The Green Kangaroo - Unique Wedding Invitations and Stationery

With Valentine’s Day just around the bend, we are preparing for an upswing in newly engaged brides interested in Save-the-Date cards! Love it or loathe it, Valentine’s Day is arguably the most popular day of the year to get engaged. So if you think your sweetie is gearing up to pop the question, we’re featuring some super romantic Save-the-Dates to get you in the spirit of the holiday!

The Josie Save-the-Date in Lipstick Pink and Grass Green ink combines classic elegance with a fun, modern color combination perfect for spring. Shown here with the background tinted Lipstick Pink just a few shades lighter than the type.

The Cari Save-the-Date in Chocolate and Cherry Red ink on champagne paper is a nod to vintage style that retains a modern feel with the brown-and-red color palette.

The Bliss photo Save-the-Date in Pewter and Cranberry ink with its flouncy flower is one of our most popular designs. Incorporating a romantic photo is a great way to personalize your save-the-date cards.

Keep us posted on how you plan to spend Valentine’s Day! We’ll be on the lookout for romantic engagement stories.

While obviously we advocate for custom printed save-the-dates, we were thoroughly entertained at the TGK studios last week with bridepop’s collection of “epic” save the date wedding videos.

My favorite is the quirky French couple, but there is a certain je ne sais quoi about the medieval / viking quest-themed movie trailer style video. Oh, it’s impossible to put into words – just check them out here!

Sure there’s a lot going on around the holidays, but there’s still something enticingly romantic about tying the knot around a significant holiday, such as Christmas or New Year’s. Incorporating your wedding theme into the glamour and giddy excitement already abounding in the air can add just the right touch of magic and whimsy to make your day extra special. As we enter Christmas week, we thought we’d give you a little holiday-inspired inspiration for wintery wedding designs. Ho ho ho!

The Snowflake booklet program with Christmas-y Cherry Red and Lime ink and a Flame Red ribbon.

The Grace Save-the-Date postcard in Black and Pewter ink sets the stage for an elegant New Year’s Eve wedding.

The Meredith wedding invitation shown in Turquoise ink on Champagne Shimmer paper with our Snowflake motif is perfect for an early December wedding in chilly Pennsylvania!

In honor of our latest Save-the-Date giveaway, we thought we’d share a few tips for unique Save-the-Dates on the blog … to give our upcoming winner a little inspiration!

Dandelion Post Card Save-the-Date shown in Sky Blue and Pewter Ink on White paper.

1) Get on the calendar! Save-the-Dates have become a near necessity for engaged couples in today’s busybusybusy world. It’s common for families and friends to be spread across the country and even internationally, making advance notice for long-distance travel arrangements a priority. And even for local guests, crazy work schedules and other commitments can present conflicts with the social calendar!

For all these reasons, we recommend brides send their Save-the-Dates 12 months in advance, if possible, and definitely no later than 6 months in advance.

2) Get organized! One advantage of sending Save-the-Dates is that it forces you and your families to get organized enough to create a guest list, which is one of the first critical to-do items for kicking off wedding planning. If you’ve got a “deadline” in mind for getting your Save-the-Date cards ordered, it makes it a bit easier to encourage your future in-laws to track down the addresses of those long lost cousins on the opposite coast!

3) Get inspired! While the design you choose for your Save-the-Dates doesn’t have to dictate the color scheme and themes for your entire wedding, browsing your stationery options at this early stage is a great way to get ideas and inspiration for when you’ll need to be making these decisions down the road. We find that, while many brides carry the same themes and motifs from their initial Save-the-Dates down through their invitations and wedding day place cards, just as many opt to have a little more fun and whimsy with their Save-the-Dates while choosing more conservative styles for the rest of their wedding invitation suite.

4) Set the stage for the upcoming event! Your Save-the-Dates can reflect the season, style, level of formality (or informality!), venue, and even the time of day. They are a great way to give your guests a teaser of what they have to look forward to!

5) Customize and personalize! Reflect the unique personality of you and your fiancé as a couple. Incorporating a special photo of the two of you is a popular way to personalize Save-the-Dates. Couples may also choose a particular motif that has a special meaning; we’ve designed dozens of graphics for couples based on symbols or items that hold a particular charm and we love incorporating these designs into unique Save-the-Dates!