My fiance and I decided to save some time, money, and paper and do evites for the wedding, so I wanted to make our save the dates extra special. I always gravitated towards the gold foiled vellum that I saw on Pinterest. The design is very elegant, yet simple and straightforward, so I knew this was the style I wanted.
After clicking through a shit ton of websites, this Etsy package was the most affordable option I found with the font and format that I liked. It also includes a choice of different colored envelopes, so we went with gray. We needed less than 60 cards, but we ordered 80 just in case.
Everyone always attaches the vellum on top of their photograph, but we requested for it to be on the back, so that our photograph is clearly visible. I love vellum designs, but I always thought it was strange to have the photograph covered with hazy text.
Metallic wax seals are extra embellishments that I was always drawn to. For the true old-fashioned experience, I wanted to buy wax and a custom monogrammed stamp, but I figured that we’d rarely use them again. Since we’re only mailing save the dates to a small group of people, it made more sense to buy these wax seal stickers. We still got to customize our monogram, so I designed ours using a free font from DaFont, called “Chopin Script”.
We’re lucky in that we live close enough to most of our friends and family to hand them our save the dates in person. There’s roughly 20 people that we need to mail to, so I only went all out and wrote amateur calligraphy for those few. There’s really no point in including envelopes for everyone else, especially if they’ll likely get tossed. For the calligraphy, I tried my best to imitate another font, from DaFont, called “Nathalia”.
+ save the dates | Etsy
$151.81 for 80 cards / envelopes ($1.90 ea)
+ wax seal stickers | Stamptitude
$48 for 25 ($1.92 ea)
+ stamps | USPS
$12 for 20 ($1.67 ea)
+ ring boxes | Etsy
$53.50 ($26.75 ea)
+ his wedding band | Revolution Jewelry
$657
+ her engagement ring | Loop Jewelry
$795
+ her wedding band | Etsy
$402.40
+ engagement photography | Katie Clare Photography
We hired Katie to shoot our wedding, but most of her
wedding packages also include an engagement
session. This is one of the many reasons why we
chose her over all of the other photographers that I
found.
SAVE THE DATES TOTAL = $211.81
xx
Dana