Wedding planning has consumed the past year or more of your life. Full of milestone tasks and concrete deadlines, your schedule becomes more and more hectic as the months wear on. In the midst of your frenzied agenda, it is easy to forget that the guests you want to invite also struggle with their own daily schedules.
Today, people often plan vacations, business trips, family outings and church events at least four to six months in advance. To ensure your guests include your wedding on their calendars, they need to know about it first. But if your invitations go out only six weeks prior to the wedding, your window of opportunity for an acceptance may have long since past.
The solution comes in the form of save the date cards-also known as save the date invitations. Coming in many varieties, couples send save the date cards about four to six months in advance of the wedding. These cards let people know the date and location of your wedding so they plan ahead to keep the date free.
Because save the date cards are a relatively new wedding tradition, the rules of etiquette for them are still being written. It is certain, though, that you must make sure every person who gets a save the date card also gets an invitation. But should you send them to every guest on your invitation list?
Experts recommend sending save the date cards to as many of the guests on your list as possible, especially those who will be traveling from out of town.
We here at Tilt Shift Studios have a variety of options when it comes to Save The Date Cards. You can order flat or folded cards featuring your engagement photos and customize the design and color scheme to match your wedding. Here’s a look at the cards we did recently for Shelley and Edward – their wedding theme is clean and elegant featuring a black and white damask pattern with a crisp kelly green accent for a modern twist.
. Alissa and Cole preferred the more modern look so we were in search of clean and crisp lines. 
