Save the dates / invites questions

I'm looking for ideas for save the dates and invites for a non-conventional wedding. We don't have a wedding website because I don't want to pay for it and if it's free I don't like having all my information just a google search away, but I'm willing to admit defeat and go this route if need be.

The plan is a courthouse ceremony and then a brewery with catered pizza afterwards, but I want to be able to get a head count for both events separately. We don't care if not everyone comes to both events or which ones they pick to attend. I'm not sure what all information I need to give out or collect from our guests.

We're inviting ~60 people, if that's important, and most people live within 2 hours driving distance.

I was thinking using a google form for RSVPs, but then I wasn't sure what to do with the save the dates or if we even need them.

The whole event is a year away so I'm not in a rush, just trying to get everything figured out early to lessen my panic later.

Thanks for dealing with my run-on sentences and general word vomit.