The Best of Everything: Save the Date

If you're a long time reader, you may remember my struggle over the "Save the Date" cards, which I wrote about here. You may also remember that I left you hanging -- I never posted what the cards looked like, what card company we used, the fonts, the style, nothin'.

It wasn't fair to you, readers, and I apologize for that; but, never fear! The recaps are here! And, now I can show you our "Save the Date" cards without further hesitation:

The "Save the Date" cards started as a plain, tri-fold ecru card from William Arthur, before the aforementioned Leslie Englander, of Party Plus in Richmond helped us turn them into something truly special.

Let me make this really clear: I LOVED our "Save the Dates." They were so US. And we could have never done it without Leslie's creative genius and our 4 hour session at Party Plus. Seriously, go see her. Immediately.

The top/front of the card reads, "The happiness of your life now depends on the continuing to please a single person. To this all other objects must be secondary." This quote really meant something special to me throughout the wedding because (1) it was from Thomas Jefferson (wahoo-wah!); and, (2) it was pulled from a letter Mr. Jefferson wrote to his daughter a few weeks after her marriage. Now, if you know me in real life, you know I have a very special relationship with my Dad. I've never admired anyone more, actually, but don't tell him that because he'll get a big head. I love that this quote is from a father to his daughter. And, I think it really set the tone for "A Wahoo Wedding."

Love. Love. Love.

The second page of the tri-fold card was spent on the reason for the Save the Date -- the names, the date and the purpose!

And, the third page was spent on the "nitty, gritty details." So, if someone were to hang the whole thing on their fridge, it would look something like this:

(Sorry for the poor background. I was simultaneously doing work and taking pictures!)

But, do you know what I thought was really special about these cards?

The font.

That script-y, handwriting-y lookin' font? After Leslie spent a long time looking, she found Thomas Jefferson's handwriting (or a very near match) in font form.

I die.

So, I haven't revisited these cards in probably upwards of 6 months and I still get the same giddy feeling --and I think that might be the goal I had in mind when planning this wedding. I wanted to feel giddy. If you're looking into doing any kind of paper for your wedding (invitations, save the date's, programs, etc.) I have 2 pieces of advice: (1) do what you love and the people to whom you send these things will love them, too; and (2) keep it classy, but keep it personal. Your wedding is about you and your future husband -- and when you revisit the choices you made surrounding your wedding, it will be the details that you remember, the little things that made that day special.

For me, one of the things that truly made our wedding feel like "ours" is our Save the Date cards.

What are the details you remember?