Save the Date: new, fresh ideas to announce your wedding plans!

It‘s very important to send the basic details of your wedding to your guests as soon as possible, before sending your formal invitation. It’s a kind and thoughtful way to help your chosen wedding guests ensure they reserve the date for you and not miss out on your special day. If some guests are from out of town, they will have time to book their travel itineraries and possibly their time away from work. As everyone is so busy these days, your guests will be delighted to receive a timely, fun and personalized notice from you, ahead of the arrival of your more formal, information filled wedding invitation. For those guests who are not in the internet generation, a short handwritten note with ‘Save The Date’ on it can be sent via the underused but reliable mail service!

These examples show some extremely creative ways to create a Save the Date wedding notice. While these particular examples can take time to create, there are many ways to use these ideas and recreate them in a simpler but individualized fashion.

When creating your Save the Date notice, be sure to use elements of your own style as a couple. Do you cook together, go running together, walk the dog, or ski together?  Perhaps you could cut and paste some fun vacation photos or family photos in a collage format? Or maybe you know someone in the wedding circle who has the skills to put something like this together? That could be a great meaningful wedding present to you both! Do you have a niece or nephew who could draw a colourful childlike picture of the two of you getting married? That could be a charming and unique way of announcing your plans.

Here are some more examples of very diverse but achievable ways to have fun sending out your Save the Date news.

Ambrosia photography-stop-motion Wedding Invitation 

Ellen and Tim save the date video

Save the date:: Zach& Chelsea

 

Landon & Kristen; save the date! 

Annie and Declan's Save the Date

 

Evite is a simple yet fun way to announce your Save the Date through email. You can create a personalized announcement with a Save the Date theme or with your own pictures and themes. As a host of the site you can ask invitees to send funny stories and/or memories of you both.

Creating this notice can really add to the fun and the excitement of your upcoming wedding celebration. Together, create something memorable out of the many possibilities available to you. Enjoy!