Info for save the dates and 3 things to be sure to include

Guest post by kristenbyers
'Til Death Do Us Part save the date magnets available here.
‘Til Death Do Us Part save the date magnets available here.

Our Save the Date postcards turned out pretty well, and I have received many compliments. But if I could do them all over again, I would do a few things differently.

If you're wondering what info to put on save the dates, here are the three things I forgot, that we really should have included on our postcards:

1. Our return address

I guess postcards don't usually have a return address, and we didn't include them on ours. At first we were blissfully unaware that some of our postcards might not get delivered. This is becoming an issue as I find out that a few friends and relatives did not receive their postcards (and one woman who received a bridal shower invitation never received her save the date postcard prior to the shower invite, so she was really confused — yikes!).

2. “Formal invitation to follow”

As silly as this sounds, some people thought that this postcard was their actual invitation. I thought it was pretty clear that it was just a note to save the date, but apparently you can never spell things out TOO much.

3. The wedding location

I didn't think it was necessary to include this detail since there is TONS of location information available on our wedding website, but people are still confused. I think this might have something to do with the photo that we used of the two of us kissing in front of the Brooklyn Bridge. (My fiance and I live in New York, and we flew our photographer out here to shoot our engagement photos. However, the wedding is in Michigan.)

Whether they're a postcard or something other cute format, save the dates should always include:

  • you and your fiancé's names
  • the wedding date (or dates, if you're doing a multi-day or wedding weekend)
  • location (including a town or city, if you know it)
  • reminder for a formal invitation to follow.
  • bonus: include a link to your wedding website, so folks can find more info

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