Opps, now what?

AVinskeyWed123820

Mailed out our invitations on Saturday and today I realized that I misspelled one of our guests first name!  What's the best way to handle this?  I don't want her to think I don't know how to spell her name!

georgia_bride09

I'd just let it go. It happens. Spell it correctly on her TY card.

apple_green

You could email and mention it and apologize. No biggie though, so don't go way out of your way to make up for it.

AliGirl11

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[QUOTE]I'd just let it go. It happens. Spell it correctly on her TY card.
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

Ditto. 

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I totally messed up 2 names on the invitation. Just spell it correctly on her escort/place card, thank you note, etc.

marissa_claire

Don't mention it, but make sure it's spelled correctly on escort cards and thank yous.

squirrly

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[QUOTE]I totally messed up 2 names on the invitation. <strong>Just spell it correctly on her escort/place card, thank you note, etc.</strong>
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]


Yup, that.

mgietler76

This happens to me all the time (people spell both my first and last name wrong) I'm pretty used to it by now lol. But I agree with PP's don't mention it and make sure it's spelled right everywhere else.

LP11509

We did this too.  We just corrected it for TY cards and on our guest seating list (we had a big framed list instead of cards).

tenofcups4me

Depends on who it was. If it was a friend or close family member, I'd probably shoot off an email with a quick apology and something self-deprecating (I can't believe what a space I've been getting these invitations out. I just realized I spelled your name wrong--I'm sorry; I DO know how to spell your name... etc. etc. etc.)

Someone else, I'd probably just mention it next time you see them with a quick apology. I spelled the last name of my cousin's wife wrong (not her real name, but say the name was Dartz -- I spelled it Darz) and realized it right after I sent them out. Next time I saw her, I apologized and told her it was a total brain fart since I really did know how to spell her name (truth). It was no big deal, but she appreciated that I acknowledged it (she was actually just happy that I'd used HER name, not husband's even if I did spell it wrong).