Save the Dates
Matching-suite save the date cards on premium stocks with optional gold or silver foiling.
- Free standard UK mainland delivery over £50: tracked, 3-5 working days
- Free delivery when you design your cards online, 2-4 working days
- Same-day in London: design your cards online, or upload print-ready artwork for up to 500 cards, order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri; priced at checkout
- Foiling adds 3 to 4 working days: Gold and silver foiling adds 3 to 4 working days to the turnaround, so same-day and next-day delivery are not available on a foiled order.
Announce your date before the formal invitations go out. Our save the date cards are printed on the same luxurious card stocks as our wedding invitations — from smooth heavyweight uncoated to Mohawk Superfine — with optional die-free gold or silver foiling, so your suite matches from the first announcement to the final thank-you. Upload your own design or start from a template and personalise it in your browser.
- • Available sizes: A6, A5, DL, 5 x 7 Inch, Custom
- • Paper options: 270gsm Silk Accent Antique, 324gsm Uncoated Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite Eggshell, 350gsm Silk, 350gsm Uncoated, 350gsm Uncoated Weiss 2, 400gsm Silk, 400gsm Uncoated Kristall T/W Smooth
- • Finishing: Gold Foiling, Silver Foiling, Gloss Lamination, Matt Lamination, Rounded Corners (Small Format), Digital Proof (Emailed PDF), Soft Touch Lamination
- • Minimum order: 10 units
- • Turnaround: Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. Gold and silver foiling adds 3 to 4 working days to the turnaround, so same-day and next-day delivery are not available on a foiled order.
Please supply your artwork as a print-ready PDF with 3mm bleed and no crop marks (we add our own). Make sure all colours are CMYK and imagery is 300dpi.
- • File Format: PDF (recommended) or high-res JPG/PNG
- • Colour Mode: CMYK. We print from CMYK and do not print Pantone spot colours: a Pantone colour prints as its closest CMYK match
- • Resolution: Minimum 300 DPI at actual size
- • Bleed: 3mm bleed on all edges
- • Fonts: All fonts embedded or converted to outlines
- • Safety Margin: Keep important content 5mm from trim edge
Free design templates
Each template has the bleed, cut line and safe area already marked, so your file is set up correctly first time:
- Download your size: PDF for Illustrator, Affinity or InDesign; PNG for Photoshop or Canva.
- Open it in your design app, or place it on a locked layer at 100% size. It already includes the 3mm bleed.
- Design over it: run your background right to the red bleed edge and keep text and logos inside the green safe area.
- Hide or delete the template layer, then export a print-ready PDF (CMYK, 300dpi) and upload it with your order.
Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. That window is the whole job, not just the van: we print, finish and dispatch your order and the tracked carrier delivers it. The clock starts when you approve your free print preview, so approving promptly is the fastest thing you can do.
Choose your delivery speed at checkout. Every parcel is tracked:
- • Standard delivery: 3-5 working days, free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50, £5.99 below that
- • Next-day delivery: next working day when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Next-day by 1pm or by 10.30am: next working day, with the courier aiming for the time chosen (a target, not a guarantee), when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Saturday delivery: Saturday, for orders approved by 2.30pm on Friday, priced at checkout
- • Same-day delivery in London: design your cards online, or upload print-ready artwork for up to 500 cards, then order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, and a tracked courier delivers the same day. Priced at checkout, including same-day production.
- • Gold and silver foiling adds 3 to 4 working days to the turnaround, so same-day and next-day delivery are not available on a foiled order.
Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are unusually heavy orders: over 15kg is £14.95 whatever the order value. Flat prints bigger than A4, such as A3 posters or 25 cm stickers, travel in a larger, board-backed pack: paid delivery services carry a packing charge for it, shown at checkout, and free standard delivery stays free. Very large pieces (any side over 120 cm, such as A0 boards) go by courier rather than post, at the courier price shown at checkout for each service. Pieces over 150 cm, or over 100 cm both ways, are beyond the parcel couriers: they travel with a specialist courier at the rate shown at checkout, or we split the artwork into smaller panels for you free of charge. See live delivery prices and times.
Every order is covered by the Presswift Guarantee: printed to the print preview you approve and the specification you choose, or put right. If what arrives is damaged, short or does not match the approved print preview, contact us within 7 days of delivery with your order number, photos of the problem and a count of the affected copies, and keep the copies unused while we look. We reprint the affected copies to the same specification or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them; approved refunds reach your original payment method within 7-10 working days. Read the Presswift Guarantee.
Because every job is printed to your own artwork and specification, we cannot take a return simply because you have changed your mind, and errors carried through the print preview you approved, or colour and trim variation within normal print tolerance, are not print faults. That is what the free print preview is for: check the colours, wording and layout on the print preview and nothing goes to press until you are happy with it.
When should save the dates go out?
Far enough ahead that guests can book time off and accommodation — for most weddings that means several months before the invitations. The card only needs the names, the date and a line saying the invitation will follow.
What papers can I choose?
350gsm silk and uncoated as everyday options, plus Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite Eggshell 324gsm, Gmund Bauhaus Dessau, GF Smith Accent Antique Silk 270gsm and Munken Kristall 400gsm. The uncoated and eggshell stocks feel softer and more tactile; the silks keep photographs sharp.
Can I have gold or silver foiling?
Yes. Foiling is applied digitally without a die, so a monogram, a name or a date can be foiled in gold or silver without the setup cost a traditional foiling block would carry. Add it as a finishing option on this page. Foiling is a separate pass after printing and adds 3 to 4 working days to the turnaround, so same-day and next-day delivery are not available on a foiled order.
Will my invitations match?
They will if you use the same stock and finish. We print wedding invitations, RSVP cards, place cards and escort cards on the same papers, so the suite reads as one set from the save the date onwards.
How many should I order?
One per household rather than one per guest, plus a handful of spares for addresses that turn up late. The minimum order is 10 and the price per card falls as the quantity rises.
How much do Save the Dates cost?
Save the Dates start from £15.35 excluding VAT for 10 units. The price updates live on this page as you choose your size, paper stock and quantity, and the price per unit falls at higher quantities.
What sizes do Save the Dates come in?
Save the Dates are available in 4 sizes: A6, A5, DL and 5 x 7 Inch. You can also enter a custom size in millimetres and see the price update instantly.
Which paper stocks can I choose for Save the Dates?
You can print Save the Dates on 270gsm Silk Accent Antique, 324gsm Uncoated Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite Eggshell, 350gsm Silk, 350gsm Uncoated, 350gsm Uncoated Weiss 2, 400gsm Silk and 400gsm Uncoated Kristall T/W Smooth. Every stock is listed with its weight so you can balance feel and budget, and the page reprices as you switch.
Can I get Save the Dates delivered the same day?
Yes, when you design your cards online, or upload print-ready artwork for up to 500 cards. Order Save the Dates, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri and a tracked courier delivers them the same day in London. Elsewhere in the UK, standard tracked delivery takes 3-5 working days, with express and next-day options at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri).
How much is delivery for Save the Dates?
Standard tracked delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that), and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are orders over 15kg (£14.95 whatever the order value). Express and next-day services are available at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri), and a courier can deliver in London on the day you order when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri.
Do you provide free artwork templates for Save the Dates?
Yes. Free artwork templates for every save the dates size, in PDF and PNG with the bleed, trim and safe area already marked, are in the Artwork Guidelines section on this page.
About Save the Dates
A save the date goes out long before the formal invitation, and it does one job well: it puts your date in someone's diary while there is still time for them to book a day off or a room. Ours print on the same stocks as our wedding invitations, so the suite matches from the first announcement through to the thank-you card.
Sizes run A6, A5, DL and 5 x 7 inch, plus custom dimensions. The paper range is the reason to look closely: alongside 350gsm silk and 350gsm uncoated we stock Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite Eggshell at 324gsm, Gmund Bauhaus Dessau, GF Smith Accent Antique Silk at 270gsm and Munken Kristall at 400gsm. The uncoated and eggshell papers have a soft, tactile surface that takes ink beautifully and feels considered in the hand; the silks keep photographs sharp and colour deep.
Gold and silver foiling is available as a die-free digital process, so a monogram, a name or a date can be foiled without the cost of a foiling die, worth knowing on a short run. Matt and gloss lamination and rounded corners are also available. The minimum order is 10 and the price per card falls as the run grows. Upload your own design or start from a template and personalise it in the browser, and we send a free print preview so you can check every name and date before printing.
Wedding announcements
Get your date into diaries before invitations go out.
Destination weddings
Give guests time to book flights and accommodation.
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Matched suites
Start a stationery suite that carries through to the day.
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Save the Dates specifications
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| Minimum order | 10 units |
| Production and delivery | Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. Gold and silver foiling adds 3 to 4 working days to the turnaround, so same-day and next-day delivery are not available on a foiled order. |
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| Artwork | Print-ready PDF, CMYK, images at 300dpi, 3mm bleed on all edges, fonts embedded or outlined, and important content kept 5mm inside the trim |
Standard delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that) and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout. Delivery details.
Quality Guaranteed
Every order is printed to the proof you approve and the specification you choose. If what arrives does not match them, or is damaged or short, tell us within 7 days of delivery and we reprint the affected copies or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them. Read the Presswift Guarantee
Fast Turnaround
Order, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri for same-day delivery in London. Free delivery in 2-4 working days when you design online, or standard delivery in 3-5 working days for your own file.
Expert Support
Every order gets a free file check and a free print preview within the hour (studio hours, 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday). Questions about your file? We reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Contact us
