Uses for your Save The Date Magnets

A great way to let your friends and family know of an important upcoming event is by using save the date magnets. For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, these magnets are sent in lieu of the traditional save the date card, which is usually stuck up on the fridge by a magnet anyway!
Some use these magnets as a way to inform people that a very special event has been set and that it is very important that they save this particular date. Just so you know, these save the date magnets are not usually used in place of the formal RSVP, but simply for making sure the most important people in your life know about your event right away. Also they are great for reminding people about your event throughout the days leading up to it.
The most popular use of the save the date magnet is for weddings. Weddings don’t come once every year for us like birthdays—we’d go broke if they did—so it is important to get the date set and the information out to your friends and family as soon as possible. It is a once in a lifetime event (or should be) and it would be awful if a favorite aunt and uncle made plans for Maui because they didn’t realize you were getting married the same weekend! Of course, one option would be to have them come to your wedding and then they let you have their Hawaii trip for your honeymoon! Back to reality, printing up the formal invitations and RSVP cards can take weeks, especially if you care about how they turn out and what they look like. So the best thing to do is order up some save the date magnets and get them out right away. When your guests receive them, most likely they will go on their fridge and they will see it almost every day. They will be sure to make it to your wedding now! Eventually you can send off your actual invitations, and even put that on the save the date magnet: “Formal Invitation Forthcoming.”
Another great use for these magnets is for special birthdays (20, 30, 40, 50, etc.). In this instance, they can serve as the actual invitation too. Just be sure to put your RSVP phone number and/or email in the wording. Something to the effect of, “Please RSVP to 555-5555 or fkrvxvxvxfn@emailz.com or we won’t let you in, ha ha!” would serve well in making sure people actually respond!
Finally, these save the date magnets can be used for just about any special event you have coming up. There’s no reason why they wouldn’t work for a bar-mitsfah, a sweet 16, a retirement, an anniversary, and so on and so on. And there are so many designs and styles to choose from, you should have no problem finding exactly what fits with your particular celebration!
If you theme it correctly and get them out in a timely manner, your friends and family will end up telling you how adorable, cute, funny, interesting, helpful, etc. your save the date magnets are. And you’ll be able to beam with pride over your very first step in your long journey of planning your event. Have fun creating them. Just make sure your save the date magnets fit with your style and personality!