The week of

Most of the day's mishaps are decided this week. Date each one when it is done.

Names
Date
Final guest count and meal counts to the caterer done
The run of show and the Team Sheet to every person on the Team Sheet, 72 hours out done
Do not assume your team will find each other on their own.
The DJ Sheet final, pronunciations included done
The seating chart to the venue done
The Plan B deadline on the calendar, and the rain call rehearsed with the person who makes it done
The marriage license checked against its sixty-day window done
Massachusetts: the notice of intention is filed jointly with the clerk of any city or town not less than three days before the marriage, Sundays and holidays counted (M.G.L. c.207 s.19). The certificate is only valid for sixty days from the filing of the notice (c.207 s.28). Check the date on it.
The envelope list done: who receives one, who hands it over, when
The amounts are yours. They never print here.
Vendor meals confirmed with the caterer: how many, where they eat, when
Usually with the guests' entrees, so your team is back before the first dance set.
The kit packed the day before, not the morning of
The phone plan set: whose phone is on, whose is off
Rings tried on
A paper copy of everything, in the kit

The envelope list

Who gets one, who hands it over, when. The amounts are yours and never print here.

Who gets oneHanded byWhen
The phone plan
Guest count
Vendor meals, how many, where, when
Wedding 101 by Ensemble Events · ensemble-events.com/wedding101Week-Of Checklist

The boxes and the bag

One person owns each box. Write the name on the box and on this sheet.

Names
Date

Papers and the irreplaceables

Carried by
The marriage license
Massachusetts: the notice of intention is filed jointly with the clerk of any city or town not less than three days before the marriage, Sundays and holidays counted (M.G.L. c.207 s.19). The certificate is only valid for sixty days from the filing of the notice (c.207 s.28). Check the date on it.
The rings
Vows on paper
The run of show, printed, a copy per person on the Team Sheet
The Team Sheet
The Plan B Card
The DJ Sheet
Cash and tip envelopes, labeled
Labeled with the name and who hands it over. No amounts on the outside.
Photo ID for both of you
The officiant's copy of anything they asked for

The ceremony box

Carried by
Programs
Readings, on paper, one copy per reader
Unity items, if any, and what they need (a lighter, water, sand)
The ring box or pillow
The marriage license, again
Touch it, then confirm it. Out loud, to the person carrying the papers.
Signage, and what holds it up
The aisle plan: who walks, in what order, to what

The reception box

Carried by
Cake knife and server
Toasting glasses
Card box
Guest book and pens that work
Table numbers and the seating chart
Favors, and who sets them
Signs, and what holds them up
The money dance container, if you are doing one
A toss bouquet, if you are doing one
The garter, if you are doing one
The slideshow file on two devices, and the cable the venue needs
Chargers
Menu cards, place cards, and the escort cards, in order

The overnight bag and the morning after

Carried by
Clothes for the morning
Toiletries
Chargers, again
Medication
Comfortable shoes
The bag for the cards and gifts, and who carries it out
Name the person. Gifts have walked off at the end of a night.
The top of the cake, if you keep it, and a box for it
A plan for the flowers
Water, and something to eat
Wedding 101 by Ensemble Events · ensemble-events.com/wedding101Packing List, the boxes

The kit and the send-off

Trimmed to what I have actually watched get used. Add your own on the blank lines.

Names
Date

The kit

Carried by

Sewing and fashion

Safety pins, big and small
Needle and thread in the outfit colors
Fashion tape
Lint roller
Small scissors
Spare buttons
A shoe wipe or polish

Hair

Bobby pins
Hair ties
Hairspray
A comb

Makeup and nails

Touch-up for the lips
Blotting papers
A nail file and clear polish
Tweezers

First aid and medicine

Bandages and blister pads
Pain reliever
Antacid
Allergy tablets
Anything anyone actually takes, in its bottle
Eye drops
Tissues

Tools and tape

Scissors
Clear tape and double-sided tape
A lighter or matches
A small screwdriver
Zip ties
A marker and a pen

The two of you

Breath mints and gum
Deodorant
A toothbrush
Water and a real snack
Straws

The kit, continued

Stains and shoes

A stain pen
White chalk, for a mark on a light outfit
Baby wipes
Flat shoes for later
Spare socks or stockings

Tech and power

Two chargers and a power bank
The slideshow on a second device
Printed copies of the run of show

Outdoor

Bug spray
Sunscreen
Two umbrellas
Hand fans
A blanket

The send-off supplies

Carried by
The send-off supplies, one per guest, count
Baskets or a table to hand them out from
The sand-filled can for anything lit
Massachusetts lists sparklers among the fireworks nobody may possess or use without the state license, certification, and permits (M.G.L. c.148 s.39). Ask the venue what is allowed. Whatever is lit goes out in sand, not a trash can.
The MC's cue and the time it starts
Guests get lined up ten minutes ahead. Someone signals it.
Who lines the guests up
The car, the driver, and the keys
Whatever is on the car, and what takes it off again
Wedding 101 by Ensemble Events · ensemble-events.com/wedding101Packing List, the kit