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17 responses to this entrysarah
December 19th, 2007 · 5:32 AM · #Ooooh, she stole my idea! teehee
Amber
December 19th, 2007 · 6:37 AM · #Thanks for the post!
Moonspun
December 19th, 2007 · 11:17 AM · #Those are very original…I love them! It gave me the idea that the ones I’d just created would look better with our picture in black and white…so thanks!
Nancy Swiezy
December 21st, 2007 · 7:16 AM · #Love this save the date. It will go in to my Great idea book.
One Love Photo
December 21st, 2007 · 2:16 PM · #VERY CUTE! My husband and I did the same idea to announce that we had eloped and to invite our guests to a reception to celebrate. The card said “Finally!” on the front. It opened to us holding cards in a booth that said we/ did /it/…(us kissing in the last frame). Then the next fold gave away the details. Since we had dated for 10 years the finally was quite appropriate! I love photo booths and wish I would have rented one to have at our reception!
Bridget
January 3rd, 2008 · 11:29 AM · #I love this idea!!! We have been looking for a creative way to do ours! So I was wondering how exactly did you do these???
Sam
February 17th, 2008 · 9:35 AM · #Is that corrugated paper? cardboard? how didf you mail these?
these are raw
Bonnie
July 7th, 2008 · 4:41 AM · #I did this save the date idea after seeing online by another couple. I think that theese folks did a much better job with the lettering, we just used newspaper and black marker (what we thought one might find at a photo booth). We took the pics at home in front of a faux-velvet curtain and cropped to fit the fight frame. We printed at home on thick photo paper and mailed them out. They were a huge hit and everyone has loved them.
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August 4th, 2008 · 8:24 AM · #[...] You may remember Amber here from her awesome save the date cards. [...]
Jill
August 4th, 2008 · 11:14 AM · #These are amazing how did you do them ?
Lindsay
August 14th, 2008 · 2:53 PM · #I would love to know how you did those. I was going to actually go to a photobooth and do it, but it seemed like it could be a little difficult to get everything positioned just right. I want to use white pieces of paper with black lettering. Would you mind telling me how you did yours? I love them!
diana
August 21st, 2008 · 7:56 AM · #I absoloutly love the way this SAVE THE DATE came out!!!
I have been looking at other photobooth STD’s, but they were never executed quiet the same.
Does anyone know where I can order this exact one???
All the help greatly appreciated!!
~Diana
Offbeat Bride | How to make photobooth DIY save the date cards
September 3rd, 2008 · 2:00 PM · #[...] the photobooth “save the date” cards I featured a while back were so popular, I figured it was worth sharing this video showing [...]
kim*
September 3rd, 2008 · 2:24 PM · #love this!
kristen
September 8th, 2008 · 6:20 PM · #we did an email directing to our website save the date, which is now our wedding website…who doesn’t love photobooths?!
http://kristenandsuhail.com/
maybe not as cool as this one, but i am a purist when it comes to photobooths…not to mention, we had a lot of fun trying to get those signs held up at the appropriate time (and facing the right direction!).
Jackie
September 9th, 2008 · 6:33 PM · #I was looking for information about renting a photobooth for my reception and remembered seeing something about photobooths here. I’m psyched I came across this again, because looking more closely I was thrilled to see that Amber married in Norfolk, because that’s where I’m planning to get married. It was awesome to read her very detailed blog about her experience and all the different vendors she used.
melissa
September 27th, 2008 · 1:32 PM · #how did you do these? i love them!