mind proofing my invites?

christina ina

FI already proofed for spelling, but I'm turning to the experts for etiquette!

Invite wording:

Christina Marie Last-Name

and

Eric Ryan Last-Name

will be united in marriage

on Sunday, the tenth of October

Two thousand and ten

 

The pleasure of your company

is requested

as they exchange marriage vows

at four o’clock in the afternoon

Venue-Name Country Club

Street Address

City, State

 

Reception immediately following

RSVP wording:

The favor of a reply is requested by

September 20, 2010

 

M________________________

 

Can’t Wait!­­____

Can’t Make It.____

 

____ of ____ guest(s) will attend

Thank you SO much!

SarahPLiz

I like the wording, but from what I read it should be "Two thousand ten" with no "and". The wording examples in the box of invites I bought don't even have the year on them. I think that's weird, so I included it on mine.

That's all I have.

banana468

The year is correct.

Everything looks fine.  The only thing I'd possibly change would be the wording on the response card to "will attend" to "will not attend" but I understand that this is a small detail.

christina ina

Oops, I forgot to add that I will be filling out the second line with the number of guests we're inviting per invitation. Because our invites don't have inner envelopes, this was the most polite way I could think to convey how many people per household are invited.

For example, for an invitation addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shmo, their RSVP card would say:

____ of __2__ guest(s) will attend

Eeek... hope that makes sense!

banana468

That *can* work but it can also open up the door to substitutions.  Just be prepared that guests may say, "But you said there were two seats reserved so what do you mean I can't bring my friend if my husband can't come!?"

christina ina

Haha, oh gosh... I didn't even think of that! I'm prepared to field all of the awkward questions if I have to. I'm just hoping this has a chance of taking away *some* confusion with my guests. Thanks!