First time...

MissDuke2012

I've ever seen/heard of this done.

One of my co-workers is getting married in October and we got our invitations in the mail the other day. Well today we had dinner at another co-worker's house and she also is invited to the wedding. She had her invitation laying on the counter when we walked in and it was different than the one we got, at least appearance wise it was. The wording was the same. We were both invited to the reception.

Is this a common thing for people to do? I always thought you ordered one type and sent that to everyone.

mysticl

Maybe they couldn't get enough of the kind they wanted and the company substituted another design.  Or maybe they couldn't decied and went with a couple designs.  Does it really matter?

aerinpegadrak

Maybe she ran out and had to order another type?

MissDuke2012

I just thought they were typically the same. Then I thought, well maybe its more common for brides to do this now.

JCM10

My guess would be that she just ran out of one and ordered more. I wouldn't see it as a big deal at all...

jenn.daniel

when I can't decide which pair of shoes to buy, I get both.  Maybe she did that with invitations?

BiancaLab

They probably couldn't decide. Oh well.

megk8oz

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_first-time?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:578c5548-6cb8-45a5-951c-583ae71468d0Post:4f1fcf02-0c1e-4112-ad69-726717989830">Re: First time...</a>:
[QUOTE]when I can't decide which pair of shoes to buy, I get both.  Maybe she did that with invitations?
Posted by jenn.daniel[/QUOTE]


As long as there's no indication that it's a tiered reception or something (You said everything was printed the same, right?), then this is what my money's on.

Lisa8888

She probably purchased them on sale and couldn't get enough in one style. I'm sure she thought her guests wouldn't find out that she used 2 different invitations.

NillaWafer10

I have heard of people sending out hand written (expensive) invitations to the close friends and family who would keep the invitation, and then they send a cheaper version to everyone else.  She could have done this, but I think it's more likely she just ran out.

Meagan78

I've seen a few who have had different, but similarly themed, invites. 

beckster5551

I bought my invites already and now I'm worried that I might not have enough for everyone, the way FI keeps adding to the guest list. So if it turns out that I need more and can't find the same ones, I will get some that are like them. Right now 100 invites is enough plus extra but you never know. I'm sure it wasn't anything personal.

SarahRuthG

I did two different STD cards because I could only get a certain number of each design from free

But I dont think I would have done it with my invites just in case people saw other people's, like you did.

Were they the same color scheme?

MissDuke2012

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[QUOTE]I did two different STD cards because I could only get a certain number of each design from free =) But I dont think I would have done it with my invites just in case people saw other people's, like you did. Were they the same color scheme?
Posted by SarahRuthG[/QUOTE]

Nothing a like. Our's was red, orange, & yellow. Their's was black, white, and blue.