The Bridesmaid Newletter

After seeing many other brides write newsletters for their bridesmaids I decided this was a must-do on my to-do list. I designed and wrote my first newsletter. It took most of the day, but luckily I had the whole day free to play around with it. I think it came out rather nice.

It seemed important for me to do because all my bridesmaids live far from me and far from each other. It served as a way to keep in touch with the projects I'm working on as well as getting to know each other.
I've written two more since then, and plan on writing one more about a month before the wedding.

Here's a quick tutorial on how I made my newsletter:

1. Research online for various newsletter templates. I found mine on Microsoft Word templates. (You can just download the template. However, I just used it as a guide and created my own. That way I had more freedom over colors and graphics and such.)

2. In Microsoft Word, I started playing around with tables. It's basically a 4-column table with some cells merged together. If you're not familiar with tables in Word, play around with them a bit before making your newsletter.

3. Once I created my table structure, I started brainstorming what content I wanted to include in the newsletter. I chose to write bios for my 3 maids, what they're going to wear, what their jobs are going to be and what projects I'm working on.

4. I just started typing on each topic. Go back through after you get your thoughts down and edit, elaborate, etc.

5. Last I just went in and added flair. I changed fonts, played with colors and added photos and clipart.


All of my maids really enjoyed reading it. I plan on writing a few more before the big day to keep them updated and informed on all my planning and projects. Good luck and happy writing!

Have y'all found ways of keeping your bridesmaids informed as you plan?