Save the Date Bookmarks!

I have been looking forward to writing this post for a while, but first I had to finish a painful research report for school and then wait until the majority of guests had received these so I wouldn't ruin the surprise! Our Save the Date bookmarks went out last week, and it sounds like everyone loves them as much as we do!

Like I've said before, I can't imagine planning a wedding without Etsy, which is kind of like Ebay but everything on there is hand made by some pretty talented people! There are so many creative graphic designers that sell stationary and invitations on there, so I knew this is where I would get most of our wedding correspondence. It took us weeks looking at all the options and we about to settle on a postcard until we saw these dreamy bookmarks from Cardcandydotcom. I really fell in love with the font at first and we had really wanted to use one of the fun jumping shots we took during our amazing engagement photo session with Ryon:Lockhart Photography, so these were perfect! Cardcandydotcom was a pleasure to work with! Less than 12 hours after I ordered a sample, I had our proof emailed to me and the final shipment of the bookmarks was fast and efficient! He even threw in an extra 30 bookmarks, which is great because we will certainly treasure them and use them throughout our lives!

Once the bookmarks were ordered, it was time to obsess over the envelopes! This was my opportunity to finally start playing with all the colors that have been inspiring me as I begin to design the wedding. I am kind of against picking one color and spraying it all over every element of the wedding, so I am working more with a palette of yellow, grey, a blue-green that is more blue than green (I know, I know) sometimes referred to as Peacock, and splashes of fushia. Needless to say, Paper Source has become one of my new favorite sites these days! There I found these fun open ended envelopes in a gorgeous peacock color and these super easy to print yourself oval chartreuse labels.

I even ended up finding an affordable yet cute stamp! I had heard about Zazzle.com, a website where you can order or create special postage stamps. I will admit I found so many wonderful options there, but I could not justify spending more on the postage stamp than the actual save the dates I was sending!! Over a dollar a stamp, that's just crazy!! Luckily, I found these gorgeous William H. Johnson limited edition floral stamps available at our local post office for the same price as ugly, boring stamps. They were perfect!

The only thing left to do at that point was to create an insert. I can be pretty anal sometimes and was worried that some people may think we picked the weirdest shaped, smallest save the dates ever and wouldn't figure out they were bookmarks. So I whipped these babies up, made out of some left over card stock I had laying around the house. Matthew was such a sweetie and actually offered to help me assemble everything. Yes, he offered! He's a keeper, I think I'll marry him : )