Who knew that choosing save the dates could be so extremely difficult! A good difficult, though. Of course, I love this stuff. I've actually been scouring the internet (mostly Weddingbee) for different designs for save the dates for quite some time. Some of my favorites have included:
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| Via @emtheartist |
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| Via @mrsgloss |
After searching for what felt like a very long time (gosh, after looking at this, I'm realizing I've been looking at save the date designs for over 7 years!) I finally decided on a simple design with our engagement photo. I really wanted to design our own, and was pleased with the final product.
Here's what they looked like:
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| Photo by Rachel Liz Photography/personal design |
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| Photo by Rachel Liz Photography/personal design |
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Photo by Rachel Liz Photography/personal design
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I was really going for something sweet and simple. I also really wanted to go with a magnet back so that people could easily stick them up on their refrigerators. Mr. Ice Cream Sundae really liked the designs as well, and we ultimately chose the top 2 as our top 2 :)
Then came the planning for printing. I called several different stores to see if they would print on magnet paper, or if they had magnet paper to sell. The majority of the stores that I called said that yes, they could print, but that they did not have magnet paper to sell. Then I went on a hunt for magnet paper that was Laser printer friendly. This was not easy to find. I did find some, but it was quite expensive, and only came in bulk quantities. I then thought about purchasing a printer and magnet paper myself, but after conversing with Mr. Ice Cream Sundae about this, we both decided that it would be more cost effective to just find a design that we liked and have them printed by the company.
I was sad at first because I was really looking forward to designing and printing our save the dates myself, but was happy that we had come to a decision. I was constantly going back and forth with "should we" or "shouldn't we" for quite some time.
We decided to go with this design from Minted.com and were extremely happy with the result! We ordered 75 save the dates without the magnet backing, which came to $75.00. It saved me a lot of time, effort, and probably some money in the end as well.
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| Photo by Rachel Liz Photography, design by Minted.com |
How did you go about choosing your save the dates? Was it something that you were able to easily decide on? Did you create your own?
Can't wait to hear about your save the dates!
-Miss Ice Cream Sundae
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