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I don't see why you couldn't send them as is. It would save you time and money.
Simple = less stress 
What a great idea!
I would save the $ and send them as postcards. You'll save on postage and on the envelopes. Plus you're helping the environment by not using the extra paper.
I would worry just a teency tiny bit - that it may look like junk mail. I would send it out as a postcard, just be sure the post cards look personalized and not an ad for the house. Maybe you can do some sort of easy personalization of it? just a thought.
Consider this another vote for just sending them as postcards! :-)
If you take the postcard to a printer, you might be able to get your names and date printed on the front for pretty cheap. That would take away the chance that someone just thinks it's junk mail, and personalizes it a little better than just writing in the information in the "message" space. Plus, I am lazy and prefer not to handwrite anything I don't have to! :)
What a unique idea! I would just send them as post cards because you can save money on envelopes and postage that you could use somewhere else in your budget.
I sent ours as postcards
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To BeesKnees and Mrs. Spring I agree with the personalization...I saw one on http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/goodthings/save-the-date-postcards that is so cute with the little envelope guled to the postcard or this one http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/blog/2009/03/05/save-the-date/ with the stamped names and date...but i dont see any info of where to get a personalized stamp like the 2nd one...any ideas? Thanks so much to all the ladies for your comments!! And to Miss. Dorsay do you have a post on your Save the Date postcards? Thanks again to all the ladies!! :)
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The second link you gave was blocked for me at work, but I love the Martha Stewart one! You can have a rubber stamp made, if that's what it the second link is. Any engraving store would be able to do that, or some craft stores do it too. You could also do personalized postage stamps. That way you could put a picture of you two, your names and dates on the actual postage.
I vote that you send them as postcards. Just add something to the front picture to help people realize that it is a save the date if they happen to look at that side first (like a cute round sticker that has your wedding date and names on it).
Good luck!
We sent our save the dates as postcards, and it worked out great except for the sticker the post office uses on the back covered up our website for people to check out. Boo.
How we did it was my fiance drew a picture for the front (he's quite the talented artist!) then I photoshopped our names and dates. On the back we typed a little message, created our own divider and then made clear mailing labels for the addresses. We also bought personalized stamps (all from zazzle.com). Worked out great!
I love this idea! I don't think anyone would throw it away without looking at it first and wondering who had sent them a postcard. I don't think you should worry about it :)
I'm planning to do postcards too but I'm going to make my own using one of our engagement photos. Does anyone have any good suggestions on how to make the postcards? I was just going to do it with Microsoft Publisher but have seen postcards at places like Staples and Papersource. Would you get them done on a site like Shutterfly or just do them on your own?
We used www.postcards.com and it was really cheap and easy to use. It took me about 30 minutes to design the postcard with our picture on it and a message about our wedding info. If you PM I will send you a picture, but I don't want to just put it out on the boards. Anyway, they have options where you can enter your addresses and have them send the cards, or you can have the cards sent to you and then you address them yourself. With postage included it was about $40 for the design, printing, and postage on 60 STD's.
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I love this idea! I say send them as postcards and save on stamps and envelopes. I did postcards too and got great response. How fun that they actually feature your venue!
I used vistaprint and 100 postcards and envelopes were $17, including shipping. I have to send a lot of them to Canada, and I wanted to make syre they looked nice when they got there. I designed the front with a color picture and the back is B&W with the info.
I know I’m in the minority here to say go with envelopes, but my friend did postcards and they looked a little mangled when they got to people. You could still read the info but they were def. not as cute.
Thanks again ladies! I think putting a little save the date sticker on the front of the postcard is a great idea! Like a little scrapbook sticker or something! I love the rubberstamp link I posted...I think I will try to find out where I can get a personalized rubberstamp. I save a pic from the website of the venue...how do I insert it into this post? Thanks again bees!!
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Our venue...a historical mansion...has a set of four postcards on their online store. I thought these would be perfect for Save the Dates since it has a picture of the place on the front of the postcard and I would just write the date and our names on it. But I was wondering if I should just send them in the mail as a postcard or should I get envelopes for them? Thanks Bees!! :)