FIRST IMPRESSIONS...
You're engaged, congratulations! So when's the big day? It's only courteous to send your guests, especially those who live out-of-town and have to make travel arrangements, a "save the date" notice. This can be anything, a postcard, magnet, or even a email if you're having a small, casual wedding.
Whatever you do for your save the dates, make sure you think it through because this will be the first thing your guests see and it will set the tone, whether it's casual, formal, indoors or out.
We did double-sided postcards using a photo from our venue on one side, and an engagement photo on the other. A designer friend of ours pulled my idea together graphically and I simply uploaded the files to my new favorite printing site, overnightprints.com. For a relatively small amount of money, I got a stack of "designer" save the date cards! (Tip: search online for a coupon code, sign up for their emails, and friend them on Facebook for extra savings).
I also ordered custom envelopes in one of our colors, navy blue. Check out jampapers.com if you are looking for unique colors, sizes, or styles of envelopes. I also ordered and used "celebrate" stamps from USPS.com (I couldn't handle using the overly mushy lovey dovey ones they normally have at the post office).
Because the envelopes were dark, I used a silver Sharpie to address them (note: be prepared to go through a lot of Sharpies because the rough paper makes the tip of them blunt quickly). For the final touch, I used our wedding logo on silver Avery inkjet labels and ta-da! A beautiful package to send out as a preview of what was to come!
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