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Please critique my save the date!

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    jalter    August 28, 2010  

    Hi guys,

    Attached is my save the date (with identifying info blanked out). I would love feedback from everyone...is the font too heavy? Does everything look aligned right? Should I move some of the text up/down/left/right?

    Thanks so much!

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    1. Please critique my save the date! :  wedding std save the date edit Img checkforerrors.jpg (35.4 KB, 72 downloads) 2 years old
     
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    lulucarmen    August 7, 2010   Saskatchewan

    It looks great, I really like it all in lowercase letters! Love the designs, and how you included hotel info for out of town guests! Nice work!

     
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    daniellemybelle    June 19, 2010   Baltimore, MD

    I think it looks great!

     
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    cinemaparadiso    July 16, 2015  

    Hey girl, is this the same image you got from the other website? I just wanted to let you know that if it is, it's going to print pixelated--it was formatted at 72dpi for the web and needs to be 300dpi. But regardless, it's cute, I love how the font turned out! What font did you use at the top?

     
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    Mrs. Dee to Bee    January 30, 2010   Louisville, KY (Wedding in TX)

    It's beautiful! One tiny thing I would change is to indent your groom's name a little to the right. I think with the names not perfectly aligned it would flow a little better. But it really does look so pretty! (:

     
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    jalter    August 28, 2010  

    darnit - i just realized i was considering putting my wedding website on there as well so guests can look there for gift registry info...worried it'll be too crowded though if i add more text. thoughts? dont' know when else i can let people know about the registry.

    @cinema - oh no!!!! pixelated!!!!! the thought of that possibility ran through my head but i was trying to ignore it. i'm planning on sending it out to a printer for printing...any chance they'll be able to fix it? is there a way to un-pixelate it myself? ughhhh. and honestly, i know this sounds stupid because i should have been writing it down, but when i save the image, i compressed all the layers so i can't go back and see what the font is that i used at the top...i just went through every font in the program and can't find it. i'm so sorry! i will keep looking for you.

     
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    jalter    August 28, 2010  

    Mrs Dee to Bee - thank you! that's exactly the type of critique I was looking for. And you are totally right. Gonna move it over now.

     
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    cinemaparadiso    July 16, 2015  

    jalter that's fine, dont worry about the font!

    You can up the dpi (they probably won't be able to) but it may still turn out pixelated... in fact, most likely it will :(

    Do a couple of test prints to see how it looks!

    PS- are they postcards? if so, you could put the wedding website on the back. If not, I'd make them double sided and put the hotel info and wedding website on the back!

     
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    cinemaparadiso    July 16, 2015  

    hey jalter... its definitely my bedtime, but PM me if the prints turn out pixelated and I'll try something for it!

     
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    jordynrose    October 16, 2010   Las Vegas, NV/Chandler, AZ

    Is the hotel room information on your wedding website?  If not, could you add it there?  That way you could just have the wedding website on the bottom.  That way you don't have to worry about things being too crowded.

     
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    jalter    August 28, 2010  

    jordyn - the hotel room info is on the website, but i want people to know immediately how affordable the hotel rooms are. i negotiated like crazy to get those room rates down to that price...i don't want people see it's at the Four Seasons and immediately assume they won't be able to afford to stay there. also - i don't trust most people we're inviting to take the time to visit the website to get the hotel info! it was a great thought though...thank you :)

     
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    LittleLynx    May 28, 2011   Canada

    Could you fit your website under the "formal invitation" line? Or maybe move everything up a smidgen to add more purple space at the bottom?

    What software are you using, just out of curiosity?

     
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    jalter    August 28, 2010  

    LittleLynx - yes, I definitely could move the purple up an additional bit at the bottom to make space for the website. I might just end up doing that. I just hope it won't look too crowded, but that is probably the best bet. Thank you!

    I am using PaintShopPro. My FI had it on his computer already.

    I think I might be screwed by not having a high enough resolution though...ughhhh

     
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    parfait    April 2010   Chicago, IL

    Wow, I like it a lot!  All the color makes it look really rich and expensive. : )  Nice work!

     
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    starcharades    December 31, 2011   Philadelphia

    I think it looks so elegant!

     
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    kjpugs    March 20, 2010   Indianapolis, IN

    I LOVE IT! the only thing I might do is bring in the script font a little more, either making the date or the dallas part in script. But if you compressed the layers how are you going to be able to fix it?

     
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    Mrs2theDr    April 16, 2010   Chicago, IL

    Very nice! Reads well and informative! I am getting married in Dallas too:-)

     
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    cheerful    September 2009 - eloped  

    It's really cute! I like it! I'd take out the "guarantee the special nightly rate of $125" because it's better not to mention money on an invitation or STD and put your weddingwebsite url there instead.

     
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    jalter    August 28, 2010  

    Thanks for everyone's feedback! The reason I wanted to put the hotel information on there, including the price, is because the 4 seasons is obviously an expensive hotel, and I bargained really hard to make sure I could get affordable room rates so people could stay there. I am afraid that if people simply see the hotel name without the price they will assume it's too expensive and look elsewhere.

    I also do not trust that most people will bother to look at the website even if they do see the website address on the save the date...so I don't think bother or even know they'll find the info there

    But the concern over it being inappropriate to put $ issues on a save the date has me worried now.

    Other thoughts on putting this info on the save the date when I truly do not expect that people will bother to look at the website?

     
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    flamingred    June 19, 2010  

    All I know is if I got an invite that said anything about $125 and the Four Seasons, I would RUN VERY FAST to the nearest phone and make a reservation.

     
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    Irishker03    June 12, 2010   Boston (home), Geneva, NY (wedding)

    maybe I'm too late but what if you just take out the $125? You could still say "to guarantee a special nightly rate"

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    I agree with Irishker03-I'd take out the $125 but otherwise I think it looks great!

     

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