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    Jessoverall    June 2, 2012  

    Hello ladies-

    So I am a crazy craft lady and -for some reason- I wanted to make our STDs..all 200 of them...so I did! and here they are. We are having an outdoor/garden/courtyard wedding in June-and rustic is my middle name... hope this captures the feel I was hoping for. What do you think?

     

    DIY save the dates- what do you think? :  wedding diy save the date save the dates 1 Save

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    DIY save the dates- what do you think? :  wedding diy save the date save the dates 1 Save1

    What DIY projects have you done for your wedding? Did you find it was worth the effort and time?

     
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    KristenGotMarried    May 19, 2012   The Cbus

    200 Save the Dates?!  Good lord, how many people are you inviting???

    That being said, very cute!!  Great job :)

     
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    Cool! Like old timey post office. Nice job.

     
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    Candace From BC    October 21, 2012   BC Canada

    Those are AMAZING! I was thinking of doing something similar for our formal invites.

    ETA: We don't have 200 though :) Only 25!

     
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    Nicoley1985    October 6, 2012   Living in Boston // wedding in Bethlehem, PA

    Whoa those are amazing! You are so crafty, I'm impressed. Definitely fits the feel of what you are going for!

     
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    piglet_625    January 1, 1991  

    Ooohh... I really like those!!!  How are you sending them?  Little envelopes?  It would be super cute if you could find a rustic looking stamp or sticker or something to tie the look together on the envelope somehow. 

    I really like them a lot!  Awesome job!!

     
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    Jessoverall    June 2, 2012  

    Thanks everyone! Almost all of our guests are out of townies so its only fair to offer a save the date, we hope to meet our min # of 150 guests. These were the look I wanted and I couldnt beat the price of doing them myself, so all costs included with postage I will have spent $1.65 on each save the date...this price included a sewing maching-yes they are stitched together along the side... I just love the texture of the entire thing...just finished hand stamping all of them..whewww!

     
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    Jessoverall    June 2, 2012  

    Ill send them in little ivoy envelopes and i am def on the look out for some rutic floral stamps to set it off! Now im just debaiting on handwirtting the addresses or just going with a label

     
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    BayStateBride    September 1, 2012   Cow Hampshire (wedding in MA)

    Seriously, you are like a DIY Master. They came out great.

     
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    KristenGotMarried    May 19, 2012   The Cbus

    @Jessoverall:  So I just have to ask, my apologies... but did you send one STD to each person invited?  Or are you inviting 300-400 people?

     
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    parasol    September 16, 2011   Los Angeles

    They look so cute! And I can't believe you made them all yourself--I'm impressed! 

     
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    parasol    September 16, 2011   Los Angeles

    @KristenGotMarried: I'm totally wondering the same thing!

     
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    Jessoverall    June 2, 2012  

    sending them to each family invited mostly on my FIs side who all live out of state

     
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    mink    June 2012   Charlottesville, Virginia

    They are fantastic!  WOW!

     
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    techie    April 2012  

    VERY cute! Great job! And 200??? Holy crap.

     
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    KristenGotMarried    May 19, 2012   The Cbus

    I'm SO sorry for my lameness, but I'm still confused as to how many people you're inviting.  I only ask this because typically you send one invite per two people... like we're inviting 145 people but only using 68 invitations... or 2.13 people per invite.

     

    So... for you to have 200 STDs to send, this would be like having a guest list of 426 people, which is AMAZING.  

     

    ?

     
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    Jessoverall    June 2, 2012  

    250 is the invited list, with how many live out of state we hope to get around 150 people. Many are single or live in different states does that help? lol

     
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    KristenGotMarried    May 19, 2012   The Cbus

    @Jessoverall:  haha It sure does, thank you for explaining.  My mind was just REELING at the thought of 400+ invited.

     
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    CarolinaCola    February 22, 2014   South Carolina

    I love them!! Good job!

     
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    Jessoverall    June 2, 2012  

    I would die if that many people showed up...noooo thank you lol

     
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    Brielle    May 22, 2009  

    LOVE them!! You have such vision and are so creative and talented! P.S., I was thinking exactly what KristenGettingMarried and some of the  others were thinking -- 400+!

     

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