You’ve gotten engaged, started
planning your wedding and have picked a date. Now what? It’s time
to send out those save the date cards. Save the dates are a way to
let everyone know to keep the day for your wedding open before you
send out the formal invitations closer to the wedding. Save the dates
don’t have to just be a boring card. You can get creative!
Many save the dates are a picture of
the couple announcing the date of the wedding. These photos don’t
have to be standard photos. Have fun with them! If you’re having a
winter wedding take a picture with each of you playing in the snow.
You can be on the ground making snow angels and the photo can be
taken from above. You could be having a fake snowball fight. Have the
photographer
wrap the two of you in Christmas lights. The writing you choose to
put around the picture can then match whatever style you’re going
for.
If you don’t want to have writing
around the picture of you two take a picture of each of you holding a
small chalkboard or poster board with “save the date” written on
one and the date of the wedding written on the other.
While many couples decided to have a
picture of them as the card you don’t have to. If you’re having a
beach
wedding the save the date could be a picture of
each of your hands in the sand with a wedding band placed on the ring
finger of each hand. You can use props to announce the date of the
wedding. Take a picture of the bottom of his and her shoes. On the
sole of each shoe have “save the date” and the date of the
wedding.
You can get creative with the packaging
of the save the date as well. Send out magnets instead of a card.
Have the card look like a postcard. Make it a pop-up card so when the
card is opened the picture or words can jump off the page.
Save the dates can speak to each couple
individually. Do something that represents the two of you. The
possibilities are endless.
