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We knew that we wanted to use a photo from our engagement shoot for our save the date postcard. We knew that we wanted it to be urban, edgy and cool, and, as it turns out, to include a mural. We like to go big with sharing our wedding date with the world! 
Source: Laurie Peacock Photography
We LOVED this shot in front of this mural in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. This was taken in September 2008, pre-Election, when the excitement was continuing to build here in Chicago and across the country!
To keep political messages and endorsements to ourselves as this is about our wedding, Mr. S used Photoshop to remove the “Elect Obama” message from the wall and add our information. I love the line in the arrow above us that says, “Often Imitated, Never Duplicated.”
We used Overnight Prints to order our 4×6 postcards. The great thing about this vendor was that we were able to upload files for the front and back images, so Mr. S designed the information to go on the back. A lot of vendors I had sourced out did not provide us that option, but rather forced you to use a template and their font choices.
Mr. S also had a $10 off coupon, so we got 100 postcards for around $40, including shipping!! The print quality was really great and the cardstock was heavy and of good quality. We are really pleased.
For those of you who are thinking about how to word the information on your save the dates, after a lot of searching and playing around, we came up with this:
I love that our save the date is distinctly us. It represents us, our city and our aesthetic. Now, hopefully everyone is saving the darn date!
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They came out great! I am still looking for STD ideas, but postcards with the engagement pictures is one of my top choices. The place you used sounds great. I’ll have to look into them. Where’d you get the coupon?
Those are cute! Maybe I’m just saying this because I’m sitting in the classroom where I teach, but the sign kind of looks like a blackboard now. 
Those are so amazingly cute and unique!
I love Overnight Prints. I used them to buy and design my business cards. Your Save the Date couldn’t be any cuter (in an edgy sort of way.)
Love the idea of the Save the Date focusing on the date and you guys are just in the backdrop!!!
Like Gilneas said - bold in deed
I can’t decide whether we should have Save the Date cards or not. I don’t know that the budget can handle the expense, but most of our guests will be out of towners… Plus, cute designs like this make me WANT them.
Love the mural! We did postcards too, saved some serious $$ on postage!
great idea…love that the arrow is pointing down at you guys!
LOVE the STDs that you made! I’m working on designing my STDs right now, and have been looking for a company that I could upload my design for a full bleed print out…having trouble working around templates. So I LOVE that just when i was starting to look you offered the best post to help me out. Thank you and you did a GREAT job on them!
@slspears:
Yay I’m glad that this helped! Overnight Prints was SOOO reasonable and it was great having the flexibility to design how we wanted.
@Newport Nuptials:
Mr. S has bought business cards from there before, so I think he’s on their mailing list and happened to get a coupon emailed to him right before we ordered, how convenient!
@driftslikesmoke:
Honestly, this was a $60 investment for us (ordering 100 postcards and I think we bought like 80 postacrd stamps)…SO reasonable to do these, and it’s a nice extra touch if you can swing it, especially if you have a longer engagement like we do!
Hi — just came across your post while searching the hive for postcard STD’s. I went to Overnight Prints and did you do the glossy or matte finish? Did they arrive to your guests in OK shape? Thanks!
@Sharona: We did the matte finish and they arrived in good condition! We used them for another project (a map that was an insert in our invites) and there was a handful - maybe 10 or 15 of 100 - that had some discoloration on the edges that we were unhappy with, but we didn’t need the full 100 so we were able to not use them. However, for the price, it was great!
We also just ordered some from Zazzle and the quality was good there as well, although I don’t know what the price comparison would be for larger quantities (we just ordered 15).
Miss S — thanks for the prompt reply. I was just worried about the cards running through the post office machines and getting magled, but that’s great to know!
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Mrs. Stiletto, Chicago
Age and Occupation: 26, Non-Profit/Fundraising
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Engineer and Photographer
Engagement Date: March 2, 2008
Wedding Date: September 2009
Venue: The 19th Century Club
About Me: My fiance and I love living in the city of Chicago with our cats Basil and Linus, and vow to never move to the suburbs if we can possibly avoid it! We’ve poured ourselves into planning a wedding that reflects our personal style - modern and high contrast with a vintage twist. Blogging keeps me creative, baking keeps me happy, and grande nonfat no foam sugar free vanilla lattes keep me sane.
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