Wedding Photography: 5 Save the Dates Ideas by Carolyn Scott

Today's wedding photography segment features five save the date ideas by the talented Raleigh wedding photographer, Carolyn Scott. Thank you Carolyn for sharing these ideas with us! :]

Fun Photography Ideas for Save the Dates by Carolyn Scott

Using one of your engagement session portraits for your Save the Date postcards? Here are some fun, easy ideas to inspire you!

1. Spell it Out: Writing “Save the Date” on things has become very popular. We’ve seen it written on chalkboards and in Scrabble letters… even in ketchup! You can paint it, use chalk, crayons or just breathe on a window and use your finger to write in the date. It’s super easy, fast, and doesn’t require anything elaborate. You can do it in one picture, or you can spread it into a panel of three on the postcard – one with a “Save” picture, one with a “the” picture, and one with a “Date” picture.


(photo credit: Ruffled)

2. The Wedding Teaser: Consider giving some sort of teaser for your wedding, such as having the theme to your postcards match your wedding theme. For instance, if you’re having a Halloween themed wedding like we did, consider dressing up in costume for a few of your engagement pictures! Send these in for your Save the Dates, and all of your guests will be wondering and talking about your wedding months in advance!

3. The Tiny People: Have a lot of information to include in your postcards but not a lot of space to do it? Consider taking a photograph where you and your fiancé are tiny and on the side of the photograph, leaving ¾ of the picture to negative space like a field or a wall. Then doctor up the negative space with some fancy text!

4. Numbers in Nature: Find a way during your engagement session to incorporate the number of your wedding day. Write out the number using sticks or flowers… or find it in a city parking lot! Stand by it, sit by it, or find a way to highlight it so that it becomes the center of attention on your postcard!

5. Make Your Own Writing Space: Have poor handwriting and would rather type in your information? Instead of making yourselves tiny in the picture, considering holding something up in the picture that you can easily type on (sign, house, suitcase, sunglasses, etc)… anything that has a decently large and blank space. Then get creative with taking your pictures!

Moving Times

Joe and I have been moving for the past week, which is why the blog hasn't been updated in a while. Although we were just moving from our first apartment to a bigger place in the same complex, it's been a major pain in the butt! Moving truly is a crazy busy event. Are you moving once you get married? Do you have any moving tips to offer? Joe and I had never lived today and I wish I would have read through Movers Edge moving tips.

I'm hoping to be able to start posting on a regular basis by the end of the week, once we finish organizing everything in our new place. Sigh! Meanwhile, I hope the wedding planning is going great! I'm stoked to have reached 10,000 views this week! Thank you to everyone who has been reading the blog!

Inspiration Board #31: The Wedding Clutch

There are so many cute clutches on Etsy for both you and your bridesmaid's, from crochet clutches to personalized clutches. The following are some of my favorites.


(photo credits from left to right: personalized clutches, flower crochet clutch, vintage purse, taffeta clutch, simply white clutch)

Spring Centerpieces

I love this idea for spring wedding centerpieces. You can also replace the lemon with lime slices or grapefruit slices depending on the color scheme of your wedding. It's a perfect idea for an outdoor or barn wedding.


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Inspiration Board #28: Purple Wedding

I feel like purple is an underrepresented wedding color, but it can actual be a great color to have as your primary wedding color and there's a lot of great items out there that can help you put it all together (like the ones from our purple inspiration board!).


(photo credits from left to right: amethyst ring, grape eyeshadow, flower headband, crochet rock, purple lollypops)

Real Weddings

Check out some of the real wedding features we've had on the blog so far this year. From modern candy themed to outdoor barn weddings, I've been glad to be able to share some amazing weddings photographed by some really wonderful photographers. Thanks everyone for sharing these with us, and to all the couple, congratulations! :]

Lauren + Greg


Mari Catherine + Robby


Christianne + Robert


Mallory + Josh


Candace + Oscar

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