Save the dates? Save money instead.

As I was trying to sort through the "first steps" to planning I realized some of the things can cost a pretty penny and for what? for example:

Save the date cards: If you have been on any form of social media I'm sure you have seen those super cute save the date cards. The ones with a cute engagement picture that has the date somewhere like the bottom of the couples shoes, or carved into a tree. Don't get me wrong... save the dates are a great way to tell your prospected wedding attendees that you are planning a date around that time and they are awesome (and quite costly). Save the date cards from Vistaprint are the cheapest way to go you can get 100 cards for around $70.00.  Then you have to pay postage to mail them to your guests. 

My budget friendly tip: Either skip the cards completely or go to Red Stamp where you can create your save the dates and send them via Facebook or email for FREE!. They also have paper postcards available to send, you can even enter the addresses of your attendees and they will mail them for you! It is a little more expensive this way but if you can send some through the mail and some over Facebook to the more technologically advanced and save a ton!