We got engaged in October and by the time we found our photographer, signed the contract and thought about scheduling our e-session it was FRRRREEZING outside. After giving it some thought we decided to wait until April to do our engagement photos.
A larger number of people use their e-pics on their save the dates (STDs). Since our save the dates went out priority to even booking the photographer we were going to have to find other ways to use the pictures. When we received our ~120 engagement photos I started wondering what we were going to do with all these pictures.
We did the typical print a few and put them up around the house as well as place a few favorites on the wedding website. But it just didn’t feel like enough and I started to think there just HAD to be more we could do with all these cutsie pictures.
I found five fun ways to take advantage our engagement pictures!
All of the engagement photos were taken by Korie Lynn Photography
1. Guest Book
Part of our photography package included a guest book. The hubby and I chose our favorite pictures and then our photographer designed and printed the book for us. If it isn’t included in your photo package it’s a super easy DIY project. Photobooks can be created on Shutterfly, MyPublisher, SnapFish, Blur and the list of places goes on and on.
Check out our book:
Photo Credit: Korie Lynn Photography
2. Framed Collage
We had a frame with pictures we weren’t loving anymore. We printed our top 9 photos and voila …
3. Table numbers!
I had serious issues trying to decide what to do about table numbers. I thought about naming each table a Washington Monument, wine bottles, luminaria with numbers and gosh probably a dozen other things.
In the end we picked our favorite engagement pictures added numbers with Photoshop … printed the pictures and purchased some plastic picture frames. It was a super easy DIY and pretty cheap too if you ask me.
Looks pretty … right?!
Photo Credit: Korie Lynn Photography
4. Thank you cards
These were a HUGE hit with our friends and family. We chose two different pictures and used Photoshop to add “Thank you” to the images. I ordered them from Shutterfly, however like the guest book there are a ton of places you can order customized photo thank you cards.
5. Custom Stamps for the wedding invitation
I wish I could take all the credit for this idea, but my mom really pushed me to follow through on this idea. I had toyed with buying custom stamps for the invitations, however I wasn’t sure if it was worth the extra money. In the end I decided it would be fun and I ordered the custom stamps from Zazzle.com. The stamps come in three different sizes so you have your choice of how big you want the stamp to be.
Tip: Make sure to take the invitation to the post office prior to buying the custom stamps so you know what postage rate you will need to purchase.
Photo Credit: Korie Lynn Photography
So there are my engagement picture tidbits. How have you (or your friends) used engagement pictures?
Happy Planning and DIY!
