Post Cards Tacky??

FRIEZEND · December 2009

This is not the first marriage for neither my fiance or myself. We are having a destination wedding with a celebration in our hometown later. The celebration is informal at a venue that can be either really dressed up or as is, very low key. We are paying for everything ourselves and want to keep costs low. I was researching invitations and discovered how expensive "traditional" invitations are. Suddenly it came to me...why not do a post card invitation. Now I am having second thoughts.

We are getting married on a beach, so the front of the post card shows the ocean tide coming in over a starfish. It has our name and the date we were married on the front along w/ a little verse.

On the back of the postcard gives the details. We are actually ordering them online from a marketing type website. To keep it more like an invitation, we are going to send them in envelopes. Going all out postcard w/ address on the card seemed to scream - ADVERTISING!, and someone might throw it away on accident.

So tell me - is a postcard too tacky? I thought it was unique at first but now I am second guessing. My fiance is all for them cuz they are about a penny a piece (not including envelope and postage)

squirrly · December 2009

As long as you're ok with it being more back yard bbq than wedding reception, I think it's fine. Definitely very, very casual, though. Also - are you doing RSVPs? If you want something slightly more dressy, you could look at seal and send invites. Those are pretty inexpensive, as invites go, and the rsvp is a postcard.

Just a thought.

heathermckelvey · December 2009

I don't think it's tacky, then again probably because I designed post cards for my STD's.

janedoe1113a · December 2009

Well if you're putting it in an envelope, it's not really a postcard anymore. So it would just be a card with a picture on one side with the information on the other. I think it would be fine, but more casual than a traditional invitation.

vlewis84 · December 2009

heathermckelvey-

Where did you get you STDs?

FRIEZEND · December 2009

Thanks for the vote of confidence regarding the postcards. The celebration really is just a big party. So I feel better. We also looked into the seal and sends but opted for the postcards. the RSVP will either be via our KNOT website, phone call, or word of mouth.

To the above post;;;; we didn't do save the dates. The ceremony is just family. So we have been in constant contact with them the whole time. No save the dates for reception either. Like a party, we will just send the invite and whoever can make it will be there. Well unless you count the emails my future mom in law has sent to all the relatives. I guess that may count as she will likely remind everyone a few times between now and then..

Thanks for your help

jjax214 · December 2009

I think that is SO cute!

serenajack · December 2009

I love your invitations. It is similar to what I am doing. I cannot begin to justify on spending a fortune on something that I know will be thrown out once the RSVP has been sent. But that just my opinion, to each there own.

kd.joseph · December 2009

My niece and her husband got married on a cruise and had a party when they returned. They had postcards made with one of their wedding photo's on it, it really was nice.

misspeach1084 · December 2009

definitely be careful with this! you MAY want to put them in envelopes if your fear is that they would get thrown away with junk mail. for his save-the-dates, my brother and his wife had a graphic designer design postcards using a few of the pics from their engagement session. they came out AMAZING, and looked super-professional. an uncle, very far away, admitted he almost threw it out because he thought it was junk-mail, when he noticed the guy on the card looked like our dad. (my brother is practically a clone of our father.)

momofayden · December 2009

I would do the seal and send type invitations. They are really affordable.

brittanika · December 2009

There is a GREAT website called www.123print.com. They are super cheap. We ordered our STD, invitations, and thank you cards from there. My mom also ordred my bridal shower invites from there. They do a great job and they're nice quality!

sabekkas · December 2009

I say go for it. If you were excited about your first idea, stick with it. I think the postcard is a cute (and inexpensive!) way to invite people to a party after a destination wedding. Have fun!