So, there are many factors involved in this problem, a tight budget, a short engagement (5 months), a long distance relationship, and so on. I need to figure out how to word the Reception and RSVP cards in my wedding invitations. Because of our long distance relationship we are having our wedding in my fiancé's home town in Alabama, I've always loved it there anyway. So, we know that most our friends from where I live won't be able to attend the wedding, and we're having a celebration/reception after our honeymoon back at my church. I also have tons of family all over the country! So I want to give everyone the option of coming to either one, or both, so I want to include all of the information in one invite. Because of the tight budget, I'm also designing and printing the invitations myself. So I wanted some outside opinions on what I've come up with. The picture attached Is the Reception card and the RSVP card. On the reception card I have information listed for both "receptions" because the first one is pretty simple. I'm not quite sure how I should word this, "For those who cannot attend, the second reception will be held on..." or "For those who cannot join us, another celebration will be held on..." or something of that sort. Then on the RSVP card, I want people to be able to tell me on one card, I will/won't be coming to the wedding and I will/won't be coming to the celebration later. I'm at a bit of a loss on how to keep nice wording for accept/decline for two different events, and fit it on one card. Does the layout I came up with make sense, to mark on the lines on either side of accept/decline for each event...or is just confusing. And lastly! Because of our short engagement, we didn't send out 'save-the-dates' and need to list our registry information somewhere in the invitations, RSVP or Reception? Wording? I have a few different wordings on the side listed that I found. Suggestions welcome!!! Thanks for your help
