Countdown to the wedding! – “Save the Date”

After reading lots and lots of wedding websites, I’ve come across this concept of “Save the date” invitations that apparently is huge in the States but not so common in the UK (and of course, completely inexistent in Spain). It is actually a good idea, because you’re not meant to send the proper wedding invitations until at least 4 months before the wedding (some people send them a bit earlier, but not MUCH earlier) but you still have to let people know about the date when everything is going to take place, so they can actually “save” that day for you.

I saw a very good example on an American website (http://www.magnetstreet.com/store/details/market/517/productId/12990) and I contacted them because I wanted something very similar for us, but they told me that they didn’t deliver to the UK. But then, the idea was there and I started researching how to do something similar myself.

And it turned out not to be that complicated anyway. I found several websites in the UK that sell blank fridge magnets for reasonable prices, and then we only had to design and print our own inserts. It was something really fun to do, or at least I enjoyed doing it! I suppose you always appreciate things more when you’ve done them yourself and they are a part of you. So much better than a generic and impersonal piece of card that doesn’t say much about you and your partner!

For the inserts we decided to go for baby pictures of ourselves. I thought it would be a very cute idea, and people would definitely not mind having such cute pictures on their fridges for such a long time! As background, we also used the three white roses picture that I took a couple of months back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marialachica/2542022761/) and that we will probably use for the rest of our stationery. But that is something that still has to be decided. Oh!, so much to plan and decide… So much fun still to come!