Help - Save the Date Newsletters

Thrilled Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:49 PM

Help - Save the Date Newsletters

Ok - I got my STD cards in - they are gorgeous! They are on vellum with some script and raised lettering etc. Very beautiful and I could not resist them. That being said, I have written a fairly extensive, newsy infomational newsletter to go with them (many of our out of towners have never been to LI, are not aware that a MacArthur airport exists etc). Problem: NEwsletter is 8.5 x 11 (2 pages) and the STD's are like, 4x6 cards. I am worried about the tacky factor of folding my newsletters into quarters and stuffing them in behind the cards.
No, I can't leave off any of the info in the newsletter to make it one page. I'm more concerned with the fact that it is an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper that needs to be folded in the first place.

What do I do? Try and cram the info onto some same size card stock?

OctBride03 Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:52 PM

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Can you fold the newsletter in 3 and put everything in a #10 envelope??

MarcellaBella Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:54 PM

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Yeah, why not tri-fold it? that's what I did and I used a no. 10 envelope.

shelzyp Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:55 PM

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I agree, trifold it instead of putting it all in a small envelope.

Sonicstef Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:56 PM

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Personally, I couldnt handle the mix and match sizes....so I would suggest getting as much info on a matching sheet of the same paper and size.

alina Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:57 PM

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This may be complicating things a bit, but if you have time, can you make little booklets, with all the info, and have the booklets same size as the STD cards? I just think it will look nicer, but its more work. You can probably just format your Word to have 2 columns/page, then cut the columns and fold in the middle, when all is done, and staple it?

Or, how about printing your 2 pages as a doublesided single sheet?

But to be honest, I am shocked as to how much info you're including in the STD cards!!! I am just clueless as to what you even wrote there

Can some of the info be sent along at the time of invitation?

ssdare Posted: Feb 19, 2003 03:57 PM

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I did the trifold thing too. Also I put the text in two column format to squeeze all on one page.

Thrilled Posted: Feb 19, 2003 04:09 PM

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Duh. Putting it into two columns never ocurred to me - good idea.
You guys are saying you did not use the small envelopes that came with your STD cards and instead used like a generic letter sized envelope? Not like boring white business envelopes? Did you use heavier stock or anything?

Stef - any ideas as to how I can format Word or whatever to get my info onto a card sized paper?
Im afraid I put the cart before the horse this time...

Sonicstef Posted: Feb 19, 2003 04:50 PM

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You can set up MS Word to the size of the card you have. So long as your printer will accept it, Word can print it.

KarenK122 Posted: Feb 19, 2003 05:10 PM

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You can also do two seperate mailings. One now with the save the dates that you had made. Then in a month from now the newsletter when it would be closer to the time the guests would be booking the flights and hotels.