Save the Dates... Come to Life!

Remember our inspiration for our Save the Dates.... well a lot has happened, MOH's computer crashed, but we were still in love with her idea. Even though I won Save the Date Magents through Weddingbee [major score] I figured I would use those for my Doctoral Graduation announcements. So while there's been some ups and downs, I present to you the long hard journey ending in the beautiful creation of our Save the Dates...

This is what we are aiming for in postcard form:

 

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First of all, we took a BILLION photos with FSIL (our wedding photographer). Because she's an arteest and it has to be just so. BTW I'm glad she is, because these came out perfect! For most of the photo trials I was desperately trying not to laugh....

Personal Photo

But see, I finally nailed it, with a lot of help from FSIL.

Enter MOH and her graphic design skillz... she took us from that to this...

Personal Photo edited by MOH

Oh my gosh! It was at this point I started getting the tingles... and it was also at this point MOH announced she had no fonts on her new computer... NOOOOOOOO! So I twiddled my thumbs while I waited... and waited... and waited [please note I am a Drama Queen and this was about  30minutes, not days].

Names have been concealed to protect the innocent. 

Personal photo edited by MOH

Oh-my-god we're getting so close to our save the date. But... the font isn't right. Yup that's our Cross to Bear, if you read the previous blogs. But it's true. The font isn't right?!?!

Rendition #2

Personal photo edited by MOH

Oh my goodness, did you see the statue/silhouette of the bride and groom, adorable no? But alas the font is all wrong!

So close but.... wait... could it be.... 

There you have it our save the date... how amazing! Once we get these printed off I will show you the finished product!! P.S. for those of you wondering where the competitive streak comes out... we will have a blown up version of our save the date at our reception and whoever guesses the movie gets a Snuggie! Cheesey, but I love door prizes! 

So what inspired your save the dates?