| Save the date cards are a wonderful way to give | | | | Customized photos can be a fantastic basis for save |
| your guests advance notice of your upcoming | | | | the date notices. One couple I knew made two |
| wedding. They are also a great chance to give your | | | | snowmen and stretched a banner between them |
| family and friends a hint about what your wedding will | | | | which proclaimed, "We're engaged!". Their names and |
| be like. Since they need not be very formal, many | | | | wedding date were printed under the picture. Not only |
| couples like the fun of designing and possibly even | | | | were the cards cute and original, but they were able to |
| making their own save the dates. Use these ideas to | | | | use them as their holiday greeting cards as well, |
| get the creative juices flowing. | | | | thereby taking care of two things at once (always |
| The save the date cards are the first glimpse that | | | | helpful when you are busy planning a wedding!). A |
| your guests will have of your wedding style, so why | | | | photo of the engaged couple could be used in a similar |
| not take the opportunity to make a great first | | | | fashion, and creating the cards yourself on the |
| impression? Let's say that you are planning to have | | | | computer would be a piece of cake. |
| very formal wedding, and will be using lots of sparkly | | | | If you are planning a theme wedding, why not have |
| elements, such as crystal wedding jewelry. A cute | | | | your notices reflect that? The message in a bottle is a |
| idea for your wedding notices would be to embellish a | | | | popular save the date idea for destination weddings to |
| heavy card with a silver chandelier motif to give the | | | | tropical locations (as long as you don't mind paying for |
| hint of the elegance that is to come. Or make your | | | | all that postage); a fun variation on that would be to |
| save the dates sparkle just like your crystal wedding | | | | have labels printed with your wedding date adhered to |
| jewelry by dipping the edges in glitter. Use a pretty | | | | small bottles of wine for a vineyard wedding. For a |
| script for the lettering, in keeping with the fancy motif. | | | | garden wedding, send your notices on handmade |
| Calendar save the date cards can be really cute, and | | | | paper which has dried petals embedded in it, or use |
| there are any number of design possibilities. A simple | | | | heart shaped stationery for a Valentine's Day wedding. |
| one is to have your cards printed with the month in | | | | The save the date cards are one of the areas of a |
| which you will be married and then circle your wedding | | | | wedding which allows the bride and groom total |
| date in red. Underneath the calendar, all that is needed | | | | creative freedom. Even if your wedding is formal, you |
| is the names of the bride and groom with the | | | | can design wedding notices with a touch of whimsy to |
| message "save the date". A variation on this is to | | | | them. Always keep in mind that one of the main jobs |
| have the calendar printed on a magnet. With your | | | | of the save the date card is not only to notify guests |
| wedding date staring them in the face every time they | | | | of your upcoming nuptials, but to make them eagerly |
| go to the fridge, you can be sure that no one will | | | | anticipate the celebration itself, and you will do just fine. |
| forget about your special day! | | | | |