How fun would it be to get a little satchel of these in the mail one day? My M&Ms lets you pick from 25 different M&M wedding colors and add a personalized message (e.g. “Save the date!”) and/or a photo onto your teeny-tiny M&Ms. Too cute.

Here’s a romantic idea perfect for beach weddings. Hanson Ellis has these cool customizable message-in-a-bottle save-the-dates that will definitely make an impression. See the selection here.

#3: Photobooth Save the Dates

LOVE these! Go the mall with three or four signs to hold during your photobooth session that give guests your essential details. For example, the first pic could say “We’re getting hitched!”, the second could say the date, and the third could be: “Hope you come!” Or you could create the “photobooth save the dates” effect with a photo collage, like this couple did. Put “Save” on one sign, “the” on another, “Date” on the next, then finally the date. Get as goofy or as romantic as you want to in the pics.

#4: Wedsite Invitation

Kill two birds with one stone by announcing your save-the-date at the same time as your wedding website launch. The Knot’s Wedding Websites (free!) have a shoutout tool designed especially for this special kind of save-the-date.

Get your hands on a video camera and upload a sweet save the date video of the two of you on YouTube. You can email your guests the link or send it to them in the mail on a DVD. Tell your engagement story or the tale of how you two fell in love (goofy reenactments are always cute). You don’t have to be as complicated as this one that went viral – but it’s cool if you do, too!

How cute are these? I love these admission ticket save the dates. They have a bit of a carnival-esque feel to them. Best of all; they’re dirt cheap. Buy them online, customize them with your printer at home, then send. They even come with test sheets so you’re allowed a screw-up or two. 🙂 Check them out here.

Edible save the dates are totally the best – and save the date cookies are pretty darn awesome. Visit your bakery to see about doing custom save the date cookies, or go online. (Check out these ones from the Knot: Instead of putting a date on these
Personalized Wedding Cookie Favors, put the words “save the date!”)

These irresistible save-the-dates are a twist on the magnet idea: they’ve got a caricature of you and your FI on ’em! First, choose your background design, then submit a pic. Beaucoup.com will create custom save-the-dates for you, including your own unique message. Check out these rad Custom Caricature Save the Date Magnets now (and by the way, they come in cookie form, too!)!