The Save the Dates Are in the States

The Save the Dates Are in the States

August 14th, 2010 @ 3:05 pm by Mrs. Barrettes
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With our monogram complete, it was time to start putting together our save the dates. I knew I was going to spend a pretty penny on our invitations, so I wanted to make the STDs myself. Postcards are sooo IN these days! I created all my graphics on my MacBook using iWorks 09 Pages.

As you can see, I just printed the monogram on the front of the cardstock and the following on the back:

I have been known to get carried away with fonts. There are just so many beautiful free fonts available! I decided to stick with Snell Roundhand for our names, Baskerville (italic) for the date and location, and Champignon for sentences. I stretched out the fonts to fit by using the “character” slide, located in the Inspector.

They were printed on the heaviest cardstock the printer had at the time (hey, I live on Guam, I have to take what I can get), which was not as thick as I had hoped for. Actually, they were a bit flimsy, but I kept reminding myself that my invitations were going to be really pretty. Anyway, they were also given a UV coating to keep the ink from running/fading/smearing. I highly recommend this; the gloss effect was a nice touch.

What I forgot to account for was my stamp. I didn’t realize when I ordered them from Stamps.com that they would be so big! Wait until you affix your stamp to address the cards!!! I had to scrap about 60 cards and re-do them because the stamp covered the names of my guests.

I sent those babies out in the mail and am happy that they are stuck on refrigerators across the country!

How do you feel about postcards vs. magnets?

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14 Responses to “The Save the Dates Are in the States”

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,177 posts, Bee Keeper

Very cool! We did magnets for our save the dates, but will be using the postcard idea for the RSVPs for the invites.

8/14/10 @ 6:49 pm (reply)

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theweddinglane

Cute postcards! I prefer postcards now just because I don’t have any more room on my fridge. LOL I don’t want to get rid of any. You could always make your thank you card as magnet. That’s something different.

8/14/10 @ 7:59 pm (reply)

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jlp2w71611 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

We went with magnets because we are sending them out *almost* a year in advance.. although I do like the postcard & think we’ll do that for the RSVP’s like llc2011 said!

8/14/10 @ 8:18 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

We didn’t waste too much time on our STDs because we figured we’d just make our invites pretty too. Actually you can see Our STD post 2 down from this one! We had some bumps in the road too. The stamps look really great on yours and the monogram turned out really pretty!

8/14/10 @ 10:51 pm (reply)

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Miss Stripes (message) 1,063 posts, Bumble bee

I love how these turned out! And those stamps are so cute!! Are they a custom design?

8/15/10 @ 12:21 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Looking good!

8/15/10 @ 2:26 pm (reply)

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MissMargie (message) 767 posts, Busy bee

Love them!

8/15/10 @ 5:26 pm (reply)

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BunnyBunz (message) 173 posts, Blushing bee

I like the idea of a postcard and thought about if we should use them for our STDs or RSVPs, in the end we went with magnets for our STD’s but your postcards are great!!

8/15/10 @ 6:17 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pin Cushion (message) 1,012 posts, Bumble bee

They look great! Simple and elegant.

8/16/10 @ 4:05 am (reply)

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Miss Starfish (message) 1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

These came out great! I love the sparkly white postcard!

8/16/10 @ 10:21 am (reply)

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mrssmith11 (message) 2 posts, Wannabee

Awesome job Miss Barrettes! I used to live in the Bay Area and frequented V. Sattui often - it is my absolute favorite winery in Napa! Congratulations!

8/16/10 @ 10:50 am (reply)

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Mrs. Turtle (message) 782 posts, Busy bee

I didn’t know that your name was Brianne! I’m Brianne too!!

8/16/10 @ 8:20 pm (reply)

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merlr

I printed post card save the dates for my wedding too. I’m curious how you did the UV coating… DIY or did you go to a printer?

Also, I mailed one to myself to see what it would look like after a trip through the mail. It arrived with a barcode printed on the bottom and a blurry stamp printed across the top. Does anyone know if this is standard, or if I went to the post office they could stamp it without the barcode, etc? It seems to have ruined the look of the postcards. help!!

8/18/10 @ 10:30 am (reply)

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