Mailed the Save the Dates!

[Sabine]

Our Save the Dates went out in the mail today! I''m very excited, and for some reason a little nervous as to how people will react to them! We ended up doing magnets with our picture and a calendar on them, and then I didn''t want to send just the magnets (they are the business card sized ones), so we ended up sending them in our Christmas cards. For some reason I hadn''t wanted to do that (I think because our picture is so summery, not Christmasy at all). I know I probably shouldn''t worry, but I really hope people like them. I did hand deliver a few to some of my church group people last night, and they loved them, but they are easily impressed, whereas my family (and FI''s!) aren''t...okay, I''ll stop rambling now! I just wish I could be there to see the reaction when they get them!

 

[zoebartlett]

Hi Sabine,

Isn''t it a good feeling to get them mailed off? I enjoyed getting compliments on ours as people started receiving them. It did make me nervous too but I think that was because it made everything just that much more official, you know? I really like the save the dates you posed a while ago. They looked great.

Just out of curiosity, when are you thinking you''ll try to choose invitations by? When do you think you''ll send them out?

 

[Sabine]

Thanks Zoe! It really does feel more official now, and I think that''s the most exciting part! We''re pretty sure that we''ve decided on our invitations. They are pretty simple (and cheap!) but I just love the design. Part of me really wants to do more intricate, layered invites, but it''s just not in our budget. I think we''ll probably order them sometime after the holidays just because I want to have PLENTY of time to address them, since that is the part of this whole planning process I am dreading the most. I guess it''s pretty standard to send them out a little over a month in advance, right? If we have them done, we might shoot for a bit earlier, like early May. What''s your time frame on this? This whole invitation thing has been the most foreign to me, so I''m still not sure on a lot of it. Do you have any ideas for yours?

Here''s our invites:

 

[swimmer]

Sabine,
Your invitations are really lovely, do you mind sharing the name of the company you ordered from? I especially like the response cards, so classic!

 

[Future Mrs Polka Dot]

Those are adorable invites! I, too, would love to know who made them!!!

 

[little miss sunshine]

Hey Sabine -

I think that sounds like a perfect idea to mail them with the christmas card. You and I (and zoebartlett) are all getting marriend on the same day!! I have been thinking about invitation/response timelines also. I think I am going mail mine out early may (I think 6 - 8 weeks before is pretty standard) and request a response by june 12. This may be a tad early but I have heard too many horror stories of people making tons of phone calls trying to reach deadlines for head/meal counts. I want give myself plenty of time to figure out who I haven''t heard from and get the info to the caterer (especially because I am a teacher and june is already a crazy time for me!)

I would also love to find out where your invites are from. I have been eyeing one style from wedding paper divas, but I am still not one hundred percent sure they are the ones.

 

[Sabine]

Thanks swimmer, future mrs. p, and little miss sunshine! The invites are from www.exclusivelyweddings.com, and they also can send out paper catalogues if you sign up for one. I hear you little miss s. on the horror stories about non-responses. It''s probably a good idea to ask for a response extra early to give time to track down all those frustrating people!

 

[swimmer]

Thank you so much Sabine,
Yowzahs those are reasonably priced...and so nice looking! (a rare combination) Thank you for the information.