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My beautiful bridesmaid and owner/operator of Alana Bailey Brand created our awesome save the dates! I just love them!

Our1930s Inspired Save the Date with URL blocked out created by Alana Bailey Brand

After telling Alana of an inspiring vintage wooden sign I saw on the Internet, I emailed her a picture of it. She loved it too and then proceeded to work her magic translating the vintage image into a postcard! Or shall I say, our wedding save the date!

The original image is from 1930s timetable (this is from my detective work based on a similar image with this history). It has a big sun setting its abstract orange rays behind the silhouette of a cerulean Catalina Island. With Alana’s magic as a printmaker she translated this image into the 21st century without losing an ounce of its glory!

Personal Photo

She added the date of our wedding into the sun, and put our wedding website URL (which is blocked out of the image above for our privacy) so people could go directly to our website for details about the wedding. We didn’t add any of the conventional words like “save the date” or even our names. A while ago I blogged about this, not being sure about if people will miss this wording here: “No ‘Save the Date’ on Your Save the Date?” No one was confused about what 7.31.2010 stood for—which was a major concern. But a few people didn’t realize that the www.xxxxx.com was to go to a website. But these people aren’t technical people, so it is a bit understandable.

Personal Photo

We ordered the paper in Cream Luxe from Paper Source and used ‘night’ blue colored envelopes.

The envelopes had even more details. Alana added a block of white as a place for us to address them. I used a navy blue ink pen to do this. She also added our return address on back in white text - it was even in the same style script as the “Catalina Island” words on the face of the card. Then she added glittering little waves on the inside of the envelopes for some pizzazz!

The Magnets

The finishing touches were when I attached two magnetic strips, cut to fit the two shortest sides of the card so people could hang up the invites on their fridge when they got them.

There you have it! Our vintage-inspired wedding save the dates! A little bit homemade/a little bit from the professional. I had a blast collaborating with Alana—she is the best!