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2012

tying the knot rustic save the dates

The joys of having a photographer husband-to-be!  If you’re the lovely Lisa, one of my blog readers, it means you can make pretty wedding details and get great pictures of them – which in turn means lovely photos to share with you all.

raffia save the dates

Lisa was inspired by my own rustic ‘save the dates’ and got in touch to share hers – I think they are so beautiful and they incorporate a really neat extra that Lisa found on this blog whilst searching for inspiration – a twine knot.

tying the knot handmade save the date

So Lisa combined two ideas – the brown folded card ‘save the date’ that we made, which didn’t need an envelope and was tied like a tiny parcel with raffia, and a sweet idea that when you open the card the knot in the piece of twine tightens, so you literally ‘tie the knot’.

tying the knot brown card save the date

I never realised that when I dreamt up and made our ‘save the dates’ that they would be so loved by other couples.  There is something about the recycled rustic brown card and simple black text that just works so wonderfully together.

twine and brown card save the dates

I’m so delighted to hear about other brides-to-be being inspired by our handmade ‘save the dates’ and to see their final creations.  It’s also particuarly lovely to be able to share them with you, as I know this sort of style has been really popular on the blog – so if you’ve been inspired by our ‘save the dates’ do get in touch with some pictures, perhaps one day I’ll be able to do a post sharing them all as a big collage.

eco-friendly brown craft card save the dates

Many thanks to Lisa and her husband Matt for sharing their ‘save the date’ cards with us!  If you’ve got any questions Lisa can be found on Twitter at @lisa_mbphoto.

Images: Matt Brown Photography

Comments

DIY : 4 save the date ou faire-part pas comme les autres… | Le blog organiser un mariage on 24. January, 2012

[...] d’abord, Lisa nous explique sur le blog  de The Natural Wedding Company comment elle a réalisé elle-même un faire-part sur du papier 100% recyclé et original [...]

Making the Wedding Invitations | Anna and Bryan on 1. April, 2012

[...] creative, and unique for our wedding invitations and arrived at a handcrafted creation from the Natural Wedding Company.  We liked the idea of a card that didn’t need an envelope and when opened contained the [...]

Claire on 4. April, 2012

Hello!
These look absolutely fab!.. but just wondering where you got the large image of the dandelion type plant on the right hand side – I have been looking for something similar for my invites?
Thanks! Claire x

CharlieB on 4. April, 2012

Hi Claire, I’ve been in touch with Lisa who made those save the dates, and it was an image she scanned. My recommendation would be to have a look at the nature fonts on DaFont http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=712 as they have lots of beautiful flower fonts which make great images. If you don’t find anything you like I can speak to Lisa about sharing the image with you. Do let me know how you get on! xXx

Jamie Fitzwater on 18. April, 2012

These are amazing!!!!! I am definitely going to use this idea for my wedding. I fell in love with these the moment I saw them. I am so thankful there are creative people like you out there to help the non-creative people like me.

Samantha on 2. May, 2012

I was wondering the size of the paper they used?

CharlieB on 8. May, 2012

Hi Samantha, I’ve been in touch with Lisa and they used A4 card with 3 save the dates to a page, just like I did for our save the dates http://thenaturalweddingcompany.co.uk/blog/2011/06/do-it-yourself-eco-friendly-brown-card-and-raffia-rustic-save-the-dates/. Hope that helps xXx

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