tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967384373046085399.post576978247652663721..comments2022-12-03T13:59:43.271-05:00Comments on Pieces of Anna: Save-the-Dates, the DIY wayAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323801450928101386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967384373046085399.post-54478684291779468432011-10-24T06:00:00.768-04:002011-10-24T06:00:00.768-04:00Definitely, with your photo, and the fact that the...Definitely, with your photo, and the fact that they were designed, printed and completely DIYed by you (with a little help of your printer) made your STD's personal.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424374017675047414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967384373046085399.post-46133627191027541392011-10-23T20:19:01.784-04:002011-10-23T20:19:01.784-04:00Thanks! I am always impressed when people hand wri...Thanks! I am always impressed when people hand write the addresses and even the text in the save-the-dates and invitations, but I just don't have the patience for it! You are right, it does add a personal touch, but I also thought that since we made the STDs from scratch, that was also personal. :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323801450928101386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967384373046085399.post-35771911148262502372011-10-23T07:21:57.326-04:002011-10-23T07:21:57.326-04:00Oh I love them ! They look modern and neat and fun...Oh I love them ! They look modern and neat and fun. <br />We didn't do save the dates... just mailed the invitations directly. Since we had quite a few international guests we made the invitations as early as possible (March or early April, for our September wedding) so that people would be able to get the best deals on travel arrangements. In retrospective, save the dates are a good idea for specifically these kind of case, because by August (when we had to have the number in gross more or less confirmed for our caterer) lots of people had forgotten there was a little RSVP note and we had to chase them out by email. (No big deal though, people then were like oops and answered). <br />I DIY-ed our Thank you notes in a kind of similar way.... papershops are heaven huh? I love colors and textures and could spend hours there. During our portrait wedding shoot we held blackboards that said thank you and we just printed that picture several times, and then pasted it onto some colorful cardboard cards that I got at said papershop, and then put them in matching colored envelopes. Simple. We did spend hours and hours writing the addresses on all the envelopes for the invitations and thank you notes, did not really think of using mailing labels like you guys did, but I kind of liked the idea to personally write it ourselves...Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424374017675047414noreply@blogger.com