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I think STDs are supposed to be fun and a little more casual (even for a semi-formal wedding) so I don't think it is a problem.
I think they're fine. Make sure you do a test run by mailing one to yourself first though.
Can we see your design?
I did them for our, I thought they were very pretty and semi-formal. They matched our invites.
I voted that I think they're fine but one thing to keep in mind.
I wouldn't have anything on the bottom if you're planning on sending them in the US since you don't know where the USPS will stick that bloody sticker. all the ones we sent out in denmark were fine, but the ones that went to the US half of them had the sticker over the date (which was on the bottom front of the post card) and half had the sticker on the back left hand corner over the website.
We're having a little of an untraditional theme to say the least. I was just playing around on VP and these happened! lol I whited out the last names and website, but you get the idea! I just saw that I could order envelopes, so I added those to the cart and just had the back of the postcards printed in a greyscale image of the black and white image on the front. What do you think? :)
ETA: Our last names make the names more centered, so it looks a little off like this.
I designed and ordered my Save the Date postcards from Vistaprint and they turned out GREAT! I chose the matte finish which looked really professional. I think the color on the "front" of the postcard got a little bit faded around the edges in the mail, but it was still totally legible and cute! That's part of the novelty of a postcard, isn't it?
The one thing about postcards that bothered me is that the postal service only offers ONE style of postcard stamps (right now it is a Hawaiian shirt...go figure) so even though the postcard stamps cost less than regular postage stamps, I ended up paying extra and getting the cute Love Ribbons stamps instead.
I think they are fine! Do a test ru by getting them wet. I had a nice STD postcard and it was rained on and the picture ran :-( but I think those came from a home printer so the ink wasn't as firmly set as vistaprint might be.
We did Vistaprint STD's! I think they are a great and cheaper alternative.
If someone asks (which would be super bitchy), just say you're being eco-friendly by having less paper 
I did save the date postcards and loved them - not only were they cheaper and saved paper but we were able to include a little personal message to our guests on the back!
I have been looking for cost alternative methods to Save The Date's. I originally wanted magnets, but those babies are expesive! Now I have the idea for designing the 'postcard' on VistaPrint and then getting magnet sheets with adhesive on them. Therefore, you can make your own magnets for cheap.
If interested, this is the magnet sheet website I found to be reasonably priced:
http://www.magnetvalley.com/index.cfm/fa/subcategories.main/parentcat/6643/subcatid/23751
We did post card STDs and I really, really like them! We went through https://postcardservices.com/ and got 100 for $25. Super nice quality, too. :)
I'm also doing the postcard STD and a more formal invitation . I don't think they'll beviewedheap cheap since its growing trend. Let's be real, it's not like people will frame these, do why bother spending so much money on them?
I have always said I wanted to use postcards. At first I thought about getting a bunch of postcards from my hometown, but later decided against it. We used a picture FI took of the enterance to the beach on the street we met. The back we used the writing space to put a little blurb about ourselves. They went out yesterday afternoon and started arriving today.
For reference, here are ours as well. They printed out super nice - and just a blank back so that I have plenty of room to be writing out addresses.
The only downside to postcards is that since they don't have a return address, you won't know if you have people's addresses wrong until you send the invites out, and then it'll be two months before the wedding and there will be people who you didn't know never got their STD. As I just recently found out to my chagrin! Fortunately most of the people whose address we had wrong were close enough to the family to have heard the date by word of mouth, but if they're slightly random friends they might not know they're invited until it's almost too late to buy a plane ticket. If I had it to do over, I would have done regular envelopes. (Nothing wrong with putting a postcard in an envelope though!)
@therascalqueen: The whole back of the post card is blank, so I'm treating it just like an envelope... return address in the upper left, etc.
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I'm about to order some really neat postcard STD's from Vistaprint that I designed and LOVE, but then I thought, are postcard STD's a no-no? Will they get messed up in the mail? Will people think I'm being 'cheap?' What is your opinion on postcards for STD's? They are sitting in my online cart and my finger is hovering over the pay button, but I want to make sure this is a good idea.