Hollywood Stars

I love it when customers ask me if I can make something- and it's something I probably would not have thought to make.

In this case, one of my customers asked if I could make Hollywood Stars for her to use to line a walkway at the reception.  Answer: Yes!  Introducing 11x11 inch laminated cards.

For her project, she has them printed with the names of the bridal party.

I can also see these being hung up on walls, framed at a guest table, used as place mats for the bridal party. or, used as photo props.  These can be printed with just first names, or, the wedding date, or, maybe you could get a set with a "Bride" and a "Groom".

Save the date photo idea: Get a set of 4, printed with "Save", "The", "Date", and then your date in numbers.

Starting at:
$8.50 for 1
$15.00 for 2
$20.50 for 3
$26.00 for 4

Not including shipping.  Contact Save the Date Originals for pricing on large quantities or to place an order.

Important Phone Numbers on Magnets

Some numbers you want to keep written down because you might not think to enter the non emergency police number into your cell phone... or your cell phone runs out of power, and you forget your sister's number because you didn't have to memorize it.

If you are like me, wherever you write them down, you will probably lose the phone book or paper within a few months.

A solution is... a fridge magnet!  Introducing matte 8x10 inch fridge magnets designed for some important phone numbers.

There are a few numbers I recommend everyone write down, such as the local fire department and poison control.  After that you have those down, there are 12 lines for a name, number, and note.

Who to write down?  How about immediate family members.  Doctors.  Neighbors, Kid's Schools.  Friends.

Save the Date Originals has been taking suggestions for fridge magnets that people would find useful, like this one.  Feel free to make your own suggestion.

Stage Monkey!

One of my customers wanted a sort of Broadway playbill theme for baby shower invitations, and she knew that she wanted to include a cute monkey.  We ended up with this large magnet shower invitation design with our cute monkey and a curtain/stage background.  Pinkish purple hues certainly work for celebrating the arrival of a baby girl, though of course the colors can be mixed up a bit if you like the idea and want to tweak it for a new set of shower invitation magnets.

There was also an accompanying response card that was fairly simple.  This is another design that is not yet posted on the Save the Date Originals website, so Contact STDO if you are interested.

Pac people III

There are already two designs on the website with a design idea that would remind you of an old computer game.  These are wedding save the dates with a Pac Man and Pac Woman on them.

The first design was fairly simple at 4x3.5 inches:

The second design was a little more complicated at 5.35x4.1 inches:

In this version, Pac Woman has a veil!  Too much geeky wedding fun.


The third save the date design is in between the two sizes, at 5x3.5 inches.

The new wording tweak for this version is "Start 2-Player Game".

Check out pricing for 5x3.5 inch magnets here:
http://www.savethedateoriginals.com/35x5_Magnet.php

One of the things that I liked about this project was that the customer went with rounded corners.  Currently, all magnet sizes are listed with square corners, but rounded corners are still available as an add-on.

I love Lucy (well, Jess) shower invitations

Another fun project... this shower invitation idea come right from a customer.

They are throwing an I Love Lucy themed bridal shower for the bride, and wanted appropriate shower invitations.  This means... polka dots and a red heart!

They decided on navy (dark) blue for the border color.  Inside of "I love Lucy", it's "We Love Jess".

The card is about 4.5x6 inches, folded, and has printing on the inside as well.  The customer came up with poetic wording about how Jess could use some recipes for the upper-inside panel.  A recipe card is held inside the lower panel of the card via two angled slits.  The recipe card is about 3.5x5 inches, and guest's will mail them back with a written recipe using another small (included with the mailing) envelope.

For those interested in getting their own set of these: (as of 2016) pricing is around $2.50-$3.00 each, minimum of 20.  Envelopes included.

And you can also get these without the recipe cards.  Or maybe you could get color envelopes!  At STDO, it's all custom made by a person, so you don't have to stick with exactly the original idea.

You could switch to a flat card instead, with printing just on the front:

Pricing for the flat version (as of 2016) is around $1.50-$2.00 each, minimum of 30.  Envelopes included.

Fridge Calendars

Calendars are useful.  People have pocket calendars, wall calendars, calendars on their computers... because we need calendars to remember all the bazillion things we have to do over the coming months.

If you are like my family, you have lots of little notes written on random pieces of paper about things that need to be done on certain dates, and then those pieces of paper are stuck around the fridge using various magnets.

We don't have a wall calendar.  We don't all use the same computer calendar.  We've tried a magnetic dry erase board, but it took up a lot of space, we kept losing the markers we needed for it, and then it just stopped erasing well.

Save the Date Originals does offer a glossy full year calendar on 8x10 inch magnets:

You can use a marker to note important dates like birthdays.  You can customize them with any colors, theme, quote, photos, or advertisement that you want.

But what we my family finds really convenient is 10x8 inch calendars that are just one month:

These magnets aren't glossy.  Which means you can use anything to write on them- pencils, markers, pens, whatever is around.  And, you have space to actually write something.

They don't take up your entire fridge.  And you probably won't end up with dozens of random scraps of paper on your fridge.

Like other calendar magnets, you can personalize these.  Get your family name printed on each one.

You could get 12 months at once, and keep the one's that you haven't used yet on top of the fridge, easily found when it's time to switch.  Halfway through the year you can order June through May of the next year;  Or, order more than the next 12 months.  Save the Date Originals is about offering custom options.

If you are interested in these magnets, email Save the Date Originals for a price quote.  Pricing is less per calendar magnet if you are ordering several instead of just one.

Stationery Store?

Save the Date Originals often shows up in local searches for "Stationery Store" or "invitation store".  STDO is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but doesn't have the kind of storefront where customers can randomly walk in to browse through a selection of card stock and envelopes.

Save the Date Originals is primarily a place that makes custom invitations, save the dates, and fridge magnets for a variety of events, businesses, and other needs.  This means that each project is usually unique to the customer/event.  Customers are usually ordering a custom printed item, not blank card stock.  You could get a set of custom stationery or cards made that are printed with *your* name and favorite colors, for example.

Additionally, most communication with customers is handled via email.

Local customers can actually place bulk orders for card stock and envelopes though.  Need 1000 a2 5x3.5 inch envelopes in pearlescent gold?  STDO can offer that.  Looking for pocketfolds in a particular color?  Email to ask whether there are pocketfolds available in that color.

If you happen to be in the Milwaukee area and couldn't find what you wanted at a local stationery or scrapbooking store, feel free to contact Save the Date Originals.  Don't forget to include a quantity when you  are looking for a price quote.