Weddingbee Blog

Since I am the one who is far away from my bridesmaids, I wanted a quick and easy way to let them know things that are going on. I talk to all of my girls regularly, but I make it a point to not really talk about wedding stuff when we are on the phone. I want our conversations to be about catching up and not all about the details of my upcoming nuptials, especially because out of all of my bridesmaids, only my sister-in-law (obviously) is married, so I know it’s something they don’t want to hear about all the time. After scouring online for ideas, I found many other brides in the same position who developed newsletters. Aha! Perfect!

I was an editor of my college and high school papers, so I know a thing or two about laying out a design. I borrowed a name that I saw on many of the newsletters (and it’s impossible to credit it to someone because I have absolutely no idea who started it), found some patterns and clip art that matched my colors, and voila:

The “Aisle File” was born. The one above was one of the first I sent out, shortly after the BMs had picked out their dresses. Basically in each one I give a brief rundown of what’s going on planning-wise, whether any dates have been set (such as showers, the bachelorette party, yada yada), and anything else they might need to know. MOH A has been really good about keeping the girls updated, but I also want to do my part in ensuring this happens. I just send this baby out once a month to the girls on Facebook, and I can then be sure that they have all of the information they need without bugging them during our phone conversations or text-a-thons.

What things do you do to keep up with your bridesmaids and all of the information floating around?