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Greetings from California |
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January 16th, 2009 by Dandelion Blossom
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Save-the-Dates are just one more extra expense that is unnecessary when you are planning a wedding on a budget…unless you are having your wedding out of town. Which is our case.
My idea was to send out vintage style “Greetings from California” postcards. I had seen this done before with other cities and states, and loved it! But inside the letters CALIFORNIA, I want pictures of us and the city we are getting married in. I figured I could use some of our engagement photos too.
To keep our Save-the-Dates within our budget, a friend of mine (bridesmaid and awesome graphic designer), Kelli, is helping me put my vision into a postcard. I’ll have VistaPrint print them and I’ll address and send them out. The great thing about Vista Print is that you pretty much just pay for shipping.
I love this idea and think it will go with our DIY, casual, outdoor wedding theme. I can’t wait to see them and send them and my goal is to get them to everyone on Valentines Day. : ) Ahhh…
Are you sending save-the-dates?
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Categories: Do It Yourself, Ways to Save, Wedding Planning |
4 Comments |
January 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
What a cute idea! I can’t wait to see the finished product.
January 16th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
We are sending save the dates, even though the more I read, the more I’m learning that I don’t really need to send them, etiquette wise. In my case, I just love designing cards. Dude and I came up with the design together (which surprised me that he wanted to help) and I’ll be making them at home for only $1.50 a card including postage. I’ll definitely post it when ready!
January 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I like the postcard idea. Friends of ours had a “destination” wedding in Des Moines, where her grandparents lievd. He was from California and she was from Chicago, so most everyone but some of her family had to travel. They sent out a funny post-card save-the-date of cornfields. On the back, it was customized with “Top 10 fun facts about Des Moines” and number 10 was “Jack and Jill are getting married there on October 15″ (names and dates have been changed). They had silly facts like there are more households there without TVs than anywhere else in the country, etc. It was a cute idea. I love your idea of also customizing the front of the postcard, but a top 10 (or 5) list of fun things to do or factoids is also a nice way to customize the back and present your info.
January 17th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Great article. See http://www.creative-theme-wedding-ideas.com
for other theme wedding ideas