I was so pleased with the quality from MagnetStreet.com. I had heard many good things about the website. There's another one called Wedding Paper Divas and their save the dates are SO nice...and also really pricey. With MagnetStreet, we were able to get 15% off the original order. On top of that, the day after we ordered it, I got a coupon via snail mail (!) for 25% off. We called them and they applied the 25% even after we made the purchase! Well since it was already paid, they refunded back $22 to reflect the complete 40% off. Great customer service if you ask me!
For those that don't know Jonathan, he gives 100% in whatever he does. Unfortunately that means even little things like save the dates :-P It took us hours to complete the save the date because we kept trying different pictures, fonts, etc. When it was finally done, I think I literally got up and cheered, lol. But it came out great so I'm not complaining. If we had gone with Wedding Paper Divas, this is the two I liked:
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It took about a week to come and as soon as they arrived, I got to work on printing out address labels, putting stamps on the back, and all that little stuff. What surprised me was how time consuming it all was. All the addresses started to blend in after awhile. We ordered 100 save the dates and I sent out 91 so far, I think. Something like that. At one point, I thought I was losing my mind. Take, for example, this exchange between myself and Kim (one of my married go-to friends for wedding advice!)
Hilarious!
Yeah...I worried about how to stuff magnets into an envelope. I've lost it.
Anyhow, once I regained my sanity, I was able to mail them all out. The post office clerk almost dropped the entire stack and I looked on in horror as she caught them in time. Okay, so I was still a tad bit looney. But they were my babies for a week!
Yeah...a whole lot of save the dates!
The stamp I used on the back of the envelopes was something I had picked up from Michael's Arts and Crafts. I've always had a stamp collection but then after engagement, I had to get this particular one. You can get it here: Save The Date Stamp. By the way, that picture above was not organized that way for a photo op. I spaced them out to dry for an hour! Tedious, but fun.
Our address labels I had ordered weeks prior from Zazzle. Zazzle is awesome. If you've never checked the website out, you're welcome.
I liked this fall themed one. I almost went with fall themed stamps from Zazzle too (a pumpkin with the word love in the center) but I was talked out of it, thankfully! Would have been nice, but a waste of money. The address labels were a little bit more practical. For stamps, we went with the "celebrate" ones the post office sells.
I mailed the majority out this past Friday, a half hour before the post office closed, and a lot of people got it the next day! I loved the feedback we got! It was fun to see their excitement. I mailed three more out today since those took time in finding the addresses. Instead of handing it to a postal clerk this time around, I put it in the slot that's inside the post office and they got stuck to the lid! D'oh! Magnets are tricky.
I did want to note most people wait 6-8 months before the wedding to send out save the dates but most lists tell you that you can start once you hit the 11 month mark. I really wanted to send it before winter hit because of its' fall theme, hence why we sent them out now.
The pumpkins in the save-the-date are one of my favorite wedding purchases. We plan to use them during the reception, like on one of the tables in the hallway or something.
We got a great deal on them. $30 each. There were websites selling pumpkins for wedding purposes, for well over $100 per pumpkin! Of course, I was the crazy loon willing to spend that much, but when I saw the Michael's one, I was sold. They came in real fast too. That store really has gotten an A+ for me in this wedding planning. The fact that both the Woodside and Forest Hills houses are in walking distance to one is a bonus.
And while we are on the topic of save the dates, on one of our recent Michael's visits, my mom, aunt and I bumped into a neighbor we hadn't seen in awhile. She asked about the wedding and if it was going to be at Saint Sebastian's and when I said yes and that she could stop by the church and watch if she wanted, she said she'd mark it down. Pretty cute! That's what I love about Woodside, everyone knows each other, or at least of each other. Not that I'd want the whole neighborhood to show up, but ya know what I mean!
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