Snapdragon Bud

Not That Kind of STD

August 1st, 2009 by Snapdragon Bud     

When I first started getting into wedding planning, my first step was to join a web-forum of brides who were also planning destination weddings. This seemed like a logical place to start, and helped provide an quick education into the world of wedding acronyms.

From sfu.ca

From sfu.ca

I learned that a DH is not a designated hitter, that FI is not short for Finland, MOH isn’t a relative of Homer Simpson’s “DOH” and so forth. But for a little while there I was confused, especially when coming across a forum category about: “STDs, Invitations and Websites”. What? I mean sure, I suppose nervous brides might need to talk about these kinds of things… I just didn’t expect…OH! I get it. Save The Dates. I had to laugh at my own stupidity on that one.

So, I think I have finally decided what to do about my STDs.  (chuckle chuckle)

Of course, I made this decision after buying $100 worth of DIY materials from Michael’s last weekend. I played with the stamps, ribbons, paper, and fonts but it was all coming out too much kindergarten and not enough Martha Stewart. So, I went back to the drawing board.

Snapdragon Sweetheart and I weren’t even sure if we should do a STD at all, we have just family coming, after all.  And it isn’t really part of his wedding culture to even do a STD. But, I decided I wanted a little something to get folks excited about our Florida wedding and found this fun option on Zazzle.com: Vintage Postcards! Florida postcard

How great is that? I love the fun vintage flair.  What’s even better, using the Zazzle site, we can customize the reverse of the postcard with our save the date message, saving us the time of hand writing out each postcard. And at an affordable rate around $40.00 for 50 postcards (way more than we even need), I feel like we hit the jackpot.

In addition to the postcards, you can also customize stamps, so I am in the process of thinking about a cute little stamp with a picture of the wedding hotel or maybe even a shot of Snapdradon dude and me. Fun! Cute! Love it!

4 Responses to “Not That Kind of STD”

  1. Poinsettia Bud Says:

    HAHA…. I was in the same boat with the STD also! :) Love the Vintage!!!

  2. Chatterberries Says:

    Thanks for sharing this tips! Very helpful, hope to see more great posts here in your blog.

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  4. Snapdragon Bud Says:

    Thanks for the feedback! The postcards came in and look great. The front image is a little less crisp that I would prefer, but seriously not a big deal. The back (where I have the STD message pre-printed) came out beautifully. The best part is all I have to do now is slap on some $.28 stamps and some addresses and they are OTD (out the door).

    I appreciate your comments!

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