Save The Dates

There are literally thousands of wedding Save the Dates designs from a multitude of companies. We know it can be overwhelming when you have so much to plan already for your wedding! Trust us that oftentimes it helps to find the designers that match your personal style. If you can do that then it is much easier to find the perfect Save the Date card. To make it simple for you we always update our compilation of our favorite card designs from top designers in the section below. Find the perfect designer that most reflects your own personal style and taste. Enjoy! Scroll down to see our favorite designs.

Annie Clark is a San Francisco based designer whose wedding Save the Dates are featured on Minted. She got her start as as a wedding invitation designer at a local boutique and recently was a winner of Minted’s Design Challenge contest in April 2008. Of Annie’s 62 designs, 43 were selected by the community to be available for purchase.

Apple Blossom
This was the design that won first place in Minted’s Save a Date Design Challenge receiving a cumulative score of 3.70 which was tops for all designs submitted! I adore this card, the colors are soft and subtle with light brown and beige and green. The apple blossoms cross over the top and I “heart” the playful block font used for the couple’s name. In addition to a green blossom color you can choose pink blossom color. One really unique offering from Minted is that if you want a different look for a fee of $15 you can have a professional designer customize any of the existing cards with your own special color instructions.

Calligraphy Save the Date
This is photo Save the Date card that is available in signature paper, recycled paper, or pearlescent paper. The last option gives a subtle shimmer finish which is quite nice. The card focuses on your own custom photo and has “Save the Date” in calligraphy writing for a classic style.

Fine Moments Save the Date cards are designed by the husband and wife team of Jason and Hae Carberry. Started in 2005 after finding success in creating invitations for friends and family the company focuses on high quality Save the Date designs that have clean lines, contemporary and yet classic styles.

Deco Frame
This square Save the Date card looks almost like an art deco sculpture. It really frames your custom photo well and I like the colors that include a turquoise, green, or orange option. Please remember that square Save the Dates incur additional postage charges. Although this design may be just worth the extra cost!

Sarah Hawkins Designs started out with Sarah just designing wedding invitations for her family and friends. Eventually, the demand for her designs grew and her part-time hobby became a full-time career. First, designing wedding invitations and birth announcements for local brides and new parents, then growing the business by selling baby announcements online. Sarah lives in Pittsburgh and has done work for such clients as Tiffany & Co., Heinz, and PPG. Sarah’s stationery designs have been used by many celebrities and featured in many magazines.

Love Stamp
This Save the Date card takes the classic US postal mail theme and turns it into what I consider one of the most memorable Save the Dates available. The eco-friendly italian made paper acentuates the design and a rich red coloring highlights you and your fiancés names.

Floral Flurry
The Floral Flurry wedding Save the Date card is a contemporary design with beautiful magenta flowers on a green background. If you want a Save the Date that will stand out this could be the one.

Reef Romance
The Reef Romance wedding Save the Date card is playful design that features a school of fish in aquamarine turquoise. The fish are contrasted with a white background which I adore. If you prefer the card also comes with green or orange fish.

Jill Smith is a Texas based designer that makes great notepads, photo cards, thank you cards, and address labels. She is a triathlete and a freelance designer for corporations such as Kenneth Cole and Mercedes-Benz. Her work has been highlighted on CBS’s “The Early Show” and in InStyle, Daily Candy, Modern Bride and Lucky magazine

Stunning Script
This card is consistently one of the top sellers at Wedding Paper Divas and it is easy to see why. With the rich red color and elegant cursive script it makes a beautiful Save the Date card. It also comes in turquoise and black.

Engagement Collage
Jill Smith Save the Date cards are typically bright and bold and this card called Engagement Collage is no exception. It’s a picturesque design that let’s you add your 3 best engagement photos to send to your family, friends, and loved ones. I find it to be oh so cool and contemporary.

Canna
Brown and orange are two of my favorite colors. And they make for a striking duo in this design by Jill Smith. This Save the Date card has modern fonts that make it really stand out and yet the two little flowers add a touch of panache.

Helena Seo Design is an award winning designer trained at the California College of Arts. While her focus is on branding work for corporate clients such as Starbucks, Target, and Nokia, she has some amazing wedding Save the Date card designs.

Belle Memoire
This photo Save the Date card features a sepia-toned photograph that looks almost like a long-cherished Polaroid. It is accentuated by the striking bold date for your wedding. It seems to speak to the many future memories that will await on this special day.

Float Paperie is a Chicago based firm that offers a mix of modern, classic and elegant design for all types of occasions including weddings, baby showers, birthdays, and more. Many of the designs utilize printing techniques such as letter press, engraving (raised printing), and offset lithography (flat). The lead designer trained at Paper Source and now does designs for Minted as well as custom design work.

Float & Celebrate
This is one of those photo Save the Date cards that allow you to be creative with your own special photo. It’s a basic design that can work well with a color, sepia, or black & white photo. I personally think black and white works best for this Save the Date as it allows the green fonts to really “pop” out at you.

Kelle Boyd of Ann Kelle Designs has always had a love of art and drawing. At age 9 she was a self confessed “fashionista” designing her own line of kid’s clothes and dresses. In 2006 she finally made the leap from a career in public policy to full time designer. She describes her style as “simple, sweet, and sassy.” She is inspired by simple things in life like ties, spring flowers, ice cream, and even the sweater vest she wore in the grade school.

Smiling Squares
If you want a photo Save the Date card that really lets your pictures shine this could be the one! I like the teal and gray boxes that flank the pictures. It’s also printed on Italian made eco-friendly paper.

Jenny’s Designs are offered exclusively at Magnet Street Weddings. Jenny is a designer that likes to make a statement and puts a lot of attention to detail in her designs just like one would do in planning a wedding! I feel like her Save the Dates Magnets really capture the zest of life and make me want to smile.

Enchanted Encounter
Want to share lots of pictures in your Save the Date magnet? This is a stunning design with beautiful cursive font and a brown band across the bottom.

Flower Enchantment
This photo Save the Date magnet design by Jenny features a beautiful light green handwriting font and flower and petals drawing. You can also include two custom pictures and I really adore how the couples’ names are included running in between the two pictures.

Square Motif
This is a classic square Save the Date magnet. It’s green yet again and has the ability to include up to four photos of you and your future husband. The pattern is almost antique looking, yet it blends in a pleasant way to create a nice visual effect. A great detail is that the date is placed in one of the left hand side squares. There is even space to include your wedding website.

Save the Date Mini Magnet Versions
I also wanted to include the mini magnet versions of some of the above designs for comparison. Sometimes having the slimmer mini style looks a bit better and it can also make for a less expensive Save the Date magnet.

Joy Deangdeelert Cho is the designer behind Oh Joy! Studio. Before stepping out on her own in 2006 she worked for the Cynthia Rowley Swell line at Target. Joy says she gets her inspiration from textures, patterns, and the beautiful colors that she sees everywhere whether it be in nature, architecture, or even clothing.

Charming Couple
While the date in a Save the Date card is certainly important. I personally think the fact that you and your fiancé are together as one couple is most important. So the “and” is key. This card from Oh Joy! takes this to heart with a big and bold yellow ampersand that emphasizes your new commitment to each other. It really pops out amid the turquoise background.

Coloring Cricket creates cards exclusively for Wedding Paper Divas. The designer Christine Welch is an Iowa based designer who grew up in the Northern Sierras a backdrop of natural elegance that she incorporates into her Coloring Cricket Save the Date card designs.

Snowy Love
This is a perfect card to celebrate the winter. It features a midnight blue background that is highlighted by white snowflakes and dots. You can create a personalized Save the Date card by adding in 3 different pictures of you and your fiancé. Whether you are having a winter or summer wedding it will warm the hearts of your guests this winter.

Tandem Bike
The Tandem Bike card is sweet and stylish featuring an old classic two seater bike for you and your sweetheart. It comes in 3 colors including pink, pumpkin, and emerald. I prefer pink but the emerald green is lovely as well. How cute is the save the date banner that is flying from the back of the bike seat?

Feather is by the same designer as Petite Alma as seen on Tiny Prints. It offers a higher end more refined line of wedding invitations that use more complex techniques to make exquisite Save the Dates.

Stylish Script
If you want a classic black and white card then this design by Feather could be perfect. It features cursive script at the top and simple serif font for your names, the date, and location of your wedding. I especially like how the “save the date” cursive script is written almost as if it was written with an actual water brush with the dark and lighter areas. Who says that black and white is boring? Please do keep in mind that this is a square save the date card and so postage via the united states postal service will cost extra since they can not be machine scanned. This square envelope surcharge typically costs about 20 cents per card in addition to standard postage. So it can be a significant extra cost so please keep that in mind.

Stem Silhouette
This delicate design by Feather features a bird on a branch in the center. The drawings are cute and basic and the choice of fonts really complement the bird and branch.

Paper Poppies
This is a save the date card that gets a ton of great reviews. It features translucent poppies in wonderful colors including medium pink, deep plum, or pumpkin. It’s a modern card that has a bold style. The couples’ names are printed in matching font color to the poppies. Also, if you like the Save the Dates you can get matching envelopes, thank you cards, wedding invitations, and more.

Natural Wildflower
The Natural Wildflower wedding Save the Date card is a classic, pure and simple. It features a breathtakingly intricate wildflower with such texture that it looks like the genuine article. It comes in a brown, orange, or red color palette and features cursive lettering for “Save the Date”. It’s hard to go wrong with such a great design.

Jenny Romanski is the founder of Hello Little One. The tagline of which is “develops hip stationery for the modern family”. She is a graduate of Boston College and also the Massachusetts College of Art. Jenny has partnered exclusively with Tiny Prints and Wedding Paper Divas to offer her designs. Jenny prides herself on using hip colors, modern layouts, and most of all unique patterns that are unlike anything else. Her designs always have a perfect balance of color and freshness.

Date Boxes
The colors of this wedding Save the Date card are just so bold and bright. I love the green with the shades of pink for the actual date of your wedding. The focus of the card is just the date of your wedding, which really is the purpose of a Save the Date card. So with this card it is mission accomplished.

Posh Perfection
If you prefer the focus of your Save the Dates card to be a wonderful picture of you and your fiancé then this could be the one for you. It allows you to select a custom picture and accents it with elegant white lines that go along the bottom of the card. Just make sure to pick the perfect picture for your Save the Date.

Merry Branch
I am a big fan of floral print Save the Date cards. They just seem to bring out the spirit of a wedding in my mind. Especially when you are having a spring or summer outdoor wedding. This design by Jenny features a floral vine along the right side set on a purple background. It also comes in an orange or brown background.

Emily is the designer behind Potts Design. She is a local designer and entrepreneur based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. She was a Minted Design Challenge winner and had her designs voted in by the community to be included in Minted’s Save the Date cards. In fact she has 27 designs that are featured. Emily describes her philosophy as one of very clean and classic designs. She admits that sometimes she likes to mix it up and will apply a modern bent on classic concepts. One unifying rule is simplicity and she works to ensure her designs reflect that.

What inspired this design? “sweet and whimsical penguins holding hands are a great symbol of love and perfect for telling everyone to save your date!”

Penguins
The Penguins wedding Save the Date card is a seasonal card for the holidays. It features penguins holding hands as a symbol of love. I especially enjoy that one of the penguins has a background of snowflakes to celebrate winter.

Wedding Paper Divas has a line that they call Signature White that features some basic but exquisite designs. These designs allow you to take a lot of the creativity and put it in your own hands by customizing your Save the Dates with personal pictures. One thing to note is that for these designs Wedding Paper Divas designers will check the resolution of your pictures that you submit. However, they do not edit or touch up the photographs using photoshop or anything similar. So make sure you have quality checked your photos beforehand.

Photo Squares
This Save the Date card is basically just a 3 by 3 grid of photographs. But the great thing is that you can select 8 of your very own pictures to remind your guests of the special date. This really gives you the chance to show off your own personal style and personality because as they say 8 pictures is worth 8,000 words!

Lady Jae is a couture paperie and wedding invitation design studio started by Lisa. While they make custom invitations and announcements they also provide some fantastic Save the Dates for Wedding Paper Divas. There site is about to get revamped so be sure to check it out in the future. They also make some adorable tin boxes that can make darling lunch boxes for your daughter or favorite niece.

Watercolor Wonder
This is a unique Save the Date card that was supposedly inspired by a cool ocean breeze blowing across the Pacific Ocean. The unique green and aquamarine accents twist along and strike the S in Save the Date. It’s also printed on recycled paper so in addition to being a beautiful card it is better for the environment.

Painted Periwinkles
If you want a Save the Date card that captures the elegance and beauty of a impressionist water color painting then this is exactly for you. There are beautiful plum colored touches that appear as soft brush strokes of paint that give it a whispy, summer feel. Another great design by Lady Jae.

Turquoise Creative is the design shop of Misha Zadeh. Based in Seattle, Misha has a definite artist’s eye for exquisite detail. Her work often features rich texture, has a wonderful and graceful depth, and what I consider to be true individuality. As a child of two architects, Misha was encouraged to appreciate creating beautiful objects and she carries on that tradition to this day.

Blooming Tree
The Blooming Tree is a Save the Dates for weddings card that has an exquisite style with a touch of nature. It features brown branches that extend from the right with small cherry blossom like buds about to bloom. The names of the couple are printed in a rich red cursive font that matches the red buds of the branch.

Golden Gate
For all of you who are having weddings in San Francisco here is the card for you. The Golden Gate is a Save the Dates for weddings card that features the iconic golden gate bridge from one of the most romantic cities in the world. It comes in cherry red, slate blue, and chocolate. Choose the color that best matches your taste and let people know that you are getting married in the city by the bay.

Dreamy Reeds
This Save the Date card comes in a beautiful turquoise color and creates a clean and open look with the typography to the left and the reeds off on the right. It is a part of an overall set and you can get matching wedding invitations.

Magnolia Press is a new designer for Wedding Paper Divas. I don’t know much about the firm or who is behind it. If you have any information please comment or email me via the contact form so I can add some information to this post. In any case, Magnolia Press has some adorable Save the Dates that take advantage of the ability to include a customized picture. There are two cards in particular that I am keen on and they both use a light teal blue which is one of my favorite colors.

Beautiful Band
This is an especially elegant Save the Date card. It has a sleek sophisticated look that places a basic blue banner with your wedding information on it. This is quite striking especially when paired with a wonderful black and white engagement photo like the one seen here. I also really like the contrast of the cursive style headline with the couple’s names and the more basic block letters with the wedidng info below.

Extraordinary Style
Again this Save the Date card has a blue teal band of color. This design has more of a postcard look which I think is quite charming.It also makes use of cursive font for the couple’s names but also adds the initials in the background in light blue font. A simple yet extraordinary Save the Date card.