They’re here. Our save the date cards arrived … for the second time.
The first time they arrived, last week, there was a big black box over most of the informational side. I was on my way to New York so Don took care of it (yay! good and helpful fiance!) and the replacements were sent out. There’s still a small printing issue (everything is just a bit too high on on the back of the card so that the line touches the top, but doesn’t touch the bottom), but I think I’m using these anyway because the mistake is likely ours and it’s a pretty small detail.
Here are the cards:
See how “Please save the date …” is closer to the top of the card than “Love, Don and Susan” is to the bottom? Maybe I could trim the bottom on the paper cutter and make it more even? Or maybe I should I shrug the whole thing off and forget about the small error?
When we were in Ocean City for the food tasting, we took a bunch of pictures on the beach including the image used on the front of the postcard above. We took those two starfish with us (it’s a recurring theme for the wedding) and started off down the beach. I wrote the various text items that we needed and Don plopped the starfish down and took the pictures. We went straight down the beach for about a block.
Assuming that the centering issue doesn’t make me change my mind above using this version, the next step is to get them addressed. Ack!
October 28th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I vote for shrugging it off. I guarantee you no one cares about it that much but you.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I’d say leave it. This is the sort of thing that makes you crazy and nobody else thinks much of. The mellow bride can let those things go, the Bridezilla has to get it right. Fight your inner Bridezilla!
October 28th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
It’s my inner publications manager that I’m worried about. Bride me says “couldn’t care less.” Work me says “You’d never let this out of your office. Why have lower standards for your personal life?”
However, I’m pretty sure they are going as is …
October 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
It’s a fluke of having them fix it while I was on the phone with them. We’ll see with the test send, but my concern about cropping them is that often the post office puts a routing sticker on the bottom edge. Now it’ll go over unused space. If you trim them they go over informational text.
October 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
5th vote for shrugging it off. I want my “Save the Date”!
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 am
[...] and matching envelopes at Michael’s. The image is a photograph Don took when we shot the Save the Date cards. We printed two images per 4 x6 photograph and cut them in half. Then I used photo tape [...]