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DIY Save-The-Date Magnets

PJS001PJS001 member
Sixth Anniversary 100 Comments
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So, we are going to doing save the date magnets, but we are making them ourselves. I think I saw on someone's blog that they had done this (I think STBMrs.Martin), and I was wondering if anybody had any pictures?

We are planning on printing the pictures, and then using some kind of adhesive to attach a strip of magnet to the top and bottom, but we are both worried about it looking cheap.

Any, and all help is appreciated!

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Re: DIY Save-The-Date Magnets

  • askweresaskweres
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    edited December 2011
    You don't even have to use adhesive strips.  They make magnetic photo paper that you can feed through your printer.  That's what I did.  I printed multipe STD's to a page and then used a scrapbooking paper cutter to measure them and cut them out.  Check my bio under the details section.  They did not look cheap and everyone loved them!
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  • STBMrsMartinSTBMrsMartin member
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    edited December 2011
    Yes, it is in my blog. It didn't look cheap at all. I steer away from things looking cheap ;-). My sister in law did them too and recieved a lot of compliments on them.

    I only used the magnet at the top and it worked very well. Didn't have to put them at the bottom since the photo was a 4x6 size.

    Everyone thought that I had my STD's done professionally.

    I printed mine at Walgreens because I didn't want to waste my ink.
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  • FutureMrsRoss2010FutureMrsRoss2010 member
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    edited December 2011
    Check out www.vistaprint.com. We got our STD postcards there, and they are CONSTANTLY running things like "get 100 postcards/magnets/business cards/anything else for FREE."  If they aren't on sale right now, they will be soon if you can wait.  (Sign up for their emails and you'll see what I mean.)  We wanted to do our own, but it was so cheap to use them, and we uploaded our own design, and they just did the printing!
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  • lewisc2002lewisc2002
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    edited December 2011
    i don't know what size you're looking to do, but we did full-sized STDs and then made business card-sized magnets. I bought the adhesive business card magnets at office depot (100 pack for about $12) and picked nice DIY business card cardstock at Office depot (around $10 for 100) and then used the pre-made template to set it up and print it.

    Don't know if you're looking for something this small, but HTH
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  • PJS001PJS001 member
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    edited December 2011
    Awesome. Thank you for all the suggestions.  Askweres: Where did you buy the magnet "paper" from? I have looked online and haven't been able to find it.

    STBMrsMartin and FutureMrsRoss: Thanks for the suggestion! I will also check out vistaprint to see what is the more afforable option.

    Thanks. :)


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  • askweresaskweres
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    edited December 2011
    I found it at Office Depot or Office Max.  Can't remember which one.
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  • jobie02jobie02 member
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    edited December 2011
    We used Vistaprint and did the business card magnets.  200 ran about $40...  I used Coin Envelopes from Office Max and stamped them with a stamp I bought online.  I also used white envelopes.  I think I probably spent about $100 all in for 200.  Here is a photo...  I didn't end up using the gold on the outside envelope... that was a test run to a bridesmaid!




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  • FutureMrsRoss2010FutureMrsRoss2010 member
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    edited December 2011
    Just saw that VistaPrint is now doing their small AND large magnets for free!  Just FYI.
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