Save the Date!

I don't consider myself to be a crafty person, or a DIY bride. In fact, I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to cute, creative handmade gifts and usually stick to buying at the store. Christie, on the other hand, is super hands-on and convinced me that we could save a lot of money by making the Save the Date cards ourselves. And so, this is how we ended up at her house on Sunday afternoon with cut-out paper flowers and a fake calligraphy pen.

We went to a bridal show in Richardson on Sunday morning (the only success of which was to drink several delicious flavored mojitos) and then decided to get to work on our handmade save the date cards.  The original idea was to cut paper flowers out of card stock and fold in the petals to create an elegant, color-themed card with information carefully handwritten on each corresponding petal. After a few tries, we realized that the card was ending up looking more like a 3rd graders art project than a classy way to let people know about the upcoming wedding.

After a bit of online research, however, I discovered an idea I immediately fell in love with - photobooth save the dates! Several websites were selling these little cards for hundreds of dollars, but being a bit of a photography freak, I figured I could make them myself. I lassoed Daniel into the idea when I got home and went about setting up a photobooth in our living room (materials: a brown curtain, a camera stand, my Canon Rebel, colored poster board, and a willing fiance). After forty shots of us holding labeled poster boards (Save-The-Date-4/17/10) I loaded the pictures online, and set about editing them into the proper style. The finished product?

I'm completely in love!

Coming soon to a mailbox near you =)