Back in December I decided I wanted to create a family newsletter for us.
After some online research, I've found that there are tons of different ways to do so.
I've read that you can have different family members write their own sections and compile it all into one big newsletter.
Since we both have family that live far away, not to mention the fact that mine is pretty freaking huge, I decided that ours would consist of just what we do and what happens in our lives. We are both very family oriented, so of course our families are a big part of our newsletter lives, as they are on this blog. Our kids animals are obviously a big part of our lives too, so undoubtedly they will make frequent appearances as well.
As for the layout itself, I found one in Microsoft Word that I thought would be perfect for us and seemed easy enough to use. I am by no means a 'writer' and won't even pretend to act like I know what I'm doing. I'll continue to play around with it as I'm sure it'll be something that's ever-changing!
I'm undecided what the frequency of "publication" will be. I sent the 1st one to friends and family in December and the 2nd one at the beginning of the year. The 3rd is written and ready to be sent out at the beginning of March. I'm thinking for now they'll be sent bi-monthly. We really aren't an exciting group of people, but we've got enough coming up in the next couple of months that there will be plenty to write about.
I've been asked why I've started a blog and a newsletter if most of the content from the newsletter can also be found on the blog. Our sweet grandparents just aren't as hip to technology as we are and they have no intentions of getting email addresses, or computers for that matter! So, I'll send theirs via snail mail until they tell me not to. =) Aside from that, I keep a printed copy of each one for us to save. Even in a day and age where technology is a necessity, there's just something about seeing things in print.
Being newlyweds, I think it's going to be so awesome in a few years to be able to look back on our lives and see how everything changes and stays the same for that matter!
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