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Bridget
VIP August 2019

Too many Save the dates

Bridget, on November 12, 2018 at 1:51 PM Posted in Planning 0 31

I ordered the amount I needed for the number of guests rather than households. So now I'm left with about 50 left over save the dates and I have noo Idea what to do with them! They are magnets off of shutterfly, plastered with our photos lol Any ideas on how to not waste these but also get them off my table lol

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Latest activity by Bridget, on November 17, 2018 at 8:12 PM
  • Christine
    Dedicated May 2019
    Christine ·
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    Following..I did the same thing lol.Definetly not making that mistake for the wedding invites
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  • Bridget
    VIP August 2019
    Bridget ·
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    Seriously soo dumb lol I can't believe I did that. But from what I've read its very common lol

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  • Courtney
    Super September 2019
    Courtney ·
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    I was VERY close to doing this but my SO caught my mistake haha. I’m not sure what to do with them, any crafts you could do that need magnets? Start looking at Pinterest?
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  • Chandra
    Master May 2019
    Chandra ·
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    Oops! You could paste some pictures over top of them later on and make cute wedding photo magnets
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  • tempestt
    Dedicated September 2019
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    I did the same thing. I placed two on my fridge and one on the hard drive at my job. Now there's like 35-40 left and I have no idea what to do with them. My mom wants me to send some out to family distance family members, but I don't plan on inviting them to the wedding.

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  • queenbee
    VIP October 2018
    queenbee ·
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    This, definitely! Use some of your other favorite engagement photos or photos of you and FH to turn those magnet STDs into regular photo magnets!
    You're lucky yours are magnets. Mine were just paper and we had like at least 25 left over. I felt so bad throwing them in the trash, along with our extra invitations, after the wedding 😭
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  • Bridget
    VIP August 2019
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    Yeah I wouldn’t want to do that unless you planned to invite them. We have one in on fridge now I’ll just put some on the basement fridge too 😂
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  • Bridget
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    Bridget ·
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    That’s a good idea!
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  • Jen
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    Well don't feel so bad as I've seen that a lot on this site in the last year.... Though I can't think of a good use for a lot of extra magnets :-)

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  • Alyssa
    Super July 2019
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    This is what FH did with our extra magnets. Not a permanent solution, but he was pretty proud of himself.

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    Super November 2019
    Melissa ·
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    I was super close to making this mistake until my mom explain why I didnt need to buy 175 invitations for 175 guests. And I'm super grateful. $200 in my pocket. I hope you find a useful way to use your magnets.
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  • Bridget
    VIP August 2019
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    Hahah he did good lol
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  • Sherrie
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    Oooh my goodness. You just saved my life. 😂
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    Devoted June 2019
    Jasmine ·
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    I just realized that I did the same exact thing after reading your forum !!! ughhhh

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  • F
    Beginner September 2019
    Future Mrs. ·
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    My MOH bought me a wedding planner book that I am keeping 1 of everything in as a memory. Engagement party invite, favors, etc. I also gave my immediate family 1 as a keepsake as well. Maybe also frame them?

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  • MrsV1027
    Master October 2018
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    We did this with invites. Legit ordered a 2nd box when we thought about how many extra people we had thought of after we ordered the first box. Then they arrived and it dawned on me that most of the extra people all live in the same house oooopppsss. Granted it's a house where there are several different families all living to help take care of each other but you'd think after 10 years of them sharing a house it would have dawned on me they didn't each need an invite. I didn't even open the 2nd box.

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  • Kiki
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    You can never have too many magnets!! Just use some modge podge or something to put another picture on top and use it on your fridge/dry erase board/chalk board
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  • Bridget
    VIP August 2019
    Bridget ·
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    I just counted and legit have about 45 extra 😂 I plastered my basement fridge with them. I decided I will make one into a Christmas ornament by modpodging two together, and the rest figure out lol
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  • Colleen
    Master September 2019
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    Yes if you do that I would be agreed it would confuse them whe. They did not get a invite. If you did not want to keep them you could turn them into color matching games for local preschool. Like color 2 red 2 blue or do shapes but I have no clue you to reuse them with pics.
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    Master January 2019
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    I don’t know what you do for work, but as someone who’s about to be a teacher I’m thinking of how useful they could be. Painted, glued over, cut into shapes, used to make compound words, I could keep going.
    If you have any teacher friends see if they can use them or donate them to a school/church/art program?
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