OBT member Sara Downey had a dilemma on her hands. She wrote in her wedding update, "I wanted to make STDs that were eco-friendly and still badass, funny and that fit mine and the FH's personalities." After a few months of pondering this STD challenge, she and her friend came up with a really awesome solution.
Sara took these:
And made these:
Cereal box Save the Dates! And they're freaking rad!
The front:
The back:
"Each piece became a very personal piece of art and I even felt a little grief when I sent them out to my guests. I handmade all 115 of them. A few wedding party members insisted on picking out certain boxes for their STDs. All in all, it was a great experience and I can't wait to get started on my invitations."
And we can't wait to see what you'll come up with for your wedding invitations, Sara!
Comments on "Save The Date cards made from recycled cereal boxes"
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Laurlalou
August 26th, 2009 · 10:50 AM · #
I've been thinking about using recycled clothes for our invites, i'm really interested in screen printing them and i thought i have so many shirts that i loved but i cant wear because I stained them, it ripped or shrunk and i wont get rid of them because i know i will use them in some craft project I also have a little tiny embroidering machine my mom bought years ago and I thought I might embroider our names on it and then print the rest of the info
Aerin
August 26th, 2009 · 6:32 PM · #
Those are neat! I also love that she appears to have my zebra-print couch from IKEA.
Allison
August 26th, 2009 · 12:02 PM · #
what is the name of that comic with the dinosaurs? i used to read it all the time and now have completely forgotten about it…
I love your idea for the save the dates! very useful
Christine
August 26th, 2009 · 7:23 PM · #
Dinosaur Comics! I LOVE it!
toxic
August 26th, 2009 · 1:01 PM · #
I recieved one of these save the dates and may I just say that mine is AWESOME! I am so excited for this wedding
Sara A.
August 26th, 2009 · 8:08 PM · #
The comic is called Qwantz and is teh awesomez, as the lolcats say. These STDs are teh awesomz as well
Allie Kelley
August 26th, 2009 · 1:26 PM · #
I'm pretty sure I am going to steal your uber awesome idea.
Sara Downey
August 26th, 2009 · 8:31 PM · #
YAY! Thank you OBT ladies for recognizing Utahraptor and TRex! Nobody got that part of the joke. Woot! And thank you for all the compliments.
Rachel Standig
August 26th, 2009 · 9:03 PM · #
oh sweet! finally a use for the billions of cardboard food boxes i use up every month! seriously, that could have been MY pile of boxes
Sports Racer
August 26th, 2009 · 9:41 PM · #
love you
Renee
August 27th, 2009 · 2:23 PM · #
i LOVE LOVE LOVE these! how did you do the printing?
The Sari-Clad Bride
August 27th, 2009 · 3:15 PM · #
This is a really cool idea!
Cat
September 1st, 2009 · 9:15 PM · #
What a great idea! Colorful, cute, creative- AND eco-friendly (the best part).
Mom
December 16th, 2009 · 10:51 PM · #
Well everyone here in Wyo thought that the idea was great and claim you are a Genius. Oh I got the wedding invite and it went over B I G here also… half of Wyo would like to go to the wedding as well.
Proud of you!!!
Sara
December 24th, 2009 · 9:27 PM · #
Hey Renee,
It's post-consumer vellum paper run through a normal laser printer like the kind you'd find at say, my office- ahem. Then I just cut them down to size and stung them with the ribbon. Easy Peasy.