Save the Date Wording

Save the Date Cards and Save the Date Magnets are sent to tell guests of your wedding date. They are not engagement announcements or an invitation to your wedding. Save the Date magnets help to make sure that your friends and family have time to make travel plans, or to ensure that they don’t have other social engagements. The design that you choose for your Save the Date Cards or Magnets may be similar in style to your wedding invitations, but they don’t necessarily need to match.

Your wording should be based on the formality of your wedding. When your wedding style is formal, a more formal style of wording is appropriate. If you’re sending out fun, humorous, or casual Save the Date Magnets & Cards, then you can write whatever you want, but make sure that your announcements have all the necessary Save the Date information. 

The Polka Date design has very little wording

Here are some examples of Save the Date wording with varying levels of formality.

This example is a standard for Save the Date wording:

Save the Date!
Elizabeth Davidson
and
Peter Horn
Are getting married.
June 3rd, 2020
Formal invitation to follow

This is a more casual way to write the same Save the Date wording:

Gerbera Daisy Save the Date Magnet

For casual wording like the example above, use first names only, and write the date in a numerical format to give your Save the Dates a casual, friendly feel. 

If you want more formal Save the Date wording, this example is appropriate:

Please Save the Date
for the wedding of
Susan Miller
and
Jason Smith
on the sixth of June, 2020
Formal invitation to follow 

This is another example of more formal Save the Date wording:

Use lowercase letters for the date – fifth, not Fifth. Use a comma before the year, but don’t add a period.

Formal Save the Date wording on the Cherry Blossom design

These Save the Date examples are appropriate if you want wording that is fun, and less formal:

Boy met Girl…
For the rest of the story
Please join us
June 3rd, 2020
For the wedding of
Aubrey Medford
and
Ben Peterson
Invitation to follow

To send very informal Save the Dates, consider using your first names only. 

Getaway Beach is perfect for playful save the date wording

Additional informal Save the Date wording:

Our day is fast approaching,
And we can hardly wait!
We hope that you can join us.
Be sure to save the date!
Elizabeth & David
Will be married on
June 3rd, 2020
Invitation to follow

David Proposed,
Elizabeth said 'Yes'!
We are getting married,
We hope you'll
be our guest!
June 3, 2020
Invitation to follow 

Here are some additional wording options that are respectively formal, less formal, and casual. Whatever wording you choose, be sure to answer these questions:

1) Who is getting married?

Kristen Moore & Bryan Collins will be wed
Kristen and Bryan are tying the knot
Krissy & Bryan are getting married 

2) What date should I save?

the twelfth of December, two thousand eighteen
December 12, 2018
12-12-2018

3) Will you be married somewhere other than your hometown?

New York, New York
New York City
The Big Apple! 

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