DIY ideas for save the dates

[kevinsbride2B]

My FH and I will be sending out a limited number of save the dates because most of our guests are pretty much minutes away from us and we are in contact with them on a regular basis.
Although, most of Kevin's family is in England and we plan to send some out that way and to Iceland where my family is.
I thought about magnets but lately all of my friends who have gotten married have done this and I want to be a little different. There is a strict budget so I do plan to make these on our own. Any ideas for something different?

[LaceyinPgh]

My FH and I will be sending out a limited number of save the dates because most of our guests are pretty much minutes away from us and we are in contact with them on a regular basis.
Although, most of Kevin's family is in England and we plan to send some out that way and to Iceland where my family is.
I thought about magnets but lately all of my friends who have gotten married have done this and I want to be a little different. There is a strict budget so I do plan to make these on our own. Any ideas for something different?
I will say that we used the magnet and it really worked. Everyone had to look at it several times a day whenever they went to their refrigerator. It is was subtle advertising. :bbmrgreen: I know that you can make little stickers with your wedding date and name on them for people to put on their calendars. That is kind of the smae thing but a little different too.

[70707Bride]

I was wanting a different idea for Save the Dates too, although I like the magnet idea. But I thought I'd just share this picture I found because I like it:

http://www.brides.com/images/editorial/2006_online/09_articles/03_weddingstyle_savethedate/00_main/001_article_primary.jpg

I know its not that different, but I got to thinking, maybe cut paper in a different shape, like a circle instead of a rectangle.

[70707Bride]

Here are some more pics I found that I like:


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organza bags
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[70707Bride]

more:

maybe you could find a postcard from your town
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I love these!
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[70707Bride]

and more:

http://www.weddingchannel.cceasy.com/pics/EasiestWeddingPics/Dealer/9557NTlr.gif (javascript:openCloseUpPopUp())


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[kevinsbride2B]

Thank you so much for sharing so many awesome ideas!!!!! There are some kick butt ideas above!

[70707Bride]

Thank you so much for sharing so many awesome ideas!!!!! There are some kick butt ideas above!

I know! I was so excited when I found them, because I just can't decide on one either. All I can come up with (on my own) are plain ones.

[PurpleFlower]

The note pad is such a cute idea!!!

If you do decide to do the magnet we made ours! It was pretty inexpensive and didn't take to long!! I think they turned out great!! We used business cards (around $10 for over 100) and printed a pic on it with the date and our names. Then we puchased the magnets that are made for business cards (I think it was around $10 for 100). Then we just stuck them togeather!! It worked out really well and It wasn't to expensive! I have got a lot of compliments on them!!

[septemberbride06]

We didn't even do save the date cards.
Great..I guess I need to explain the entire story..well maybe in my journal or something..which I still have no idea how to do. Anyway, we picked our wedding date by putting a bunch of dates into a hat and picked out the date. I know, I know It's stupid, because now we have had like seriously 41/2 months to plan the entire thing. We have done really well, but some things really do need time. LOL.

[70707Bride]

If you don't want to spend anything, you could do Save the Date emails. I know that there are some wedding websites that have this feature, and you can design your own.

[70707Bride]

http://images.theknot.com/pictures/31219savedatetrends.jpg


You could bake sugar cookies and use frosting on them to write the date, and then send them.

[The Wedding Diva]

If you want to explore some creative candidates, you can turn to your theme or colors. Do you have one? (a theme, that is)

[kevinsbride2B]

Yes we're lilies and light pink.