3 Clever Ways to Fold Your Save-the-Dates
With just a few creases, these creative cards become festive shapes—no origami skills required.
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Credit: Bryan Gardner
Heart-Shaped Save-the-Date
All you need is love-and a couple of curvy flaps-to transform a square into a sweet, heart-shaped note.
THE TOOLS
- Heart Shaped Save-the-Date Template
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Scissors
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Matte colored paper
HOW TO
- Download the template and open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat.
- Customize the text with your names and wedding date.
- Print desired quantity on 8.5" x 11" matte paper in the color of your choice.
- Cut out each heart along its border, then fold the top right and left curves forward, towards the center of the save the date to create a square.
- Slip into an envelope and send it off!
THE DETAILS
8.5" x 11" matte paper, $7.50 for pack of 50 sheets, paperpresentation.com.
5" x 5" Square Natural Kraft envelope, from $6.75 for a pack of 25, paperpresentation.com.
Exclamation Point Save-the-Date
You're excited! And your guests will be too when they open this oversize exclamation point.
THE TOOLS
- Exclamation Point Save-the-Date Template
- Scissors
- Matte colored paper
HOW TO
- Download the template and open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat.
- Customize the text with your names and wedding date.
- Print desired quantity on 11" x 17" matte paper.
- Fold along the dotted lines.
- Cut out exclamation point along its border.
- Fold again, slip into an envelope and send it off!
THE DETAILS
11" x 17" matte paper, from $13 for pack of 50 sheets, paperpresentation.com.
4 3/8" x 5 3/4" matte envelope, from $5.25 for 25, paperpresentation.com.
Necktie-Shaped Save the Date
THE TOOLS
HOW TO
- Download the two templates: one for the front with text and one for the back with stripes. Open the PDF for the inside of the tie in Adobe Acrobat.
- Customize the text on the front with your names and wedding date.
- Print equal amounts of the inside template and the outside striped template on 8.5" x 11" matte Kraft paper.
- Cut out the front and back pieces. Cut out the rectangular "We're Tying the Knot" piece and set aside.
- Using a glue stick, adhere the front and back pieces together, with the text and stripes facing outward.
- Fold the save the date according to the dotted lines on the template. First, fold the left side lengthwise, so the edge hits the center of the tie. Repeat with right side lengthwise. Then, fold the paper in half to create a tie shape.
- Wrap the "We're Tying the Knot" piece around the tie, and attach with a piece of double-sided tape.
- Slip into an envelope and send it off!
THE DETAILS
8.5" x 11" Natural Kraft paper, from $7.50 for a pack of 25, paperpresentation.com.
4 3/8" x 5 3/4" Natural Kraft Envelope, from $5.25 for 25, paperpresentation.com.
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