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Saving the Date and Setting the Theme

March 13th, 2009 by     


It is no secret that I have got a ton of wedding inspiration off the web, from my fellow bride-bloggers! There is something about the plethora of easily accessed wedding porn that makes one question their creative abilities… and the web is my prime resource! Now, I would normally consider myself a fairly creative soul, but let’s face it, the left-brain domination inherent in my 9-5 job (or these days, 8-8!) tends to filter the creative juices that would otherwise flow freely through my head at any given time! The engineer in me facilitates the organization of design ideas and plans, sources out appropriate materials, and in general, is skilled enough to carry out any technical components required to complete a project… you see what I mean, left-brain domination!

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From johnfenzel.typepad.com

But, when the situation is just right, I can be inspired by others’ right brain magnificence, add a bit of creativity of my own, and come up with a project that I think is pretty cool. This is exactly the case of our Save-the-Dates. I have seen soooo many date-savers that pull on my love of modern, clean, sophisticated stationary, but let’s face it, modern and sophisticated don’t quite set the tone of our wedding. No, it’s more along the lines of fun and casual, un-pretentious and quirky, maybe even different. So when I saw this most fabulously right-brained save-the-date from the broke-ass-bride (who I love by the way…), my otherwise scattered creativity came a bit more into focus!

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