Category: Save the Dates

A Merry Engagement

Sending a save the date as your holiday card can be a great way to announce your upcoming wedding, plus it doubles as both a holiday greeting and save the date in one. I have a bunch of save the date options or if you’d like, I can create something special using an engagement photo or any other unique ideas you may want to incorporate.

 

Chalkboard Save the Date

A cool way to tell friends and family to “save the weekend”, this chalkboard style save the date lists on a timeline three key events for the weekend: a birthday party, an engagement party, and a bridal shower. Let the fun begin!

Amanda + Navraj

This was another of my favorites this year. The invitation was neutral and formal using a palette of black, a tiny bit of ivory, and shades of gold. We used all metallic stocks, which set an extra elegant tone. One thing that was different about this invitation suite is that it included a card that listed the dates, venues, and locations of all of the wedding events to make it easy for guests to keep track of where they were supposed to be and when. To coordinate with her invitations, we also designed programs and rehearsal dinner invitations in the same color scheme.

Katherine + Jamie

For this Captiva Island wedding, we chose one of this year’s hottest colors, a deep coral, paired it with a funky chartreuse kaleidoscope pocket, and used a blocky roman font to create balance in the design. The simple monogram kept the look modern and clean, while adding a personal touch to the outside of the pocket. This save the date card was the perfect precursor to Katherine and Jamie’s wedding invitation, which incorporated the same colors and overall style, using a pocket card to envelop all four of their enclosure cards: a schedule of weekend events, information about the resort and surrounding area, a reply card, and a hotel card listing accommodations info for their guests.

 

Adrianna’s Telegram

What goes better with a vintage wedding at the Packard Museum than a telegram invitation? Answer: Nothing. Adrianna’s invitation topped the creativity charts and didn’t miss a single detail, from the full stops after each piece of information to the fun text frames we peppered throughout the natural kraft pocket-fold style invitation. We had a hard time finding the perfect shade of periwinkle that wasn’t too purple and wasn’t too blue, but Adi pulled through and provided some scrap booking stock she found for us to cut and use as her accent layer. Once we had the perfect accent color, we then matched small parts of the text to her color to tie everything together. Special delivery, indeed!

Her save the date was a single card with the infamous pointing hand graphic, pointing at a tiny envelope which housed a card bearing the date of the wedding. She mailed them in paper bag style envelopes, giving guests a glimpse of what to expect: a classic wedding at a truly unique venue.

Corinne + Pablo

Corinne and Pablo wanted to incorporate airplanes into their wedding invitations and save the dates, not just because they currently live in city known as the birthplace of aviation, but because they are both involved in the Air Force. They were legally married in a small ceremony in one of the small wedding chapels on base several months ago, surrounded by a close circle of family and friends, and then planned a large April celebration. Corinne shared a funny story with me about how most of their friends didn’t know they were getting married prior to the big April wedding, but their photographer accidentally let the cat out of the bag by posting their wedding pictures – and tagging them – on Facebook! Everyone had a good laugh and the bride and groom were later happily “married” in April 2012.