{"id":3382,"date":"2010-03-24T08:57:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2012-09-14T17:02:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T22:02:38","slug":"why-did-you-send-save-the-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/why-did-you-send-save-the-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did You Send Save the Dates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a few reasons that couples choose to send save the dates, and there are a number of reasons why a bride and groom would avoid these reminders. I have seen events where only the bridal party and family members received the save the dates so those closest to the couple are aware of the date. Personally, I chose to not send out these cards and used the money elsewhere. I love the creativity that goes into many save the dates, and I have shown a few of my favorite below while outlining many of the reasons people send out the fun reminders.<\/p>\n

Their wedding date falls on a big holiday or important weekend.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Many of the guests are coming from out of town, so they give their friends enough time to plan travel.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To get the guests excited about the city the wedding is in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To get the guests excited about the wedding.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To have fun.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To tell a story<\/p>\n

\"\"To add some humor to the day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To show off their personality.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Why did you send yours and how did you make your wedding date memorable?<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are a few reasons that couples choose to send save the dates, and there are a number of reasons why a bride and groom would avoid these reminders. I have seen events where only the bridal party and family … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-budget","category-wedding-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4499,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions\/4499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}