Playbill Programs
June 30th, 2008 @ 12:24 pm by Guest
Our guest blogger Andrea created these super fun diy playbill programs that she wanted to share with the hive!
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A lot of wedding programs looked like restaurant menus to me, so it was one of the first DIY projects I wanted to tackle. My fiance came up with the great idea of making a playbill - we love the theater, so it fit us perfectly.
We used one of the photos from our engagement session for the cover and just added titles in Photoshop. Since we used a MAC, we used Pages to create the layout; it could have been done just as well in Word. The format is just a normal sized 8 1/2 X 11″ sheet of glossy paper folded in half. We ended up having a professional copier print and bind it for us. But if we had a bit more time, it would have been easy to make double sided copies from our home printer, and purchase an extended reach stapler to staple them ourselves.
We included short bios and photos of everyone in our wedding, including how we know each other. Our wedding party sent us their most memorable moment about us, either as an individual or a couple to include as well.
(pages 7-11 were of bios)
At the end, we had a list of all our vendors, other acknowledgments and just to fill up space, some photos of us.
Our guests absolutely loved it, and we had something nice to send friends and family who couldn’t come to our wedding.
Disclosure: cover photography by Adam Nollmeyer, Acme Photography.
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10 Responses to “Playbill Programs”
Cutest thing ever! Gorgeous picture on the front, too.
Paging Mrs. Snow Pea! Hers were very similar to these, and I think it’s a cute idea. We just went the print-your-own route using a kit that came with the paper and ribbon and we just printed our info and assembled!
So cute! Thanks for sharing!
Becky
What an adorable idea! I love it.
We did a playbill, too! It was just a little front and back card number. Our photo was on the front, and then a cast of characters on the back. We had some fun with the names, although you can’t see them.
You can see a photo here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12698507@N08/2488264712/in/set-72157605016182878/
Those are great! The inside pages are nicely done–it’s a good format for an event program even if you don’t stick with the Playbill theme.
I love that they don’t “look like restaurant menus” 
I love theater and collect Playbills too. This is such a creative and unique idea!
would you be so kind enough to share your templates with the rest of us? =)
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Those are awesome Andrea, I love the cast head shots.
Very cute