Weddingbee Blog

Let the evolution of our save the dates begin! It all started with a little inspiration.

Image via DC NearlyWeds

The moment I saw this photo I thought it would be perfection for our wedding. The couple took the picture in front of their wedding location (Outer Banks, I think). It is carefree and fun. I think it gives off a definite destination-wedding feel. I toyed around with some other ideas, too.

I thought this was cute and simple. I liked that it was a postcard, and I was determined to have a postcard for our STD (teehee) as well. First and foremost, postcard postage is cheaper and I am nothing if not frugal. Also everyone says that the STD is the guests’ first glimpse at the wedding, and I think a postcard sets the right first glimpse of our semi-destination wedding.

Now it is just time to put the plan in motion. We headed up to Cape May exactly one year before our wedding (so adorable, I know!). The weather was fabulous, and we set off to take pictures for the front our of our STD postcard. We were not without help, though, and enlisted the Sammie sisters as camera women and Mama CS as shoot director.

Some were bad:

Some were good but not the right “feel”:

And one was perfect! Please meet the front of our save the date:

The front…

We ordered them from Vistaprint, and it was easy peasy. Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out how to add the line to separate the text and the address, so I manually drew it in. When the postcards arrived they were not quite right. Not to worry—craft supplies to the rescue. I used the paper cutter to trim the extra blank space.

Good to go

Mr. CS worked tirelessly on hand-addressing and manually drawing lines. He is so crafty.

After working at lightning speed, we were finally finished! Overall, from photo shoot to mailbox, the STD process took just 14 short weeks. Like I said, lightning speed. But it was worth it!

Our friendly neighborhood post office

Did a project of yours take longer than expected given its lack of complication?