Library Card Save-The-Dates
I love, love, love incorporating everyday places into a wedding theme. Museums? Great. A favorite diner? Neat. A school cafeteria? Utterly adorable.
If you’re a book nerd like me, then you’ll get a kick out of using library cards as save-the-dates (or even invitations).
To get you started pop on over to the Catalog Card Generator, where I made this:

How cute is this? Very cute, I say! Keep playing with the generator and you’ll find different card styles and colors come up each time. Nifty! Unfortunately, the generator only outputs files into low-res graphics. They’re 72 dpi which is great for online viewing but doesn’t work so well for printing (you need at least 150 dpi for a decent print; 300 dpi is preferred.)
Now, if you’re wanting something printable head over to Chia’s Rubber Stamp Art and snag these bare bones templates:

As an alternate, Ez at Creature Comforts, has this lovely set available to you.

You need fonts now, right?
I like MAILART font to mimic rubber stamps (great for the date).
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One of my favorite typewriter fonts is Traveling Typewriter and it goes quite well with MAILART above.
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ALL of these things are FREE, by the way. If you decide to download any of them, please give a big thanks to the creator(s) for their generosity and talent!
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Yay, that’s so cute! And that’s our date — 10/10/10
great idea. thanks. jenna
Great idea about save the date cards. Simple but yet adorable.
Great ideas!
I’ve always been a fan of the Dewey Decimal System. These Save the Dates are great!
Thanks for sharing this great idea! Very unique! Get tired of the usual stuff!
How creative. I am always so impressed with unique wedding ideas!
So original! I love these. I’m always so impressed what people come up with!
Extremely unique and original and isn’t that what most brides are looking for in a wedding theme? The uniqueness and individuality of these are great!