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It is a pretty exciting time here, hive—it is time to talk about our STDs!

Of course you know I mean save the dates, right?

Once Mr. Gazelle and I got engaged, I immediately started thinking about the save the dates. I wanted something simple but something that was going to give our guests their first glimpse of our wedding. Our wedding will be a destination wedding for 81.667% of our guests, so I wanted to play off of that theme.

How about postcards?

First I thought about purchasing a bunch of postcards in Vancouver, getting a custom stamp made with our save-the-date info, and sending them out.

Image via Martha Stewart Weddings

I wasn’t overly excited about that idea exactly, so I thought it would be nice to personalize them a bit more. Like maybe with a picture of us? In Vancouver, perhaps? With that in mind we decided to take a trip to Vancouver in October to have our engagement photos taken. I mentioned my plan to our photographer and asked if we could have a few pictures taken with some iconic Vancouver scenery in the background.

This was exactly the kind of photo I envisioned using—us on the Stanley Park sea wall with the Vancouver skyline in the background…

Photo by Sakura Photography

…but we had so many amazing photos to choose from that I wasn’t sure which photo to use!

Stay tuned for Part II to see how our save the dates started to come together!