What to write on save the date cards
DIY SAVE THE DATE CARDS 2018 | On A BUDGET!
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everyone and welcome back to my channel
on today's video I really wanted to
share with you guys my save the date
cards because they were so much fun to
make
I really wanted to share it with you
because I know it's very important to
like learn how to save money in some
areas of your wedding just because
weddings are very pricey and I have I
have most definitely learned that just
like while planning one because I don't
have a wedding planner or anything so
I'm just like who it's a lot it's a lot
of work I'm still not even done with my
save the date cards so it's it's just
kinda stressful but I'm getting through
it
my theme is more of a like modern or
farm theme to but if you are getting
married in a barn
I'm writing as sheriff and supposed to
even tell you guys that I don't know if
I supposed to even be a seeker but to be
honest I don't care so we are getting
married in a barn so I wanted to keep it
everything else I just wanted to keep
classy because everything else is gonna
be wood so why not make everything else
classy pop out stand out like I don't
want to have a lot of wood decorations
but oh my save the date cards I'm making
them like let me grab one real quick
okay so here are my save the date cards
I really really love them I'm so proud
of myself
you have no idea I mean I'm just gonna
show you up close but then after I stop
talking how I'm going to show you how I
made this I just love it so much so here
it is up close I mean you can kind of
tell that I mean you can tell that I
made these and that's okay because I
want people to know that I put in some
hard work all these things and I didn't
just go and buy save the date cards and
write a name on it and send it off
of course my invitations are probably
going to be like that just because these
were a lot of work but they were fun and
creative and I really enjoyed it I
actually got a little
of this idea from the sorry girls I'm
pretty sure that's what their names are
I'll link that their video down below
just so you can watch it as well
they're save the date cards are a little
different than mine but my okay live
real quick so here it is right here I
love it
and then eucalyptus isn't like the
flower that we are definitely going to
be having and then on there it's just so
pretty that says save the date under
here I'll put the wedding date on there
which I really don't want to show
anybody just miss but people do know
that it's in April so that's okay I put
our initials in the middle with like
some like greenery around it and then I
did this burlap string or this rope type
string and tied a knot and then that way
underneath it it goes with the sink tie
the knot with us I should really love
this it's so cute and simple and the
envelopes are the same color that I did
with this all we did to top it off was I
did a little bit of this from the bottom
of the envelope back of the envelope I
just stuck a sticker that's similar to
this but it just has AC on there for our
last name
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so here is everything I use to make my
say the date cards
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so of course we have some envelopes and
then some burlap string that's just what
I call it I really have no clue what the
name of this string is but yes and then
I picked up some watercolor paper at
Hobby Lobby and it came in a book but
then I cut the paper to fit the
envelopes and then also we have a
calligraphy pen which is what I use to
write and decorate I know I know this is
awful but I use this screwdriver to
punch holes into the save-the-date cards
for the string to go through I don't
have a hole puncher so this is just what
I have come up with I picked up these
stickers from Hobby Lobby and they're
just a seal then I'm going to be using
on the back of the envelope for our last
name initial then of course I have a
paintbrush a bowl of water that I'm
going to be using to dip in the paint
colors that I'll be using in the water
so then that makes it more of like a
watercolor look and spread out you'll
see it looks so good
so I went ahead and painted the back of
this so I can go ahead and start working
on the front and just let it dry one
side at a time
I ended up using two different colors
because the color that I wanted to use
which was brown I ran out of so I just
mix in a little bit of this purpley pink
color and a little bit of the tan color
that I had left and it worked out
perfect because I didn't use like a lot
of paint I just used enough to make a
tad bit of color and just by dipping it
into the water helps a lot by I mean
like the water itself has color in it so
I could just keep dipping it back into
the water and as you can see right here
I'm doing it very lightly it I just
don't want it to be perfect
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and then once you finish you just go
ahead and let it dry and then once it
has dried you can start writing on it
and this is what it will look like after
it has dried
so now that the paper is dried I'm going
to go ahead and start writing with my
black calligraphy pen save-the-date and
I think this is so satisfying to watch
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and then I go ahead and start drawing in
the floral decor I guess you would say
for the card I think this looks so good
it took me a while to actually figure
out how I even wanted to design these
but I love the way it turned out
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after I've wrote the date and the tithe
and not at the bottom I'm sorry that
this angle is awful I had to zoom in on
the video because I forgot that I didn't
want to show the actual date yet until I
get these cards out but right now I'm
just telling you guys I want you to make
sure that the spacing is good from the
top to the bottom because you're going
to have Leafs on the outside as well
because one card that I made I made the
circle a little too close to the actual
letters and numbers that it just want it
covered it up so just make sure you're
aware of that and then you're gonna take
your screwdriver slash hole puncher and
I it took me a lot of figure out
actually where I one of the holes I was
putting them under the actual word but
then the string covered the entire say
the date so I decided to do it right
above this leaf area and it fits perfect
it goes right under the letters
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and then the weight that I measure the
string is I put it go ahead and put it
through one side and then wrap it around
the back just to see how much turn you
will need and then you'll know exactly
where to cut and then you would tie the
knot directly above the tie the knot
with us saying and I think it just works
out so perfect and then you add your
little eucalyptus flower onto the front
and wallah it's done it's so easy and so
cute I cannot wait to get these cards
out so that's gonna be it for this video
I hope you guys enjoyed it it was a lot
of fun to make this hope that you can
share it with others so maybe they'll
want to make their own save the day
cards and that would just be super cool
if you do make these say they save the
date cards leave a comment below and say
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