First things first: the save-the-date card is not your wedding invitation. In general, the save-the-dates are followed by the formal wedding invitations closer to the wedding. Save-the-dates should ideally be sent 6-7 months before your wedding day: this gives wedding guest – especially out-of-towners – to make necessary arrangements to clear their calendars and make the necessary arrangements to be present at your big day.
A save-the-date card is the perfect way to announce your upcoming nuptials, and the best part: you can let your imagination take free rein while sending these out. Here are five unique ideas for save-the-dates:
Printed Bookmarks:
From letter-pressed to embossed letters, surrounded by ornate or gilded borders around the edges, there’s a plethora of ideas that you can use for this idea. You can also use this to portray common interests: for example, if you and your fiancé are both avid readers, use the theme of a favourite novel/book/author that you both love as a theme for the bookmark.
Confetti Poppers:
Display your fun-loving side to your prospective guests by tucking your save-the-dates inside confetti-filled tubes. The curiosity that will beset them when they receive it, and the surprise they’ll receive when they pop it open could be well worth the effort of meticulously putting together your poppers.
Hand-painted Cards
Put a simple, yet personal touch on your save-the-dates with cards that are decorated with a few swirls of paint. You don’t need to be an artistic hand while pulling this off. The simplicity of the idea lends itself to a few hours of old-fashioned fun as you put them together. Remember making your first birthday invitations as a child? Recreate that joy by indulging in creating these cards.
Relationship Timeline
Tell your invitees the story of your relationship on your cards, indicating special dates of your relationship – the day you met, the day you went out on your first date, the day he proposed, and finally, your wedding date. There are so many ways to go about this: from single cards with flowchart-like diagrams of the timeline or tiny booklets with each page dedicated to a significant event.
Photographic Save-the-dates
The simplest of ideas, but it’s one that allows for a LOT of creativity. From a simple photograph as a backdrop for the save-the-date text to putting together a collage, there’s no limit to the ways you can use this idea.
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