Wedding Save the Date Cards

These cards do real work for a small price. They print full color on premium stocks, they mail easily in matching envelopes, and they line up with the rest of your suite when the invitations follow. Want to see how save the dates sit next to the rest of the range? Browse the full lineup on invitations printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

The price rewards a bigger guest list. A set of 25 starts at $19.77, and the per-card cost keeps sliding as the count climbs toward 100,000, so a wide mailing costs far less per card than a small test batch. Tap any tier below to see the live set total and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit.

What Are Save the Date Cards?

Save the date cards are the early notice couples mail before the formal wedding invitation, printed full color in 3 sizes from a 4.25" x 5.5" card up to a 6" x 6" square, on any of 20 stocks. Guests hold onto them because they carry a real deadline, the day to keep free, so the card gets pinned up instead of tossed. Send the invitation later and the two pieces read as one suite. If you want the folded piece that follows, the Folded Invitations cover that, and the save the date sits right in front of it as the opening note.

What Size Should a Save the Date Card Be?

The right size comes down to how much you want to show and how it will mail. The 4.25" x 5.5" default is the classic, postcard-style save the date, compact and easy to send. A 5" x 7" gives a photo room to breathe and matches standard invitation and envelope sizes, so the whole suite lines up. A 6" x 6" square reads modern and stands out in a stack of mail. All 3 sizes, both finishes and the full stock list are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it. Want a matching flat piece for the details? The Invitation Cards pair naturally with a 5" x 7" save the date.

Here are a few easy ways to make a save the date feel like your wedding.

Pick a stock that feels like the day

A textured or shimmering stock gives a save the date real presence in the hand. White linen reads woven and formal, the metallic pearl stocks in ice, champagne, gold and silver catch the light like foil, and the 10pt StarLustre Platinum shimmers across the whole card. Prefer something warmer or greener? The cream uncoated and kraft stocks feel natural, and the recycled papers run up to 100% post-consumer waste. The default 14pt Gloss Cover keeps photos bright and the price low, and a High Gloss UV Coating makes an engagement photo snap.

Match the envelopes and round the corners

Add matching White Wove blank envelopes so the whole mailing arrives coordinated, ready to address and send. Soften the shape with rounded corners at a 1/8" or 3/8" radius for a gentler, keepsake feel that reads more wedding than mailer. Print the back in full color to carry a second photo, your story, or the link to your wedding website, and the little card starts doing the work of a full announcement.

Design it without a designer

You do not need a design background to make a save the date look sharp. Start from one of the professionally built layouts in our invitation design templates, then change the photo, colors and wording in the online editor in minutes. Swap in your engagement picture and your date, and the layout does the rest.

How Much Do Save the Date Cards Cost?

Save the date cards start at $19.77 per set of 25, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000, so the true cost really comes down to how big your guest list is. A set of 700 runs $106.55, and 6,000 cards land near 4 cents each at $238.14. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the set total and the true per-card cost update live, and find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

How Do You Get the File Right?

A wedding card is one you want to check twice, and 4OVER4 gives you room to. Choose a free online proof to review your save the date on screen before it prints, or order a next-day hardcopy proof to hold the real thing in hand and see how the stock and color come together. If your artwork is already final, send it straight to production to save a day. Pair the proof you trust with full color on both sides and a finish that fits, and a small card arrives looking exactly the way you pictured it.

How Do Save the Date Cards Compare to the Rest of the Suite?

Save the date cards are the value pick when you want to reach guests early, but they are one piece of a larger wedding suite. If you are weighing the flat card against a folded invitation or a matching invitation card, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The chart below lines up save the dates against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

See How a Finished Save the Date Lands

Words only go so far. Want to see how stock, color and finish come together on a real card? The gallery below collects work printed in-house, across different sizes, stocks and finishes, so you can borrow ideas and see how a choice actually reads. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Save the Dates?

Save the date cards print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when the calendar tightens you can move that to 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Same Day orders need to clear approval by the daily cutoff to ship that afternoon. Compare every turnaround tier below and see exactly what the rush adds before you pick.

See the Rest of Our Invitations

Save the dates are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a folded invitation, a flat invitation card or a heavier stock would serve the rest of your suite better, the whole family is one tap away. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

Print Your Save the Date Cards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock or finish you pick, these save the date cards are built to feel good in a hand and earn a spot on the fridge. Need them out before your invitations go? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. Print your wedding save the date cards today.