Save The Dates
Save the date magnets made from your photo
A paper save the date gets opened once. A magnet holds your date on the fridge until the wedding.
Here's the quiet problem with paper save the dates: they get admired, then they get shuffled into the mail pile, and by March nobody can find them. A save the date magnet skips the pile. It goes straight from the envelope to the fridge, and your names and date sit at eye level in your guests' kitchens every single day until the wedding.
Ours are 2"×2" photo magnets made from your engagement photo — printed with dye-sublimation so the image is infused into the surface, backed with real metal, and sealed against kitchen life. You design it in a few minutes, we make it in Metro Detroit, and the set ships anywhere in the U.S. in about three business days.
Choosing The Photo
How to pick a photo that works at 2 inches
A save the date magnet is small on purpose, so the photo choice matters more than it does on a 5"×7" card. Choose a shot where the two of you fill most of the frame: a close portrait, a candid where you're laughing at each other, the shot where the proposal ring is doing its job. Skip the wide field-at-sunset photo — at this size, you become two small figures in a lot of grass.
Backgrounds should be simple, and contrast is your friend: if your text overlay is white, pick a photo with a darker area where the names can sit. Not sure between two favorites? Load both in the design tool and look at the live preview. The right one is usually obvious in about ten seconds.
Keep the text short. Names, date, city, and "invitation to follow" is the whole job. Every extra line shrinks everything else.
Why A Magnet
What the magnet does that paper can't
Stays visible until the day
Your date lives on the fridge for months — no guest digging through a drawer to remember the weekend.
Your photo, not a template
Made from your engagement photo with your names and date designed over it.
A keepsake, not a card
Plenty of couples' magnets stay up long after the wedding — it quietly becomes the first favor.
Mails like a card
Small and flat enough to send inside a standard card or envelope to every guest on the list.
Timing
When to order and when to send
Work backwards from your send date. The etiquette standard is six to eight months before the wedding — closer to a year if you're marrying on a holiday weekend or asking guests to travel. Our production is fast (about three business days plus shipping), so the real timeline pressure is usually addressing envelopes, not waiting on us.
One practical tip that saves real money: before you buy postage for the whole list, assemble one complete envelope with the magnet inside and have the post office weigh it. Magnets add a little weight, and it's better to learn the exact postage from one envelope than from forty returned ones.
And if you're planning a Metro Detroit wedding, your save the dates can be chapter one: our magnet station at the reception closes the loop, with guests taking home magnets from the night itself.
FAQ
Save the date questions
When should we send save the date magnets?
The common guidance is six to eight months before the wedding, and closer to a year for a destination wedding or a holiday-weekend date. Guests can't put your date on the fridge if the magnet arrives after they've booked something else.
What size are the magnets?
Each save the date is a 2-inch square photo magnet — small enough to tuck into a card or envelope, and exactly the size that earns a permanent spot on a fridge door rather than getting filed away.
Do magnets cost more to mail than paper save the dates?
Usually a little, since a magnet adds weight and thickness to the envelope. Our honest advice: assemble one finished envelope and have your post office weigh it before you buy all your postage. Five minutes at the counter saves a stack of returned mail.
What should a save the date include?
Your names, the wedding date, and the city. Add "invitation to follow" so guests know details are coming. At 2 inches, less is more — the photo does the talking and the text stays readable.
Which photo works best on a small magnet?
A close, simple photo of the two of you with an uncluttered background. Wide landscape shots lose the faces at this size. If you're unsure between two photos, the design tool shows you exactly how each crop looks before you pay.
How fast do they ship?
Most orders ship within about three business days, anywhere in the U.S. We make every magnet in Metro Detroit.