Save the Date Magnets with Pictures

How to Make Your Own Save the Date Magnets with Pictures

Save the date magnets with pictures are becoming popular nowadays. More couples are choosing the most creative and unique way of telling the people in advance their wedding date. Some couples are opting to do their own save the date magnets to make it more personalized and to save money as well. If you belong to this group, you are on the right page. You will learn in this article how to create your own save the date magnets with pictures.

Here are the things that you need:

1) Pen markers

2) Cardboard papers

3) Digital camera

4) Software for image editing

5) Photo paper

6) Inkjet printer

7) Paper cutter or knife or razor blade

8) Self adhesive magnet sheets

Here are the procedures for your do it yourself save the date wedding magnets with pictures:

1) Write on separate sheets the words “Save,” “The,” “Date.” Choose cardboard papers or heavier papers. When you write the words, make sure it is readable even the reader is standing feet away from it. Use fancy script or casual block print. Then on the fourth piece of paper, write in numerical form the date of your wedding. Use month-day-year.

2) With your digital camera, take photographs of you and your partner holding the four signs you made. If no one can help you with your photograph, set your digital camera in self-timer mode on a tripod.

3) Use a software for image editing to crop the picture into two inches by three inches rectangle. You adjust the color settings, the contrast and clean any dust. You can change also into sepia or black and white the photos to have a vintage look.

4) Print the two by three inches photos on 8 by 10 sheets of papers. For best results, use high quality photo paper.

5) Take out the paper from self adhesive magnet sheet. Put the photo paper and press carefully into the adhesive. Make sure it is firmly pressed. Remove any bubbles by smoothing the surface.

6) Now, you line up the magnet sheet on the paper cutter. Trim down horizontally and vertically each photo magnet. You can also use a razor blade or with a knife if you do not have a paper cutter. However, a paper cutter is very easy to use and will have better output.

In choosing a background for you photos, keep it simple. Gardens or parks are some of the best choices. There are plenty of templates that are available in the internet that you can use.

When you send these save the date magnets, make sure that you will send your formal wedding invitation. Send your parents and the members of your entourage as well to let them feel that they are important.

Your do it yourself save the date magnets with pictures are economical and very useful. It is very convenient for your invited guests to remember your special day - your wedding day. It will stay on your family’s, friends’ and relatives’ refrigerator or office cubicle. These cute and charming magnets are truly a money saver.