Need info on wedding etiquette when it comes to invitations?
December 19, 2009
If we are inviting people to the evening do only, do you still invite them to the church? Also, there would be a waiting time between the wedding which starts at 12 pm and the evening do at 7 pm…so if they were coming to just the evening reception, they would have a wait….
If you are inviting certain people to the evening do only then you wouldn’t invite them to the church. You can get separate invitations for people you intend to just invite to the evening part than from the people you are inviting for the full day.
3 Responses to “Need info on wedding etiquette when it comes to invitations?”
I was lucky to have quite a smallish wedding, so I could invite everyone to the day and the night so they all went to the church.
However, I believe in your situation, you could make a note on the invitations to friends, or even just hand them the invitation, but say "although we’d have loved to invite you all day, unfortunately, we just couldn’t stretch to it financially, however, if you would like to go to the ceremony, you’re more than welcome and let them know the church and time". They will in all likelihood come.
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By Seafret1412 on Dec 19, 2009
If you are inviting certain people to the evening do only then you wouldn’t invite them to the church. You can get separate invitations for people you intend to just invite to the evening part than from the people you are inviting for the full day.
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By Cherries and Cream on Dec 19, 2009
You don’t have to invite everyone to the ceremony. I’d suggest wording the invitations something like this:
Together with their parents,
Julianne Ella Marquez
and
Derick John Paulsen
request the honor of your presence
at a celebration of their marriage
Saturday
the ninth of June
at seven o’ clock
etc…
This wording also implies that the ceremony has already taken place. I don’t suggest going around telling everyone that there were financial issues or anything… instead, if anyone asks about it, you can just say that you were limited to a small family ceremony, but you’d be honored if they would join you in celebration at the evening reception.
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By duopanther on Dec 19, 2009