done!
Woooo Hooooo! We finished our save the dates! Here is a little photo montage of the final product 
The Save The Dates themselves. Paper bought at Paper Source, printed using my handy Gocco and white ink. I wish that the white would have printed a little whiter, but am overall happy with how they turned out
The assembly table. I used a marigold colored textured paper I found at Michael’s as the envelope liners. They were a bit thick, but with a nice ruler and my bone folder (yay martha!) they foldered over nicely. We used double sided tape to attach the liners. Glue works as well, but can come out bubbly sometimes, especially if you use a thin paper.
My youngest sister Megan (and bm) happily assembling them. (She was happy, I had just made us pancakes bacon and eggs )
A close up. I went to Office Max to buy a sealer thingy, and the lady gave me these cheap just add water ones… let’s just say I totally thought I was going to end up like Susan from Seinfeld.
All finished! Well, except for those top two… which still need addresses… (ahem, bryan) I would have liked to use vintage stamps, but couldn’t easily find a stamp store where they sold face value stamps, and I am scared of ebay, so I just used the heart stamp they have at the post office right now. I also hand addressed them myself. Not the nicest looking, but more personal than a label. With that said, I love me some labels, and hopefully will use some on the invitations, I just couldn’t find any I wanted to use on these
Whew! All done, and I am so so happy with them! We will get them out into the mail on Friday and I will go ahead and say that I hope people contact us with compliments I’m not gonna lie. I know that DIY invitations are not for everyone, but if you are confident in your design skills, I would say to go for it. We spent maybe $50 on 45 save the dates, including the postage. Not bad
I hope you all have a wonderful wonderful thanksgiving! I won’t be posting tomorrow, but possibly on Friday. I have my first dress fitting that morning so I will let you know how it goes
12 comments
Congrats!! They look awesome. I love how your sister coordinated her outfit… She’s definitely in the spirit.
they look so great!
I’ve received wedding invitations that weren’t that nice. Great job, I’m sure your guests will love them too! Oh, and your sister is darling.
Heather, these are awesome! i’m so impressed with your abilities, and so happy you will be doing mine!!!!
These are adorable! Love the colors, the block font, …everything about these save the date’s screams sophistication. Well done!
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These are beautiful! We’re so close to being date twins! I’m on July 16th! I love the designs of these. Congrats!
beautiful! and i love the envelope liners and the stamps (i used those stamps too!)
they turned out great!! loving the envelope liners. I ended up getting screwed at the post office and all they had were nutcracker stamps so now my Save-the-dates look like Christmas cards, haha. Way to Go(cco), Heather.
Still too scared to try it for myself…
I love the yellow envelope liners! I know it takes extra time, but love the look. I had green liners and even though it took longer to put them together, I think it is so worth it. Beautiful typography also!
Absolutely stunning! I need to get my hands on a gocco!
hey! just bought a gocco printer. how much ink did it take for 100 cards? do you recommend a US retailer to buy supplies?
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