Ever wonder why couples everywhere are so into engagement shoots? Aside from a great opportunity to get to know your photographer before the wedding, it’s also perfect for photo Save the Dates!
Here are some inspirations for photo Save the Dates (scroll all the way down for a giveaway!):
1) Keep it simple and fun with colorful balloons
{Save the Date designed by Amy Hannon, photographed by Meredith Mashburn via Style Me Pretty}
2) Make it cute and whimsical with a sign
{Photo credit: Marianne Taylor Photography; design credit: UndertheCherryMoon}
4) Go vintage with polaroids
{By Stephanie Williams via Wedding Paper Divas}
5) Go all out with a visually striking backdrop
{By Josh Dick Photography via Brooklyn Bride}
6) Get crafty with stamps and L-O-V-E cut outs
{DIY save the date project via MSW}
Ready to do your own DIY photo Save the Dates? I have a perfect giveaway to get you started!
I’m giving away 100 free custom print postcards, courtesy of the online printing company UPrinting.
Prize Details:
- 100 Postcards for One (1) Winner
- 5″ x 7″
- 14pt Cardstock Gloss
- No Folding
- Front and Back Printing
- 2 Business Days Print Turnaround Time
- Restriction: Limited to US residents 18 years old and above only.
How to Enter :
- One entry for sharing your Save the Date idea in the Comments
- Additional entry for Tweeting about this giveaway
- Additional entry for blogging about this giveaway
*Hint: You have the opportunity to enter up to 3 times if you do all of the above. Please leave a separate comment for each entry with a link to your post if applicable so I can tally your entries.
Deadline: July 1st 2011
Good luck sweeties!
Disclaimer: This giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, an online printing company, no monetary compensation was given and I will receive postcards for hosting. See more information about postcards and available postcard designs on UPrinting.com.
I’m actually thinking it would be adorable to have our dog as the picture in our save the date – holding a little sign with the date on it in his mouth or something.
Thank you for choosing to showcase a Sincerely Yours Paper Save the Date at the top! Anna and Austin’s balloon picture was yummy inspiration for a fun fun FUN announcement that oozed personality! I’m glad you liked it!
Amy Hannon
Sincerely Yours Paper inc.
My fiance and I were thinking of using our prom picture for our save-the-date. That’s how we met–I asked him to prom 7 years ago.
Kelcy– how exactly did you do your save the dates? We were thinking of using our homecoming picture, but I can’t think of any cute way to put it on the save the dates. Thanks!
These save-the-date ideas are very nice… I like the novelty of the stamps best. It adds a little personal touch to every piece.
The first save-the-date photo is the best, though. Love those balloons! ♥
I love these! I would probably want to include my puppies in a photo I did!
I probably would go with the idea of making it look a beer coaster though- we are avid beer brewers
These save-the-dates are so inspirational!
For ours, we have two big coffee mugs with chalkboard ‘chat-bubbles’ on them. We were going to fill in the chat bubbles with the date and take a picture sipping coffee from them.
My idea is for the save the date to say “your presence is key” and then attach a key to the front of it and have one of our engagement photos in the background. Would love to win these!!
I tweeted about this giveaway
You can find my tweet on my profile: http://twitter.com/#!/shannonbs
My fiance and I are huge Red Sox fans, I would love a save the date to be a picture of Fenway Park with a picture of us on the gumbotron and Wally (the red sox mascot) standing on the pitchers mound with a sign showing the date of our wedding! This is a great contest!
I tweeted! @deeberb1
These are sooo cute. I wish the couples in this area were into engagement shoots. In the 4 yrs I’ve been in business in this area, I’ve only had one engagement photo shoot. Most of them either book at the last minute because that’s the way things are done around here, or they can’t afford the packages that include engagement shoots. It’s too sad.
I plan to send postcards with 3 pictures as a film strip of my fiance and me. The first will be of him on his knees when he was prepared to ask me to marry him. The second picture will be of the “Will you Marry Me” in chocolate plate with the photo of my engagement ring on it. The last picture will be of us after I had said YES!!!
I love Danielle’s idea. We love the Phillies. If I could go to their stadium and take a picture on the mound, we would totally do it!
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Thank you everyone for sharing your creative save the date ideas! We have some talented brides here!
The randomly chosen winner of the giveaway is Danielle Berberich. Congratulations darling! I’ll be contact about your prize!