Save the date · $8 · 4 designs
Our save the date templates give you a 5 × 7 inch card for the mail and a phone-size image for text and email. Both come from the same details, in the same design as your invitation.
What you get
Every save the date download holds a personalizer, a filled example and a blank version. You get a 5 × 7 in card, two to a sheet, as PDFs for US Letter and A4. The personalizer also saves phone images at 1080 × 1350 and 1080 × 1920 px. You edit it in Google Chrome on your computer.
| Sizes | 5 × 7 in printable card, plus a digital image at 1080 × 1350 px and 1080 × 1920 px (PNG or JPG) |
|---|---|
| What you edit | The heading, your names, the date, the city and a last line such as “Formal invitation to follow”. |
| Per sheet | 2 per US Letter or A4 sheet |
| Printing | Cardstock, or send the image. Print at Actual size (100%); a 1 in (25 mm on A4) check bar is on most sheets. Cardstock 80–110 lb cover (216–300 gsm) for cards. |
| Files | PDFs on US Letter and on A4, single-card PDFs at the exact size for print shops, JPGs at 300 ppi; each as filled example and blank. Plus the personalizer and a start guide (START-HERE.pdf). |
| Color and layout | 6 palettes per design or your own color; 2 layouts. Fonts are fixed per design. |
| Editing | In the personalizer, in Google Chrome on your computer. It works offline and uploads nothing. Not included: editing in other programs, envelopes, printed cards. |
| Use | Personal use for your own wedding; no resale. |
Good to know
The personalizer saves the card as an image for phones, as PNG or JPG. The 1080 × 1350 px size suits a post or a message, and 1080 × 1920 px fills a full screen. You send it yourself, by text, email or a messaging app.
Both phone images are 1080 px wide. One is 1350 px tall for a post or message, and the other is 1920 px tall for a full-screen story.
The save the date belongs to the same design as the invitation, RSVP card, details card and all the day-of paper. With Save backup, the names and date you type here open in any other piece of the same design. The invitation then starts with your details already in place.
The card has its own line for the city, under the date, and a last line you can use for “Formal invitation to follow” or a note about travel. For a destination wedding, guests learn the place as early as the date.
Wild Pampas is drawn for beach, desert and garden weddings, with sand arches, dried pampas and fan palms. A rainbow layout is the second option. Its six palettes run from Terracotta to Desert teal.
Olive Grove has a laurel wreath, and Meridian a tinted arch or a soft circle. Copperplate has a penwork cartouche, and Wild Pampas a sand arch or a rainbow. Each download includes a filled example and a blank version.
Keep it short: a heading (“Save the date”), your names, the date, the city and one last line. The personalizer has exactly these fields, so the card stays clean and the details stay for the invitation.
How it works
The personalizer
Your details live in one place. In a set, a single personalizer holds every piece: switch between them with the tabs. Save backup carries your details to any other piece of the same design.
Complete the suite
Every set comes in each of the four designs and has one personalizer for all its pieces. The struck-through figure is what the same pieces cost one by one.
Related guides
Once a save the date is in the mail, you can't take back the date you printed or the guest you sent it to.
The worry is simple: send too late and the guests you most want there may already have plans.
FAQ
Save the dates usually go out six to eight months before the wedding. For a destination wedding, send them earlier so guests can plan travel.
A save the date carries your names, the date and the city. Many add a line such as “Formal invitation to follow”. Those are the fields of our template.
Yes, you can send our save the date digitally as well as by mail. Each one includes a phone-size image at 1080 × 1350 and 1080 × 1920 px, as PNG or JPG. You send it yourself by text or email.
Yes, you can print our save the date at home. The PDF is made for US Letter or A4, two 5 × 7 cards per sheet with crop marks. Print at Actual size (100%) on cardstock and cut on the marks, or take the single-card PDF to a print shop.
Save the dates go out by mail, by text or email, or both. Our template gives you a 5 × 7 in card to mail and phone images at 1080 × 1350 and 1080 × 1920 px to send yourself.
A save the date and the invitations do not need to match, but a match makes the invitation feel familiar when it arrives. Each of our four designs has its own save the date. It shares the art and palette of the invitation.
Some couples skip the save the date, especially for a small or local wedding. For travel, a holiday weekend or a long guest list, an early save the date gives guests time to plan.
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