Save-the-Dates: DIY Tutorial By Sneha

The following post is by our guest blogger, Sneha Subrahmanian of My Shaadi Obsession. Check out her DIY tutorial to create your own Save-the-Dates!

Making our Save The Date’s was a lot of fun. We wanted to do something different so we created these minicard magnets!

Since our wedding date was on a popular long weekend, we wanted to send them out ~10 months in advance. We had just done an engagement session, so to create the save the date minicards, we picked 3 photos, including one from our formal engagement party to have a few different looks.
Here are the rest of the details:

1. First, we photoshopped our names and the wedding date onto one of the photos for the actual “Save the Date” image.
2. The minicards were printed using Moo (they have such cute designs for business cards too). The minicards allow you to add an image to one side and text on the back. We added our wedding website on the back so guests could see the full wedding details.The finished cards took a few weeks to arrive.
3. Once we received the cards, we used a mini-hole punch from Michaels and punched holes in each of the minicards (yes, it took a while since there were 3 per save the date!).
4. We bought mini-flower clasps from Michaels and joined each of the 3 minicards together to create a little “booklet/bookmark” as some of our guests liked to call it.
5. We super glued a mini-magnet to the back of the last minicard so our guests could keep them on their fridge.
6. Finally, we spread the cards apart so that the guests could clearly see each of the images. We mailed them out in 3×5 envelopes.The postage was standard since the weight wasn’t very much.

And that was it..an assembly line of 3 people working together got them done within a few hours so. They turned out so cute and our guests loved them =)

For more of my DIY wedding projects and ideas, you can check out my blog www.myshaadiobsession.com!