Da plane! Da plane boss!

Our Save the Dates came from VistaPrint!!

In the end we decided to go with magnets ... we used the 5" by 4" large calendar magnets so that everybody could see the printing on the cards. I like how the magnets came out but unfortunately their are a little blurry because of the picture quality I uploaded. I have decided not to sweat it ... everything is visible and really thats all the matters ... right? Everyone say right!

BUT, I could not be happier with the envelopes!!! They were a total afterthought but I figured we need to send the magnets in something so why not get envelopes with our address on them ... one less set of labels for us to print. Check the results folks ...

The front of the envelope has the little logo that the Big Guy created using both of our hebrew names (remember from this post back in the day?) and the back has a tree (hehe ... the tree-mania will not be stopped!) and our address. Do you love? I LOVE.

PS: My bad, last pic is upside down ... I may have been slightly excited when I took it last night .. on my camera phone ... before dancing around my living room doing the these-envelopes-rock dance ... dude who knew I could love a paper product?

PPS: Total cost for 100 magnets + 100 envelopes + shipping + tax = just under 100 bucks ... not bad I think, not bad at all.

Save The Dates .. My Version

So what do you think of my ... shall we call it ... reinterpretation???

Next step: what should we do with it? Put it on a magnet? Make it into a postcard? Folding card? Tattoo it all over our bodies???

Save the Dates

We need to order Save the Dates ... big time ... ASAP ... like yesterday. I think you catch my drift.

So far the Big Guy and I have suffered from an overabundance of good ideas .. "let's do a little calendar with our date circled!" or "how about magnet with our picture on it?" or "What if we sent a postcard with one of the engagement pics where we are holding the wedding date signs?" or "Lets make a magazine cover with the date on it!" and everytime we find something new and inspiring in the blog-o-sphere, we start playing around with various ideas until we both pass out from laughing too hard at each other's ridiculous suggestions. But then, I remembered this fabulous save the date that I saw on Brooklyn Bride many many moons ago ...

Here it is! Our inspiration! We are gonna try to create a little comic of our own over the weekend and get these bad boys sent out by next week. Lofty goals? Yes. But we can do it! ... I hope.

Hehe ... WOOD

So I know I have been kind of banking on this whole photo save the date thing but then I saw these beauties .... They are made by Stamp World a lovely bunch of people out in Colorado who were nice enough to send me some samples and they are not only gorgeous but also light and thin (I was worried they would be bulky but they feel like card stock just a little more substantial). The engraving is done beautifully and the overall effect is just lovely.

Stamp World makes invitations, reply cards, save the dates, directional cards, thank you cards really anything you need. And they can make any of them into magnets too!  Oh and you want matching envelopes?? Yeh, they do that. 

Plus they will engrave any custom design you want on any wood species. That is ... let's go say it with me ... so effin awesome!

Ok, ok I'll stop my rambling praise ... but only because I have to go to work! Otherwise I would be singing songs and yelling adoration for at least a few more hours. Come on! You know your with me ...

The best things in life are free

Let me set a scene for you. The Big Guy and Bridechka have booked a place, they set a date, they have a Rabbi ... I mean they are really making this whole wedding deal happen. They need to send out Save the Dates since many of their guests will be coming from across the country and some from across the world. They want to make a photo save the date from VistaPrint but there's a problem - no truly great photos of them and certainly no wedding photographer booked yet. So what to do???

Well, here is what I did, I trolled the classifieds over at Weddingbee to find photographers offering free engagement sessions and I found a whole bunch! The first one to get back to me was Sandy of Sandy Jenete Photography and she was fabulous. We did a session with her in Battery Park about two weeks ago and the photos are in! I am going to need our guys' help to decide which one to use for the save the dates! 

Here is sneak peak ... more to come very soon!

Save the Date Idea

Ummm, adorable, no??? Yes. Find them here.