This is how you create an original silver wedding newspaper

What you need:

• computer
• Photos (digitized resp. scanned)
• Time
• creativity

Stories - the alpha and omega of the original silver wedding newspaper

• You are sure to share many common experiences with the anniversaries. Write a list of the events and sort them. You may even have a specific motto for the newspaper, such as: B. Preferences or quirks of the couple (maybe they like to travel or always party late into the night) or want to emphasize the characteristics of the two.
• If you think you don't have enough stories, ask friends and relatives about more.

Photos - a must in the original silver wedding newspaper

• Pictures of the couple are essential in an original silver wedding newspaper. Search in your own photo archives (photo albums, computer files) and (with permission) in those others for pictures that show both and the stories you selected in the first step fit.
• In addition, you can select images that may not fit into any experience, but still belong in the newspaper. Photos from various vacations, from the wedding, with the children, as you grow up, when you move house, on different birthdays, whatever comes to mind. Snapshots are also allowed, provided they don't embarrass either of them or anyone else in any way.
• Make sure that both are shown in a balanced relationship in the pictures, i.e. not one of the two on 80% of the pictures, but the other only on 20%. The mixture of photos with both, alone and with friends / relatives should also be right.


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Writing the stories for the original silver wedding newspaper

• The collected stories must be written (preferably all on the computer in a Word document).
• They should be written cheerfully according to the occasion and not too long, nobody wants to read a novel at a silver wedding anniversary.
• If you find it difficult to write, you can also ask another friend / acquaintance / relative of the couple to help you.

A personal test for the silver wedding newspaper

• With a little creativity, you can design a people test for the newspaper to show how well the guests know the couple. Ask questions about both partners and offer different possible answers.
• Be careful not to reveal any overly private things about the couple. Whoever has the most correct answers, of course, knows the couple very well and can read words of praise.
• If you write small texts even for poorer results, be careful not to offend anyone. Colleagues who have not known the anniversaries from a young age are sure to be at the party, such as B. the grandma or the father.

The page design of the original silver wedding newspaper

• If you have all the stories, photographs and additional information in file form (non-digital photos can be scanned, if necessary in the copy shop), you have to merge everything. There are special programs for this in specialist shops, or you can use PowerPoint or Word.
• Don't be discouraged if the positioning of the photographs ends in fiddly work. Sometimes it helps to crop the pictures in a program like Paint.
• You can also choose a uniform layout for the newspaper, e.g. B, by keeping the headings and page numbers in the same color (maybe even in the couple's favorite color) or something similar.

The production of the silver wedding newspaper

• With the file that the newspaper contains, it is best to go to a copy shop and have it printed out and bound there (several times).
• At the party, after handing over the newspaper to the couple, you can put a copy aside and distribute a few more on the tables for the guests.