Save-the-dates

The first piece guests receive — printed cards, magnets, or a digital send.

Also called: save the dates, save the date, std, save the date cards, save the date magnets, digital save the dates, announcement cards, date announcement.

When couples book this

Usually booked about 7 months out. It moves with your date.

Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone

Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.

Printed, magnet, or digital — what are you leaning toward?
What look are you picturing?
Do you want the design to carry into your invitation suite?

What to ask each candidate

Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.

This shop's production turnaround
A fact about the candidate — proof rounds, print run, and shipping time — compared while choosing where to order.
Can this shop carry the design into the invitation suite?

What settles once booked

The working details you and your vendor pin down together.

Printed, magnet, or digital?
How many to send?
DERIVED per household. The save-the-date freezes the guest list's outer edge earlier than most couples expect.
What the card says
Names, date, city or venue, website — and 'invitation to follow'. Details stay light; the invitation carries the rest.
How are you collecting mailing addresses?
The quiet long pole — collecting addresses routinely takes longer than printing. Digital sends still want addresses eventually; the invitations will need them.
How are envelopes addressed?

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced per household.

Lines that sometimes ride along: Postage, Envelope addressing, Design / photo customization fee.

What your vendor reads from your plan

Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, the piece, quantities, key dates, production, logistics, contacts.

Plan your save-the-dates — and everything around it

These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.

We will write when there is something worth telling you.