I volunteered to help a friend who is getting married, in September, with her wedding programs. This will be the second friend I’ve done this for and I’ve used different programs to complete the task. This time I chose InDesign by Adobe. What a powerful tool. It really is perfect for any sort of brochure, newsletter, program, etc.

At work, my boss and I had an idea to create a newsletter to send to our employees as well as our builder clients. For those of you that don’t know, I work for a “low voltage” subcontractor in the residential building industry. In other words, if you were to buy a new home in Southern California, my company would more than likely be the one to install your structured wiring (phone, data, tv wiring with a central hub), whole home audio, home theater, security, central vacuum, intercom systems, and other such technology options for your home….but I digress. We figured that since technology can be overwhelming to some people, that we could talk about new products and show the human side of the company all in one fell swoop! Since I’ve used Photoshop and Illustrator at work and at home for awhile now (not that I claim to know everything they can do) I figured that it was time to add InDesign to the mix and set out to learn it on my own.

This program is so powerful…a lot like the rest of the Adobe family. So, if you know one of the other programs, you can kind of find your way around this InDesign. It took me some time but I put out our first newsletter and it was a huge success. Now that I’m creating more wedding programs, I knew that it would be so much easier with InDesign.

We aren’t finished yet but it has really come together. I’m proud of how they’ve turned out. Now I just need to add a picture of the couple along with a map to their reception site and then figure out how to print the bad boy. This is by far the most challenging part of InDesign for me. It takes a few trial runs but I usually can figure it out. This will be the first time I’m printing something with so many pages…and with two different paper types. Should be an interesting evening.

After everything is printed we’ll fold them and add a ribbon detail as a sort of binding. Should be cute!