Stuck with wording

boydism

We are gettin married on a ranch and the reception is in a barn.
My fiance is very casual country boy and after the ceremony he will be changing into jeans and wants to put on the invite that the guests are welcome too if they want to.
However this is strictly for the evening if people show up to the ceremony in jeans ill lose it.
How can we possibly word this?
Please help me fellow brides!!!!!

beardownbchs

You really can't. There is no polite way to tell people how to dress, let alone tell them to bring extra clothes. The ceremony is such a small part of the entire wedding day (time-wise, not sentimentally, obviously) and few of your guests will be photographed during it - personally I'd let everyone be casual all day. 

Choose invites that fit the formality of your wedding and people will get the point. 

And please don't "lose it" at your wedding ceremony. I doubt you'll even notice what people are wearing and if jeans at your ceremony are the worst thing that happens at your wedding, you're doing pretty good. 

AddieCake

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_stuck-with-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:61427a4c-ea1b-43aa-a535-1bdc07bb57f5Post:8eab9719-f344-4bd7-890d-c9f25530c9ff">Stuck with wording</a>:
[QUOTE]We are gettin married on a ranch and the reception is in a barn. My fiance is very casual country boy and after the ceremony he will be changing into jeans and wants to put on the invite that the guests are welcome too if they want to.<strong> However this is strictly for the evening if people show up to the ceremony in jeans ill lose it.</strong> How can we possibly word this? Please help me fellow brides!!!!!
Posted by boydism[/QUOTE]

<div>Really?  You're going to let a few people in jeans equate to some sort of disaster on your wedding day?  We had a few people show up in jeans, and frankly I was more interested in the fact that they were THERE than in what they were wearing. This is not a big deal; move on. </div>

Pookieson

You can't put what they can and can't wear anywhere.  You can spread it word of mouth I guess.  That being said, I KNOW I will have people show up in jeans.  My family is not a fancy black tie crowd and jeans with a tucked in polo shirt are taken out for "fancy occasions".  As long as they have shoes on I'll be happy, you shouldn't concern yourself with what people wear.  I'm surprised something that trivial would ruin your day.