Save the date design
The save the date is the first thing anybody sees, which means it quietly sets the expectation for the whole event.
A save the date has one job and a lot of pressure. It has to hold a date in somebody's head for months, and it is the first signal your guests get about what kind of event this is going to be. Get it right and the invitation that follows feels inevitable.
Most of them are photo-and-a-date, and there is nothing wrong with that if the photograph is treated properly. Cropping, colour, where the type sits against the image and how much air it gets around the edges are the whole design. That is what I am doing when you send me the photo.
If there is no photograph, or you would rather not use one, the alternative is a type-led card that carries the palette forward into the invitation later. Those age better than people expect and they are much easier to send digitally.
Save the dates get sent early, which means they are almost always texted rather than mailed. Every order is delivered sized for text and stories as well as print.
In your inbox
- A custom save the date design, photo-led or type-led
- Print-ready PDF at 300dpi with bleed
- Sized for text message and stories
- Palette and type carried forward if you book the invitation later
- One round of revisions included
What this isn't
- Photography or photo retouching. Send me the photo you want to use and I will crop and colour-match it, but I do not shoot or heavily retouch.
- Printing or mailing.
- Address collection or list management.
Questions people actually ask
How far ahead should a save the date go out?
Six to eight months for a wedding, six to eight weeks for most other events. The real rule is that it should go out as soon as the date genuinely cannot change, because the whole point is that people block it off.
Do you need a professional photograph?
No. A good phone photo in decent light works better than a stiff studio shot, and I will crop and colour-correct whatever you send. What I cannot fix is heavy blur or a photo taken in very dark conditions.
Will the invitation match?
If you book both, yes, and that is the sensible way to do it. I keep the palette, the type and the general feeling consistent so the two pieces read as one family without being identical.
5,150
Monthly US searches across the terms this page is built for. Every page on this site is built against a measured number rather than a guess.
- digital save the date — 4,400/mo
- save the date design — 720/mo
- save the date card design — 30/mo
Collections that use this
Engagement party invitations
The first piece of wedding stationery, whether it means to be or not.
Rehearsal dinner invitations
Smaller, warmer and more personal than the wedding invitation.
Anniversary party invitations
Usually thrown by the children, which changes the whole tone.
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, in three days. If you love it, it comes off whatever you book. If you don't, you keep the file and owe nothing further.