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Wednesday
18Mar2009

Contest: Lilah Paper

I’m so excited about this week’s contest! One lucky bride-to-be will win 50 gorgeous Save the Dates from {Lilah Paper}’s custom design studio! Since Save the Dates provide the first glimpse your guests will have into your big event, it’s important to make it count. Lilah Paper’s attention to detail and unique designs will ensure you set the tone early, and make your first impression a lasting one! They offer custom design services and a collection of invitation suites for you to choose from, and can create beautiful coordinating ceremony programs, menus, place cards, thank-you notes, and favors that we just love. Every celebration is worthy of a beautiful design!

Win: 50 letter pressed Save the Dates with coordinating blank envelopes from one of the following collections: The Vintage Lace, The Garden Variety, The Florish, or a brand new collection called The Vintage Floral Suite! The winning bride can choose from any one of these four designs in one or two color options, to match her wedding colors.  The STD are A2 in size and printed on beautiful Crane's Lettra with coordinating envelopes.

To Enter: Leave a comment on this post telling us why you picked your wedding date.  Is it significant within your family?  The anniversary of your first kiss?  Or did you simply want to say "I do" in springtime?  We want details!

Contest Ends Tuesday, March 24th at midnight!  Best of luck to everyone!

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We have set a tentative date for sometime in the spring 2010/2011. We both love the weather during the spring months, considering we live in Florida, the summer is full of rain and uncertain weather brought on by hurricanes and storms. We feel having a wedding in the spring is perfect for an outdoor ceremony seaside. We also want our guests to be comfortable, so having it in the summer heat may not be the best choice.

Love Lilah Paper products... what great stuff! Their coral and starfish designs are stunning!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNicole-Lynn

We chose October 17 for several reasons. First of all, we met in October of 2007 (Oct. 13, as a matter of fact). Secondly, I always envisioned myself getting married in the fall, and since we are having our wedding at my fiance's family's farm in Eastern NC, I didn't want to do it in the blazing summer heat and humidity! Finally, I just plain love the fall...it's my favorite time of year, and I love that I get to say "I do" during my most favorite time of the year!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGenna

We choose our wedding date because we wanted our out-of-town guests to enjoy a long summer weekend and because we knew that my fiance's brothers would both be home from their deployments and able to celebrate with us. We can't wait!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFelicity

My fiance and I will be married on September 5, 2009. While many couples shy away from holiday weekends, we decided it would be a wonderful opportunity for family and friends to enjoy three or even four days of events and activities. With many guests coming from out of town, an extra day will provide more time for them to relax and enjoy rather than rush and stress. But the "true confessions" reason that we chose the date is so that my fiance can wear his seersucker suit! It was my birthday gift to him last year, and he's so excited to wear it. I never dreamed of planning a wedding around my husband-to-be's attire, but happily, I am!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAllison

We wanted to get married in September for many reasons things start to cool down in NC, the lease on my apartment would be up, plenty of time would be able to be put into renovating our new house. So when I called the church where I teach preschool on Wednesdays to find a date I was upset to learn that there was nothing available until 2010!!!! I knew I had to get married in the church where I spent my time so I added my name to a "waiting list" and the following week was called with an opening....for SEPTEMBER 19, 2009! We knew it was meant to be!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkatie

Don and I are getting married at the beginning of October. There are a ton of practical reasons for the date: outdoor weddings in Florida aren't pleasant during muggy Summer months and have too many mosquitoes, it's the only time we could both take off of work, we're trying not to go into debt and wanted time to pay for things before the wedding. but, the most important reason for choosing our date is that we wanted our far-flung family and friends to have time to make travel plans. Both Don and I have traveled extensively with our jobs, and we have friends in many states and countries. We want our day to be a celebration that includes ALL of our loved ones, so we're waiting to give them enough time to find a way to the ceremony by plane, car or donkey, if necessary :)

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMel295

We chose our Sept wedding date since it's right around crush time in wine country! Everything is so vibrant and beautiful at that time of year, and we wanted to share it with our guests.

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPearl

Even though we are past the Save the Date portion of the wedding planning ( we are getting married in August and starting the invitation process currently), I wanted to share the significance of how we chose our date. We will be getting married a day after what would be our ten year anniversary from the first night we met, which also marks my fiance's parent's wedding anniversary. Since his father passed about seven years ago, it is a way to commemorate him, and their marriage, as well. We are so excited to be able to have such a special date to mark this new chapter in our lives!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFrancesca

My fiance and I are having our wedding at a Georgia winery on Sunday, May 30, 2010. Almost all of our guests are from Florida so we figured Memorial Day Weekend would allow everyone to fly in Friday night or Saturday and spend the entire weekend getting to know each other and enjoying Georgia's wine country. Another plus is no one has to use vacation days and miss work!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa S.

We chose our wedding date, October 17, because it is plenty of time after I graduate from my undergraduate program (in May) to finish up all of the last minute plans, find a place for the both of us to live together, and the same month that his lease runs out on his apartment. :) It has given my parents PLENTY of time to grow accustomed to the realization that their little girl is getting hitched and has really allowed me to embrace planning with an excited ease. Not to mention the Berry College Campus (in Rome, GA) is absolutely stunning in Fall!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLauren D

We set our date for August 22 for several reasons. We knew we wanted a wedding in August, and we were shooting for the 23rd, the date that we first started dating, but it wasn't on a Saturday. 22 is my favorite number, so we decided to go with it!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterB Kotal

We choose 4-6-10. My father passed away when I was 22, and can not be there. This is his birthday, so I can always celebrate his day.

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJac C

For us, it was ALL ABOUT OUR FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS!!! September 26th was one of the only weekends that they had available...we wanted to get married in the fall..so it all fell beautifully into place! Check em out at www.regeti.com and be impressed! ;) Love em!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMegan

We haven't set the date yet- but we're aiming for a couple: April 3rd, 2010 because it's my parents anniversary; July 3rd 2010 because it'll be 7/3/10 and I think the adding is cute; Or just a weekend in May, our anniversary and my birthday are in May and I loooove spring flowers (peonies, tulips, lilies)

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSarah

Seeing that I could not afford letterpress anything -- letterpressed Save the Date sound perfect! Thank you!
Our date is in the summer, on a Memorial Day weekend. Although the location was convenient for our family, all of our friends would be coming from out-of-town. We thought our friends might appreciate the long weekend, and leisurely see the sights before returning home. After all, the point of our wedding was to celebrate with our loved ones. We're so thankful for our friends, and have told them that their attendance at the wedding is their gift to us! Thanks :).

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPatty

We chose our date because we love the Spring. It is April 24, 2010. Our anniversary is Feb. 23rd, but we aren't winter people. We love to get out and fish or camp in the Spring so we wanted to make sure that part of us was incorporated in our wedding. There was no significance to the exact day, though. My birthday is March 24th, so why not April 24th?

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterErika

We knew we wanted a fall wedding, but football in Oklahoma is HUGE. We picked our October date because it was the one day both state football teams were playing away on a Saturday!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterErin

We originally wanted an late August wedding, but after a long list of our family's' conflicts, we finally settled on June 5, 2010. I know people says you can't please everyone and to stick to what you want... but having everyone there was the most important thing for my fiance and I.

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMorgan

We are getting married September 5, 2009. We chose this date not only because were both of our parents married in late august and labor day weekend but because we were long distance while I was away for college and graduate school that September was always a really sad month for us. We wanted to celebrate that as of this September we would never have to dread this month because we will no longer be saying "good-bye" but actually starting a while new life--TOGETHER--finally!!!!!

Great giveaway as I struggle with making a decision on the design for our save the dates which need to go out this month!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKatie

We chose our wedding date because simply my fiance plays football. We did not want to rush it and it be in the summer and his final football season is in the fall. So then I said ok first of January. Well incase they make it to a bowl game or the championships we had to push it back to the first available date after all the bowls game are over. So yes we set the most important date of our live around his football season so everyone could be there and I would have to stress about them making it all the way to the national championships on my wedding day! I so thankful though and excited for a Winter wedding!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKelli

We chose October 10, 2010 because, like us, its quirky and a once-in-a-lifetime date. We met in October 2008 and both think fall is the perfect time to wed. 10/10/10 can also be translated as binary code and my fiance is a mathematics and computer geek. I am a graphic designer and thought the numbers would typeset nicely in many unique ways. From the beginning, we are making sure that our date and celebration reflects both our personalities. It also gives us plenty of time to plan ahead for those special touches that will make our day wonderful!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNatosha H

Our original wedding date was in October. We were trying to work around my fiancee's work schedule. However, due to the economic struggles everyone is experiencing the agency put on a hiring freeze. Because of this, we moved our wedding day up to June 13th (no need to wait anymore). It has worked out for the best though! I'll just be graduating from college and won't have to wait the additional time to start our life together. Plus, summer is my favorite season and I've always pictured myself getting married in the summer.

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJordie

We're getting married on 10-10-10, since it's easy for people to remember, and it also looks very cool as a graphic! Plus, since it's getting towards off-season in northern california, it makes it easy for us to find vendors who we really love. Fall has always been one of my favorite seasons and I can't wait to see our pictures with the beautiful foliage!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDamia

We choose July of 2010 because by then I will have finished my Master's degree and my fiance won't be starting his until August. We originally picked the 17th at random, but now we've realized that we'll be moving during the last week in July, so we have to decide whether to move the wedding up a week and pack after the honeymoon or move it back a week and pack before we get married.

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterErin

We live in the mountains of western NC and wanted to have our outdoor wedding during the 'peak leaf season' when the vegetation is at its peak fall color. That is usually the last couple of weeks in October and the first week or so into November. We thought an outdoor wedding in November might be too cold and we didn't want to have our wedding on Halloween, so we settled on October 24th. It took us a while to nail that date down, but I'm so happy with it and can't wait!

March 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNicole Allman

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