I am often asked by couples if it is necessary for them to send out Save the Date cards, so I thought I would do a quick run down of their purpose and the key factors in deciding if a Save the Date card is right for you.
The main purpose of a Save the Date card is to notify your friends and family of your upcoming wedding date. A Save the Date card can supply your guests with the date and location of your wedding before you have finalised all the other finer details, such as the church or reception time etc. It will give your guests the time they need to book accommodation, make travel arrangements, organise time off work and hopefully ensures they will not have a prior engagement. Wedding invitations are generally sent out 6-8 weeks prior to your wedding date, which may not be enough time for guests to organise these things. Save the Date cards are generally sent out 3 months to a year prior to your wedding date or even more in advance if you think it is necessary.
Therefore we recommend sending out Save the Date cards for weddings that have a lot of out of town guests, destination weddings where all guests will need to make accommodation and travel arrangements, weddings that fall in or near busy periods of the year like Easter, Christmas, school holidays, long weekends or weddings that will run over a period of a few days.
Poppiseed Designs has a large range of Save the Date designs which are available in postcard format or as a card inside an addressed envelope. You can also continue the same design throughout all your wedding stationery if you choose to.
Save the Date card from the Poppiseed Designs Serenity range.
Save the Date postcard from the Poppiseed Designs Cherry Blossom range.