How to Create a Save the Date Card Using a Photograph

Save-the-date cards are an essential way to inform people of your upcoming wedding. One way which you can make your save-the-date cards memorable is to create one using a picture of you and your future spouse. The best part is that you don’t need to be an artistic genius to create one.

What You Will Need:

• Digital photograph of the bride and groom


• Blank CD


• CD Burner


• Access to Print Shop 


• Image editing software

1. Open your image editing software.


2. Create a new file that measures four inches by six inches.


3. In separate windows, open your digital photograph as well as a second blank file. This second file will be for you to test your palette.


4. On your palette file, select the colors you wish to use for your image. You will want to choose a main color, an accent color and a complementary color.


5. Fill your four by six file with the main color you have chosen.


6. Resize and crop your digital picture into a two inch square.


7. Add a border around your photo using your accent color. This will help to give it a finished look.


8. Copy and paste your photo onto your main file along the right hand side.


9. Using your complementary color and the save-the-date information on the left side of your save-the-date file.


10. Flatten the layers of your image.


11. Save as a .jpg with high quality.


12. Burn your file to a CD.


13. Take to your local print shop for printing.

Tip:

• If you don't have access to a CD burner, many print shops will print files off of a USB drive. 


• If you have a high quality printer you can print the cards at home instead of taking them to a print shop for printing