off, pen and paper (to write down last minute lists because it ALWAYS happens), digital camera, itinerary, significant phone numbers, cell phone and charger, and important items like the shoes, dress and veil. Wouldn't it suck if she brought everything on the list and forgot to put her dress in too?
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