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Miss Trail Mix, New York Age and Occupation: 26, PE Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, MBA Student Engagement Date: March 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: Tannery Pond at the Darrow School About Me: I'm a country girl who somehow found herself living in the Big Apple and loving every minute of it. I'm planning a rustic, country-chic wedding in my hometown in upstate New York and it's going to be a Party with a capital P. White wine, flea markets and running keep me happy and my friends, family and fiance are my world. I'm a little bit crafty, a little bit crazy but mostly just crazy in love.
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Save-The-Date Goodness

November 4th, 2009 @ 4:52 pm by Miss Trail Mix

While most of the decisions regarding our wedding have caused me some serious stress (I hate making decisions!), our Save The Dates was one of the first and easiest ones we made. About 2 weeks after getting engaged, a friend of mine from college sent out an email describing her new children’s card shop on Etsy. After perusing her designs, I knew a custom Save The Date from her was a must. They were all so simple and sweet, just the theme I wanted to convey.

Seriously, how could I not fall in love with these?

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She also makes beautiful notecards (thank you note possibilities?!?!)

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So I emailed her, asking if there was any way she could modify one of the existing cards into a Save The Date and whether she had the printing capabilities to print off about 150. She was more than happy to make the changes and could print out that many, so the decision was made and about 2 months later, I picked up our oh-so-beautiful cards.

They are printed on a piece of cardstock that went into a white envelope with another pale yellow insert. The insert was a very simple DIY project that I created on Word, including information about our wedding website, and had printed on at Staples, since our printer was broken. I stuffed both and sent them off (way way way too early. But that’s another post) :). So, without further ado, here’s our lovely STD (HA! That acronym always makes the 12-year-old inside me giggle). The first image is a close up of the actual design and the second picture includes the insert:

At about $1.25 a piece, they were reasonably priced for custom work. You can check out more cards at her Etsy store.

What do you think? How’d you decide on your Save The Date?

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23 Responses to “Save-The-Date Goodness”

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Newport Nuptials
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Newport Nuptials (message)  1,133 posts, Bumble bee

So cute, lucky to have a talented friend!

We’re currently working on our save the dates and aren’t sure when to send. I think it would be awesoem if you wrote a post on that!

 
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LisaBee
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LisaBee (message)  117 posts, Blushing bee

My goodness these are adorable! I am definitely flagging her page!!

 
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Miss Moonbeam (message)  1,328 posts, Bumble bee

So cute!

 
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alvina
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alvina (message)  298 posts, Helper bee

I just sent mine off!! :-D

I customed design and then got them printed at Vistaprint for cheap. We want to focus more on the invitations and the STDs was just to get the word out.

Yours is supe cute! :) Please tell the story about sending them out really early. Cause I kind of did too. Well. 3 weeks early. Which I guess. Isn’t that big of a deal. :)

 
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Miss Frozen Yogurt (message)  865 posts, Busy bee

Those are super cute!! What a great shop!

 
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D.Marie
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D.Marie (message)  1,372 posts, Bumble bee

These are adorable! I love them…what a great find and it seems to fit your personality! ;)

 
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gibbysgirl21
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gibbysgirl21 (message)  123 posts, Blushing bee

The hubs decided on a save the date for us! He wanted something that was completely us- we picked something with a filmstrip and personal photos. They were very cool.

Love the crafty friend! I need to get in on Etsy.

 
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Mrs. French Bulldog
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Mrs. French Bulldog (message)  6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

That illustration is too cute :) I LOVE your Save the Dates!

 
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Crystal Johnson

Hi, they are really cute, I love them. I went to savethedatemagic.com to do mine - they were super, too! Thanks for sharing, Crystal

 
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Annui
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Annui (message)  314 posts, Helper bee

Adorable!

 
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fiftyfootbride
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fiftyfootbride (message)  3,683 posts, Sugar bee

Aww, those are so sweet! I love them. :)

 
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periwinkle

Wow, I just love them!

 
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KMSull
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KMSull (message)  2,504 posts, Sugar bee

Those are precious! And so sweet. <3

 
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Lovely and unusual. Anyone looking for a wedding venue in Suffolk should check out Trinity Park. I went to a wedding there and the day was faultless.

 
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mrspaetz
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mrspaetz (message)  1,707 posts, Bumble bee

that is adorable!!!

 
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pvaulter718
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pvaulter718 (message)  1,593 posts, Bumble bee

Those are super cute! The cyclist in me is all excited now.. hehe

 
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nhlchick4 (message)  232 posts, Helper bee

Those are so cute!!!!

 
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Jessie516 (message)  4,006 posts, Honey bee

These are too darn cute!

 
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Mrs. Quiche (message)  2,175 posts, Buzzing bee

Those are SO CUTE!

 
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krissycake
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krissycake (message)  2,085 posts, Buzzing bee

these are precious! thanks for sharing =)

 
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aliangel64 (message)  79 posts, Worker bee

Love the design - so cute!

 
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Miss Poodle (message)  3,020 posts, Sugar bee

SO CUTE!!!!

 
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do | Weddingbee

[...] The Dates out way. way. waaaaaay too early. After my recent posting about the design of our pretty STDs, I had several requests to tell the story of the over-eager bride who sent out her Save The Dates [...]

 


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