Weddingbee Blog

Once upon a time, in part of the wedding timeline far, far away, we made our Save the Date magnets. I promised to show them to you once we sent them out, and send them we will! Tomorrow. I planned to send them at the 6-8 month mark, but there ain’t no shame in 4 months!

When we left off on this subject, I decided to order from MagnetStreet. My MOH, J, came over to help. Now would be a good time to introduce you to J! She was my roomie all four years in college and the closest thing I have to a twin sister. We met in high school and bonded over a million things, including the fact that we’re both giggle-pants. And together, we were even bigger, more powerful giggle-pants, much to the annoyance of our teachers.

For one afternoon, we stifled our laughter (kind of) and got to work! We started clicking through the 60+ pages of options and chose our favorites. (All images from the MagnetStreet website.)

Above: We liked the sweet picture, but, of course, those mugs wouldn’t appear on ours! J pointed out that if we do use photos on our Save-the-Dates, people should see more of us than this circle allowed. I agreed—more face on more space!

I liked sweet and simple designs, but they usually had too much blank space for our tastes! We passed on this one, too. By the way, do the folks above remind you of any famous people? You can find our “Oh My Gosh, he/she looks just like…” answers at the bottom of the post!

Hee hee, the bunny was just too cute. And check out the bride’s name! After some awws and giggles, we both said no to this one and continued our search for people-centered magnets.

Ta daaa! I’d like you to meet the lovely template we finally chose! Isn’t it pretty just how it is? It made me wish we took e-pics in all-white clothing.

J and I got to work filling in words and pictures in the template, but we ran into a problem. When we dragged and dropped one particular photo onto the magnet, it had the terrible habit of self-cropping… and cutting off the backside of my head!

Why was this such a big deal? Well, my brother and I learned the hard way that our elders will NOT accept a picture with part of a head cropped off. It’s a feng shui mindset that they still carry today and something to consider for anyone who’s sending photos to Korean (and, I’m assuming, other Asian?) friends or relatives. To avoid offense, I needed my entire head well within the picture.

And so, for longer than I wish to admit, we cropped the photo this way and that; felt our hopes rise as the image processed (“This is it! It’s gonna work! I can FEEL it!”); and made a big, dramatic hullaballoo every time my head got chopped. Finally, J thought of a photo alteration that had real hope. Her solution? “Draw a big box next to your head!” And wouldn’t you know…it worked. You’ll get to see the finished product in my next post!

Did you run into any unexpected road bumps while working on a wedding project? How has your family’s culture affected your projects?

Oh, and about the second Save the Date: J thought he looked like Mark McGrath, and I thought she looked like Kristin Cavallari! Not enough to be twins, but enough to make us think, “Wouldn’t that be a random couple?”