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Mrs. Piglet, Virginia/Oahu Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Entrepreneur/Fashion Apparel Wholesale Importer Engagement Date: June 22, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: Ceremony at the Lanikuhonua Phase II private estate, reception at a historic hotel in Waikiki About Me: I'm an East Coast gal with intense road rage and an addiction to romantic comedies, fast food, gadgets, Korean BBQ, and my wiener dog George aka Georgia May. I carry mustard packets in my purse and I love perusing the aisles at discount stores. A self proclaimed shopaholic, I impulsively buy electronics, software, and craft tools; none of which I know how to use. I'm excited to dust these babies off and immerse myself in DIY projects galore in preparation for our DW in paradise!
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We’re patiently awaiting the arrival of our cardstock to start churning out the Save the Dates, but lord knows, we have tons more to do in the meantime. The ladies and gents in the bridal party were starting to ask when they should arrive in Hawaii, and because of this, another project was born. Our party is geographically dispersed, with some in NY, PA, Vancouver, VA, and CA. That said, we decided to pig-ee back off of other bee innovations (Mrs Lily, Mrs. Jelly Beans, Mrs. Eggplant) and created a newsletter. :D

I picked up two wedding magazines on our coffee table for inspiration: The Knot, and Pacific Weddings. After flipping through the first couple of pages, I decided to replicate the layout of The Knot’s Table of Contents. I’m super simple, so the layout remains the same throughout and only the images and text change.

The Cover: Wherever possible, we’re trying to include our engagement photos with Inhar since we love them that much. We had already introduced our bridal party via our wedding website, so the newsletter’s focus was logistical information, bridal party attire, and a brief snapshot of what the Pigsters have been up to since the holidays. Do you see the hibiscus? :) The barcode on the bottom right corner also includes the wedding date.

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Page 2: Table of Contents with an introductory letter. Image sources in newsletter: Girl, Guy, Clock, Make-up

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Page 3: Where are we now? We’ve been busy bees, so we gave everyone a little update on what we’ve been doing since the new year.

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Page 4: HI-Style describes our color palette and bridal party attire. Image sources in newsletter: Cupcakes, Yellow Wedge heels, Gold Sandals.

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Page 5: Touch Down In Paradise. Here is where we provide the tentative schedule for our bridal party.

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We’re going the email delivery route, and will also provide everyone’s contact info in the email. On a separate note, there are 180 days until the wedding! :)

How did you inform your bridal party of all the details they needed for the wedding?

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28 Responses to “Hot Off the Press: Bridal Party Newsletter”

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Miss Perfume (message)  1,632 posts, Bumble bee

WOW! This is so well-conceived/constructed!! Very nice job!!

 
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ali925
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ali925 (message)  111 posts, Blushing bee

Ditto! Wow! Amazing!

 
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Yin
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Yin (message)  329 posts, Helper bee

Impressive! It looks so professional. You did a great job! Again, I love the surfing photos!

 
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Miss Powder Puff (message)  834 posts, Busy bee

Wow, looks amazing!

 
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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,553 posts, Bee Keeper

Wow, I’m impressed by your layout! :-) It looks very bright and cheery!

 
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frenchbulldog (message)  6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

This is AMAZING! So impressed with your layout!

 
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Sezzy
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Sezzy (message)  168 posts, Blushing bee

Great job!

We’re doing a wedding party wiki on wikispaces.com (a free wiki site). It’s been great so far because we are still over a year away from the wedding. We’re just throwing around ideas!

 
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Miss Deviled Egg
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Miss Deviled Egg (message)  892 posts, Busy bee

This is awesome! Great job!

 
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Miss Latte (message)  646 posts, Busy bee

You are one talented Piggy! I’ve been wanting to do a newsletter too but have been feeling super lazy about it. But seeing how great yours turned out is inspiring me to get to work!

 
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Mrs. Penguin
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Mrs. Penguin (message)  2,148 posts, Buzzing bee

YOU. ARE. CUTE! The layout looks fantastic!

 
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Miss Spring Roll (message)  718 posts, Busy bee

You are so creative! Well done :)

 
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saramari
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saramari (message)  315 posts, Helper bee

These look amazing! Thanks for sharing. :)

 
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Miss Piglet (message)  629 posts, Busy bee

Aw shucks, thanks! Must give credit to those mags. :)

 
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Mrs. Sea Breeze (message)  912 posts, Busy bee

Um, WOW. What an amazing keepsake this will be! What program(s) did you use?

 
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Miss Glitter (message)  880 posts, Busy bee

Oh, wow! You’re so creative! I love that first pic of you and Mr. P - pure happiness!

 
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Miss Duckling (message)  1,349 posts, Bumble bee

This is amazing!!! I’m sure your bridal part was so excited to receive one of these!

 
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mandalynn17
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mandalynn17 (message)  1,071 posts, Bumble bee

Oh my goodness, it’s beautimous! It looks like a real magazine!

 
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Miss Dumpling (message)  650 posts, Busy bee

dang Piglet! You are so creative!

 
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Miss Piglet (message)  629 posts, Busy bee

@Mrs. Sea Breeze: I used Adobe InDesign for the layout, and Photoshop to edit the images. I’m learning as I go. :D

 
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Sue

those gold/rhinestone sandals are BEAUTIFUL. where did you find them??

 
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LzzNYC
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LzzNYC (message)  877 posts, Busy bee

this is amazing! did you print in regular paper? =)

 
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purpleHaze79
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purpleHaze79 (message)  875 posts, Busy bee

What a great idea!!! InDesign is THE best program for layouts! So easy to turn the file into an easily e-mailable PDF! Great job! I love it!

 
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mooreshugar
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mooreshugar (message)  103 posts, Blushing bee

what an awesome layout!!! looks great!

 
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Stephanie

Such a great creative layout!!! It is ideal especially for you type of wedding.

 
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Miss Piglet (message)  629 posts, Busy bee

@Sue: Hi Sue! I was actually looking for any image of a gold sandal to let the girls know gold was the color of choice! I have yet to purchase any foot art. :) The image is from http://www.polyvore.com

 
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East “Meets” West » Weddingbee » The Wedding Blog

[...] the lead (and borrowing the ideas) of Miss Piglet and many of the other Bees before me (thanks ladies!), the Latte newsletter was born. I call [...]

 
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Lindz1701 (message)  96 posts, Worker bee

Wow, I know what I want to do today!

 
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asteimle (message)  2 posts, Wannabee

I LOVE this. It is the best execution I have come across for a bridal newsletter. Thanks to you and Mrs. Eggplant for the inspiration!

 


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