they're away!

this past weekend, we finally got our save the dates out the door. well, out the inbox is more accurate. we were cutting it close as we are a couple weeks past the 6 month mark (want to give people plenty of time to be thinking about travel and accommodations) which is when we wanted to send them out, so we decided to go with electronic save the dates. they were faster, cheaper, & more enviro-friendly as they required no paper or postage, just an internet connection. the image itself was a link to our wedding website so people can get more info.

we had a couple different versions going, but this is what we decided to go with. i'm really happy with the way they turned out (although i just noticed something...oh well, too late now). we took the pics ourselves, and i used the yellow banner from our wedding website to tie the whole thing together. they, of course, feature scarlett as the star with the actual "save the date!" card.


another check on the wedding to-do list. love those.

e-std

no, not that kind of std...electronic save the date cards. b/c the majority of our guests are coming from out of town, we decided it would be a good idea to do save-the-dates to make sure everyone has the date and can start looking at plane tickets, hotels, etc. one possibility we're thinking about is sending them electronically. there are a few reasons why:

1. saves us money (b/c it's free!)
2. saves some time...no printing, folding, trips to the post office
3. it's a way to ask ppl for their current addresses
4. less paper =better for the planet
   

here is an example of one done by miss daffodil on the weddingbee.com.



this bride made a postcard version to send to those who did not have an email address. i'm wondering if we even have enough email addresses to make it worth it. if we do something with a picture, we're going to have to wait a bit b/c danny and i don't have any pictures yet. we're going to do engagement pictures, but we haven't scheduled them yet.

hmm...i just don't know yet.