Adorable Save the Date Cards - By: bridal3

Save the Date cards are usually sent out about six months before your big day and are a great way to help your guests plan far ahead. This will ensure that the greatest possible number of your hopeful guests is able to attend, and also that you will have a decent head count long before the invitations go out, which, by tradition, is about six weeks before the wedding.

Save the Date cards will help your friends to plan travel and hotel accommodations in advance, getting them the best deals, and will also make sure that they don’t plan any vacations, trips, holiday parties, graduation parties, or other weddings on the same day. This is especially important in the early and late summer months, when the majority of weddings take place, as well as around Christmastime when many companies schedule their holiday gatherings.

When attempting to choose Save the Date cards, you want to select ones that will match your invitations, both of which should match your wedding colors and theme. If you don’t know your theme yet, that’s ok. Choose Save the Date cards with indiscriminate colors and designs. This will offer you flexibility down the road with whatever you decide to go with as your theme and color scheme.

Here are a few varied examples of Save the Date cards you might choose from:

Tie the Knot

Tie the Knot Save the Date cards are a set that falls more on the side of elegance and sophistication. A beautiful white card with available with an extravagant pearl embossed design, this is a card to hold the date for an exquisite affair.

Fully customizable, choose from 27 different ink colors and myriad fonts. Choose contrasting fonts for your accents and main style to make your cards really stand out from all the rest, as you hope your wedding to do.

4.5x5.875”, Tie the Knot Save the Date cards are $90 for 100, which includes 8 lines of personalized copy and blank outer envelopes. Put you and your guests in full wedding mode with these beautiful cards.

Photo Heart

To set the tone for a more heartfelt ceremony, the chic Photo Heart Save the Date cards will make your guests put your date high on their priority list.

Printed on bright white paper with a unique fold, the Photo Heart cards feature pre-cut slots for threading the included, pre-cut satin ribbon in the color of your choice.

Cut out hearts on the front cover let the ribbon color show through so your guests will open your envelope to a splash of color and joy. Another set of pre-cut slots is set to hold your 3.5x2.5-inch wedding picture, adding a true touch of the personal.

Fully customizable, the Photo Heart also allots six lines of printed wording on the inside of the book-style fold. 100 for $130 and includes blank outer envelopes.

Watercolor Couple

For a touch of spunk and a flare of the fun, go with Watercolor Couple Save the Date cards to announce your magical day.

The Watercolor Couple cards, also printed on bright white cardstock, and are topped with a contemporary-looking caricature couple standing lovingly at the altar.

With space for seven lines of text, printed in your choice of 27 different colors, and a plethora of different text styles to choose from, the Watercolor Couple is a card that will let your guests know it’s alright to loosen their ties a little bit, as well as lets everyone know that your ceremony is about one thing: two kids in love.

4.625x6.25 inches, Watercolor Couple cards are $85 for 100—an delicate choice at a modest price.

Save The Date!

The name speaks it all. A more contemporary spin on a classic tradition, the Save The Date Save the Date cards feature “Save The Date!” written vertically in script along the side of the card, in the same color you choose for your text.

The best part about these cards is that, while modestly priced at $70 for 100 cards, which includes personalization and blank envelopes, Save The Date! cards allow you space for ten lines of text.

A bold announcement with a modern and timeless touch.

Bold Date

Simple, concise, to the point, but sweet and bold, these Save the Date cards are an updated spin on the classic tradition.

Instead of cards, your date and four lines of text are printed in big bold letters on these 3.5x2-inch magnets, making certain that your guests won’t lose the date—because it will be stuck to their refrigerator!

Choose from text in blue, red or purple. $93 for 100 magnets.

In general, Save the Date cards are a phenomenal way to make your first official announcement and share the good news with your friends and family. Try to choose one that’s suiting to your relationship as a couple and that won’t clash with the invitations and other announcements you’ve yet to order. Lastly, it’s a good idea to order 25 more than you actually need so that you’ll have some keepsakes and to compensate for any oversights.

About the Author

Matt Dimler a freelance writer who writes about weddings save the date cards.

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