Multiple Receptions Invites

faynapie

Hi everyone, 

We are really setting up ourselves for alot of work!  We are eloping and then having 3 receptions. (1 in California where we live, 1 in Ohio where my parents are, and 1 in NY where his parents are).  We are also paying for everything ourselves so I am having trouble coming up with the best wording for the invites.  Any help?  

JoanE2012

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[QUOTE]Hi everyone,  We are really setting up ourselves for alot of work!  We are eloping and then having 3 receptions. (1 in California where we live, 1 in Ohio where my parents are, and 1 in NY where his parents are).  We are also paying for everything ourselves so I am having trouble coming up with the best wording for the invites.  Any help?  
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</div><div>I don't get why you'd elope if you want to have 3 receptions anyway.  Seems like it defeats the purpose of eloping.  It also seems AWish to have 3 receptions.

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SlothGoals

Choosing to elope also means choosing not to have a reception or any pre-wedding festivities.

ETA: clarity

Summer2011Bride

Ditto PPs. You can't have the best of both worlds. By choosing to elope, you forego pre-wedding parties and the festivities of a reception (much less THREE receptions. Oy vey!)

If you want to celebrate with people, then invite them to your wedding and to your ONE reception that immediately follows your ceremony.

FizzySips

Oh dear. You should focus your energy and resources into one after-wedding celebration, not three (technically four, are you having any celebration immediately after you elope?) You will never be able to accommodate everyone and their constraints. Please remember that parties on a day after you sign your marriage certificate and exchange vows are only parties. Not wedding reception re-dos.

Jen4948

If you're "eloping," then none of the parties you're planning are "wedding receptions."  I'd send separate invitations to each, and not wear wedding attire, have cakes, gifts, or anything else that's distinctly "wedding" at them.  When you elope, that ship sails.

happyfor25

Wow, THREE parties to celebrate your marriage seems excessive and really expensive. Will they be casual parties at family members' homes?  If so, I would just get some inexpensive party invitations from the Dollar Store/Walmart.  Please tell me you aren't planning to have 3 full-blown wedding reception type events to include first dance, etc.?  If so, I really have no advice on invitations to these.

libby2483

Ditto PPs.  There is no correct wording for this because It really isn't possible to have three wedding receptions.  I guess that you could have three parties to celebrate your marriage, but even that seems over the top.  

keywest121314

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