When you’re a graphic designer and you’re getting married… it’s hard to get out of some wedding design work. Not that I would want to. ;) I’ve been very excited to work on my wedding stationary, and after a lot of hard work, we finally got the Save The Date post cards mailed out. Not that the design took long, but if you’ve been through this process… you know how difficult the address list can be.

In any case, I’m very pleased with the results. :) So here’s a look at the front-side layout:

A bit about the design :: Since it is a fall wedding, I wanted the colors to reflect that. Luckily the image I wanted to use already had a great, deep red background that was perfect for fall. I got a little inspiration as far as wording and general layout from a few different designs I’d seen in Etsy’s wedding section a while back, but I mostly wanted to keep it pretty simple. The birds are for my fiance´who studies birds for a living. You’ll see them carried throughout all our wedding stationary. I decided to go with a matte finish instead of glossy because I prefer the feel of the card in your hand, which (to me) is one of the best things about printed products.

[My own little touch -- You'll see the clock is set at 3 o'clock. Guess what time the wedding is being held? Bwahaha!]

But back to the photograph. I want to send a HUGE shout-out to my good friend, Jackie Reedy, for snapping some fantastic engagement photos for us! As a photographer myself, you can imagine that I have a few opinions on how photos of me and my man turn out. But I knew I could trust Jackie to capture some truly lovely images. And she didn’t disappoint! :) I used two of her photos in the Save The Date design–one of the front and one on the back.

As an attempt to save some time/money, we went straight through the USPS. And I must say… other than one early delivery mishap, I was quite impressed with their service — mainly because it was just so quick and simple. Uploading my Excel spreadsheet was a breeze, and then we had the added comfort of knowing the US Postal Service double-checked each of my addresses to make sure they were deliverable. So anyone with impending nuptials: take note.

And so you can see the actual layout once printed, here are some snapshots of the actual post cards. The matte finish didn’t hold up perfectly in the mail, but I think it actually adds a little character to it.


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