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Letterpress Save the Dates

Tell your loved ones about your upcoming celebration with letterpress Save the Dates. With an pressed-on, indented printing style, this premium offering will take your stationery to the next level. In addition to letterpress-style Save the Dates, there are also invitations available in a similar format.

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Customizing Your Letterpress Save the Dates with the Experts at Bliss & Bone

What’s not to love about letterpress Save the Dates? The handcrafted look and feel of a letterpress Save the Date makes it a standout option for couples planning their wedding and the stationery they need to invite their guests. There’s a lot of history behind it all (hint: we have to thank Martha Stewart for making it a thing!), and the process is very involved. With this style of printing, every letterpress Save the Date is unique. It’s an art that was considered outdated at one point, but is now a popular, traditional printing method that couples and their guests love. 

In this guide, we’ll walk couples through how the printing process works, what you can expect from letterpress Save the Dates, similar printing styles and how you can design your entire wedding stationery suite around your letterpress Save the Date design. From there, couples can determine which type of Save the Date is best for them. 

How Letterpress Save the Date Printing Works 

Before there was letterpress Save the Dates, there was the invention of hand press or letterpress printing. This style of printing dates back to the mid-1450s, when Johannes Gutenberg was credited for developing the printing press. Here’s how it works: You need to arrange plates or stamps that spell out the words or design, cover it in ink and then it is pressed onto a card or piece of paper.  

The method has been perfected since its inception in Germany, and letterpress Save the Dates and letterpress invitations were popularized by Martha Stewart in the 1990s. At the time, people were finding other ways to print and considered the act of letterpress printing to be outdated and overly fussy. But in the 1990s, Martha Stewart promoted the handcrafted, traditional practice and brought it back into the fold. To this day, letterpress Save the Dates and other pieces of stationery are a luxury item that many couples gravitate toward for a sensory experience that you can see and feel. 

What to Include in Your Letterpress Save the Dates

Your letterpress Save the Date wording can be creative, but there are can’t-miss pieces to include in this piece of stationery that will set you and your partner up for success. Don’t forget to mention the following details as you are crafting your one-of-a-kind letterpress Save the Dates: 

  • The name of the wedding couple: There are so many weddings happening throughout the year, and you want to make it clear that you and your partner are the guests of honor. Your first names should be featured prominently, and there’s also an option to include your last names as well. 

  • The date: Letterpress Save the Dates require one major step: adding the date—or dates. It’s possible that there is more than one date that guests need to mark on their calendars. This is typically the case if you are planning to host a destination wedding, which often has an extended timeline because of the travel involved. In most cases, couples will host a welcome party, rehearsal dinner and post-wedding brunch or other celebration to end the wedding trip. If there are multiple dates you want guests to know about, make sure to mention them in your letterpress Save the Date. You can write “Save the Dates” or “Save the Weekend” to clarify this to your guests. 

  • The location: Most letterpress Save the Dates will also tell guests where your wedding will take place. This will allow them to make travel plans, take time off of work and prepare in any other way they need to in the months leading up to your celebration. Your wedding invitations will share the exact location, but you should provide the city and state or country in your letterpress Save the Date. 

  • Message about the invitation: “Formal invitation to follow” is a common line printed on the bottom of letterpress Save the Dates. It’s an optional idea, but one that will signal to your guests that more details are coming their way. 

Here are a few examples of how you can word your letterpress Save the Date:

Letterpress Save the Date Example #1:

We are getting married

SAVE OUR DATE

Aaron and Melissa

May 25, 2024

Palm Beach, Florida

Letterpress Save the Date Example #2: 

Sam & Megan are madly in love. 

They are getting married.

Save the Date

November 23, 2024

New York, New York

Letterpress Save the Date Example #3: 

A|V

October 19, 2024

Charleston, South Carolina

Formal Invitation to Follow

After you have spelled all of these details out clearly, you can have some fun with your letterpress Save the Date design. Use a cheeky one-liner, add in a song lyric that speaks to you and your partner or make it a photo Save the Date. There are near-countless options available to you, especially when you make your letterpress Save the Dates with the Bliss & Bone design team. 

When to Send Out Your Letterpress Save the Dates

It can feel almost impossible to maintain organization during your wedding planning process, but sticking with a reasonable timeline is always recommended. When it comes to preparing to send out your letterpress Save the Dates, you'll need to check off the following items: 

  1. Determine your wedding budget. Before you make any big decisions, you and your partner should be clear about how much you plan to spend on your wedding-related festivities. There is a lot that goes into weddings, and price hikes are more commonplace. With such an increase in demand for wedding venues and vendors, you want to compare prices and offerings and find out which people are a good fit for your style and budget. 
  2. Hire a planner. If you have the money to spend on a planner, it’s highly recommended. A planner is a professional wedding expert, who likely has many connections in the industry. This pro can assist you with design decisions, budgeting, your wedding planning timeline and more. A planner can also connect you with a stationer who can create the perfect letterpress Save the Dates for your special day. 
  3. Research potential venues and book your favorite. Your venue accounts for approximately 40 percent of your wedding budget, and it ultimately sets the tone for your entire celebration. This crucial element to your wedding involves the most planning and preparation, so you want to schedule tours of potential options. First, decide where you want to get married. While some couples love the idea of an intimate ceremony in a foreign country, others prefer a larger scale wedding in their hometown. After you’ve decided on that aspect, tour your favorite spots and then figure out if it fits your budget and works with your preferred date. 
  4. Customize your wedding website. Your wedding website can really do it all. You can share details about your wedding and related events, share photos of you and your partner, recommend things to do near your wedding venue and collect RSVPs. This is likely the first piece of “stationery” you’ll create, and you want to complete it about six to nine months before your wedding day. 
  5. Design and send out your letterpress Save the Dates. At the same time you design your wedding website, you also want to customize your letterpress Save the Dates. Unlike a digital Save the Date, there are a few more steps involved in designing and ultimately sending out your letterpress Save the Dates. Six to nine months before the big day is a reasonable timeline, but you may even want to send them out earlier if you are hosting a destination wedding. Giving your guests enough time to prepare is key, so go with whatever timeline works best for you, your partner and your guests. 

Staying organized is a difficult, but important task when it comes to planning your wedding. You and your partner can split up tasks, or consult with your planner on how to divide and conquer. There is a lot that goes into planning a wedding, but following this timeline can help you manage your wedding stationery in particular. 

The Cost of Letterpress Save the Dates

There’s perhaps one “con” associated with letterpress Save the Dates: They cost more than most other printing styles. Because it is such an involved and detail-oriented process, prices are higher than digital printing or online options. For instance, Brides.com estimates that you should expect to spend $1,500 or more on 100 letter-pressed invitation suites, compared to $500 to $800 for 100 digitally printed ones. Digital printing is the most affordable printing option, but you can also choose to send out your Save the Dates via email. Email Save the Dates often run for about $1 per “card,” making it a significantly lower cost than printed styles. Later on in this guide, we’ll cover the differences between the two and why couples choose one over the other. 

At Bliss & Bone, letterpress Save the Dates start at $445 for 25 A6 (4.5 x 6.25 inches) one-ply cards. If you want more than one color or gold foil, the cost will inevitably go up. When you use the online paper builder, you can see the anticipated costs go up with the real-time pricing feature. 

Choosing Between Printed Letterpress Save the Dates and Digital Save the Dates

Letterpress Save the Dates are a standout option among printing styles available for wedding stationery, and they provide an entirely different experience compared to online Save the Dates. Here are the key reasons why people love the idea of a letterpress Save the Date: 

  1. They are traditional. While online invites are becoming more widely accepted, even among wedding etiquette experts, printed Save the Dates are the most traditional. And ever since Martha Stewart brought it back into the fold, letterpress is a beloved and classic printing style for Save the Dates, invites and any other stationery needed. 
  2. They are experiential. There is an efficiency to opening up a Save the Date via email, but you can’t feel it. If you are interested in a sensory experience for guests who open your invites, you’ll want to go with the printed version. 
  3. They are one-of-a-kind. The process of designing a letterpress Save the Date is extensive, and it comes with working directly with a designer and receiving proofs before anything is confirmed. You can draft up and send out digital stationery on the same day, but there is a lot more time and steps involved in the development of printed Save the Dates. 
  4. They are keepsakes. After you have said, “I do,” you want to hold onto special mementos from your celebration. Your wedding stationery is a big part of that, and having a letterpress Save the Date will allow you to get your hands on a keepsake that will remind you of your big day. 

Couples who are interested in digital invites are generally concerned with saving money, reducing their carbon footprint and keeping everything online for their more tech-savvy guests. There is also an option to print some stationery and send other pieces out via email. For instance, many couples prepare digital Save the Dates and then send out printed formal wedding invitations. This hybrid concept will give you the best of both worlds at a budget that makes the most sense to many couples. As we’ve discussed, communication is everything, and you and your partner should consider your budget and style preferences before deciding whether to go with digital or printed Save the Dates. 

Getting Started on Your Own Letterpress Save the Dates

Weddings are special celebrations with extensive timelines. You need to hire vendors, pick a venue, set your date and complete several other steps before you can envision your dream day. All of the planning will be worth it, and you can focus on the fun of it all when you tackle each step with your partner and planner. With Bliss & Bone’s help, you can customize everything for your stationery suite: wedding websites, Save the Dates, wedding invitations, rehearsal dinner invitations and wedding menus. Plus, you can work with a dedicated designer to create a wedding logo or monogram that sets your stationery apart. Our team is here for you through every step of the process, and we encourage you to reach out if you have any questions. Don’t hesitate to visit us online or send us an email to hello@blissandbone.com.