Save the Dates? Flash me ladies

Hi! I'm new to the forum and I feel exactly the same way! We haven't booked a venue but we've set a date (Feb 2012) and I think I will need to send out STD cards to keep me occupied! Mine will match my colour scheme (white/burgandy) - I'm making all of my stationary so it's easier to buy everything I need in bulk. I think the STDs will be simple, A6 single sided, white card layered on burgandy. Need to make some prototypes first to see what H2B thinks though!

Must at least wait until we've booked a venue...

G

Hiya

I can certainly help with Save the Dates and all the rest of your stationery if you would like me to.

I offer a free, no obligation design service where we can design your stationery together to make sure you get what you want and within your budget.

I can do all kinds of STDs including fridge magnets, keyrings, bookmarks, just about anything really.

I'd love to help you out if your interested.

Nat

Hi! I designed my own STDs too because we have a bit of a Sci Fi theme going on (hence the weird wording, all adapted from Babylon 5!) and I couldn't find anything premade that was quite right.

Here are ours. We uploaded the design to Vistaprint and had them printed as postcards - got 100 cards plus envelopes for under £15!

My OH favourite saying whenever I mention anything weddingy is 'its over a year away'. But tmoorrow it will just be a year- HA! Now I can start proper planning!

As for save the dates, despite thinking all my friends know the date, they dont really - its on our radar but not theirs, so its good to put something firm in place. I will be sending mine out next month for a September 2011 wedding.

Very excited!

These are our Save the Date magnets

These are our STD magnets, for the day guests (Close family and friends).

These are our STD postcards for everybody else (Evening guests).

Haven't got a pic of mine at the moment but ordered mini magnets from vistaprint. H2B originally said it was too early to send now and we should wait til Christmas but I think he understands the concept now (plus we had one through post for a wedding AFTER ours which helped!)

Oooooooooooooooooooooh yes Nat that sounds fab! We are having a midnight blue and light yellow theme and I just can't find anything I like in those colours. And with it being bonfire night I quite fancied something involving fireworks but again cant find anything like that... Shall I email you more details?

Also - Mrs T2B and BrideBrat I lurrrrve your stationery. I am totally obsessed, must get a grip.

I sent fridge magnets in March/April.

Hi JST.

Just send me a quick email with all your details and I'll see what I can do.

Would love to help you.

Looking forward to your email.

Nat

I made postcards on vistaprint with a photo of where we got engaged... 100 for £6.99!

These are mine that me and my sister made! Sent them out in June, so 1 year before the wedding. I havent flashed them before either. Sorry for the crap pic - it was taken on my phone.

xxx

Nat - you have mail

Everyone else - you are all so arty! I have been faffing about with vistaprint and also scrolling through Zazzle - anyone used this site? My word they have tens of thousands of invites, I am in heaven!

These are ours, spent a fun evening with the glue and pinking sissors!!! Good job i only had 20 to make!

DG

Sorry Im with your OH on save the dates. I know they can be really fun but TBH just cant see the point. Everyone knows the date already and so the invite is just a formality. In answer to your question about colours all our stationary will match our colours and theme, infact my MIL is in the middle of designing them now. I know how exciting it is when you reach the year to go point and trust me everything will start to speed up now, feels like yesterday i was where you are and now have just under 6 montsh left.

Ours were magnets from ebay

I made mine myself and really enjoyed it OH even joined in, felt really good giving them to people

They are so so so cute! Where on ebay did you get them?

I design save the dates to suit most of my invitations usually as magnets, cards or tags, but I also have a few 'special' ones if you were looking for something more quirky...

My OH also has the same view point on STD cards/ magnets. He thinks it is a bit pointless but he says if I think it is a good idea, then he is happy with it. I like the idea of them but do you send them to all guests, day and night? And when is the appropriate time to send them??

We are only having about 15-18 people at the ceremony, which is at our local registers office and we are still to decide on a venue for the reception. Me and my OH want something a bit more upmarket whereas my dad has suggested the local social club () to save money. This isn't exactly what we had in mind and as we are paying for it, I need to tell my dad that we are quite happy spending a little bit more on a venue. Because of this, I can also see my dad thinking STD cards are a complete waste of time and although it shouldn't bother me if he thinks that, it just does

... But that is a completely different story!!

Save the dates are by no means essential but can be useful if the wedding falls during a peak holiday time or a weekday to give guests prior warning of the date if booking holidays or time from work. Generally they are sent to day guests only. Some people choose to send them to evening guests too but if you do, make sure they are aware it is for the evening only. Most of my clients send them between 18 months - 9 months before the wedding (average seems to be about 12 months) with the invitations following about 4 -2 months prior to the wedding date. They also don't need to match everything else if you don't want them to or are undecided about colours/themes at that stage.

Thanks for the advice. I think I am definately going to send STD cards out to the day guests as it is in the school summer holidays and I guess the earlier they are sent out, the better chance we have of all the people we would like to be there being able to make it.

Thanks again x

Thank you! We bought them from a seller called personal touch. I believe they were £9.99 for 20 plus the envelopes to send them in. They were really helpful and had quite a few more designs plus they sent me a proof e-mail before making them up so I could make sure they were exactly as we wanted x

I really love these STD cards!! Great inspiration, and I didn't realise Vista print were so cheap! Brilliant I can't wait to get to the point where we can start doing things! Getting everything sorted now though as we're getting married November 2011 and I know it will come around quick!

Here's our magnets. We made them ourselves. Sorry about quality was took on my phone!

Magnets from Zazzle, very good quality but not cheap! Realised after we sent them we hadn't mentioned it was a wedding so just had to hope everyone would know!