I am getting married next year and am having a small ceremony with close friends and family. (I have a HUGE family and dont want them all to attend the actualy wedding ceremony)
I am having my reception immediately following the ceremony but I dont know how to word the invitations so that it explains that the guests are invited to the reception, not the actual ceremony. I am thinking of also enclosing a small card to invite those we want at the actual ceremony, but the larger invitations will go to those who are invited to the reception…
So my question is how do i word both the large and small invitations?
This is in response to Royallady1947- I have a huge family and when we were sitting down to make out a guest list, we had a total of 150 people on MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY (not including our friends, my fiancee’s family and our parents friends)
I do not think it is inapproapriate at all to want our actual ceremony- the one where we exchange our vows and promise to love each other forever- to be in front of those we barely know. I want the rest of our family to celebrate with us, but i want those who are “most important” to us to witness us take our vows. At my cousins wedding it was ridiclious because there were so many people, and i refuse my wedding to be a circus. The reception is different because it is for the family to celebrate. I dont think there is anything wrong with it and i guess its a good thing that you are not going to be invited to our wedding- thank you to everyone else for your wonderful advice and best wishes!!
I am making my own wedding invitations. Besides the invitation, reception card, and RSVP card; what else gets sent with the invite?
Thanks for all the great answers! Does anyone know where i can find a sample hotel and direction card? Or is this just done on paper? I don’t want anything tacky looking. I have spent so much time on invites…
Oh and don’t worry… I’m not including a gift registry. We aren’t even doing one at all.
I am making my own wedding invitations and I don’t have good enough handwriting to write the address on the envelopes myself. I’ve been trying to find something on the computer or in a craft store to help me out. Does anyone have any ideas?
Obviously, this is the height of impropriety and greediness – for the bride to actually have her registry information listed on the actual wedding invitation. However, some still choose to do so. Even though some do it … that does not make this correct. My question is, after being confronted with this type of bad behavior, what is the proper behavior of the guest?
I tend to believe that if confronted with poor manners, that the polite thing to do is to ignore the offensive behavior. Therefore, I will deliberately choose to purchase a present that is appropriate for the bride and groom, and expressly not on their registry. If they had been particularly rude, then I will have it monogrammed so they cannot return or regift it. This feels kind of petty, but I do not confront their error, and still acknowledge the importance of their wedding day with an appropriate gift. This usually is not an issue… but I have TWO invitations with registry info on them.
What do you do?
Just a quick example of what causes a monogram on something…. bride had listed on the reception card that cash would be accepted as a gift.
No, really. On the reception card, it says, “Gifts of cash will be greatly appreciated.”
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I want to order about 100 wedding invitation cards online, but don’t know which website has the wedding invitation cards with good quality and a reasonable price ( like $100 ). Thank you
or, should I just go to STAPLE or OFFICE DEPOT?
I want to order about 100 wedding invitation cards online, but don’t know which website has the wedding invitation cards with good quality and a reasonable price ( like $100 ). Thank you
or, should I just go to STAPLE or OFFICE DEPOT?
