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{Wedding Inspiration} Real Reader Save-the-Dates!

March 14th, 2011 by The Broke-Ass Bride

Annie at Thriftfulness tipped me off to her adorable, DIY and dirt cheap wedding save-the-date cards which she made using rubber stamps!

diy save the date
She detailed the how on her blog, so check it out! What a great and easy craft that can be used for all sorts of wedding-y goodness, right?

diy save the date
Have y’all heard of “light painting“? It seems like all the new rage, and its being used to make some pretty effing rad save-the-dates by you crafty readers!

Laura + Chase put Chase’s mad skillz to use and created this edgy and creative light painting postcard save-the-date for 100 guests for $55 total! You can learn more about how they did it here (and check out some of Chase’s other cool work while you’re at it). Don’t you just love this?

Melodee + Kris got in on the light-painting action with this cute, short and sweet save-the-date video, using Kris’ mad video techniques and the help of some family and friends!

Kira + Kyle sent in their playful and adorable save-the-date with a great reader tip! “I’m a graphic designer and artist so I designed our save the dates and had them printed at printpelican.com for about .40 cents a piece, and after envelope and postage each save the date ended up being about $1.00 a piece. Print Pelican was the only place I was able to find on the internet that could do the square magnets that I wanted and did it for much cheaper than most of the other printers that could only do rectangles.” Check it out:

Elena + James kept it simple, sweet, and affordable by laying some Vistaprint discount code action on a photo from their engagement session, and got their save-the-dates out to 50 people for less than $30!

cheap wedding save the datephoto by Stephanie Reinish

Brooke + Toon’s creative video showcases stop-motion and their personalities in an adorably charming (and literal) way.

Nick + Rebecca’s movie poster save-the-dates such a fun twist on the norm! They worked their broke-ass brilliance and had their friend Sean design them for free in exchange for the graphic design experience, and they printed them at the vocational school for only 50 cents each! Holler!

movie poster save the date
This one is my favorite:

I’m so proud of y’all, rocking your broke-asses like gangstas! Brings a proud tear to my wee, bionic eye.

Did you make something for your wedding that you’d like featured? Send it in, yo!

Dana
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8 Responses to “{Wedding Inspiration} Real Reader Save-the-Dates!”

  1. Laura

    That light painting technique is pretty sweet … :)
    I also love the movie poster idea!

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 8:38 am   
  2. Marta

    Brooke and Toons creative video just amazing! Brilliant idea!!!

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 10:17 am   
  3. Wendy

    Seriously cool light painting.

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 2:08 pm   
  4. Jenny

    Love that light painting! So cool.

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 2:30 pm   
  5. Ryan

    All the save the dates were great ideas, but I have to agree with everyone that the light painting post cards were the best!

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 2:59 pm   
  6. alexis

    Thanks for the good ideas!

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 2:59 pm   
  7. @StorymixWedding

    Great Save the Date ideas. Especially love the videos. So creative and good way to save some green (trees and money!).

    Comment on Mar 15th, 2011 at 8:29 am   
  8. stephen

    yeah it was great and fine to look

    Comment on Sep 28th, 2011 at 6:15 am   

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