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Getting ready to invite, please help with my questions

futuremrsog15futuremrsog15 member
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Hello Knotties! I am really close to pirnting my invitations and I have a few questions...

1. I have read on here that who hosts is who invites the guests. This does not mean who is paying. All of our parents are contributing something financially although my fiance and I are planning everything. My concern is when the bride and groom host, are we actually tending to the guests? We hired a day of coordinator, but our parents won't know too much what is going on unless it has to do with them. Personally I would like to put "together with their parents" on our invitations, but do not want to put our parents in a position we may not want them in. Likewise, I am not sure about putting just our names and accept more responsibility for the day than originally planned. I hope this makes sense, I feel like I am rambling on and on...

2. My mom graciously is going calligraphy my initiations. To cut down the work on her, would it look funny if I printed in my own handwriting the RSVP envelopes?


Thanks for reading all this. Looking forward to your advice!
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Re: Getting ready to invite, please help with my questions

  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    1. You're making sense. The bride and groom can be hosts while having a DOC. If your parents aren't greeting guests or making arrangements, then it makes sense to leave them off the invitations. If they really want to be mentioned or they are doing those things, "together with their parents" is fine too. 2. I don't think so. Hand-printing is fine-it just has to be manually done as opposed to machine-done.
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  • southernbelle0915southernbelle0915 mod
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    1) I would just use generic wording if your parents won't be in the "host" role:

    "The pleasure of your company is requested
    at the wedding of
    Bride Name 
    and 
    Groom Name
    Day, the date of Month
    two thousand fifteen
    at half after time o'clock
    Venue Name
    City, State"

    2) If your wedding is formal, I think you should have them in calligraphy to match the envelopes. If it's a casual affair, I think it's fine if you address them. FWIW, we printed directly on the RSVP envelopes using our home printer. That might be an option and easier on both of you. Also, you don't need to fill out the return address for each guest - that piece is their responsibility.
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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    edited August 2014
    The pleasure of your company is requested
    at the marriage of
    Brides Full Name
    and
    Groom's Full Name
    Day, date
    time o'clock
    Venue
    Address
    City, State

    (No host is specified)

    Together with their families
    Bride's Full Name
    and Groom's Full Name
    request the pleasure of your company
    as they are united in marriage
    (etc.)

    (No host is specified)

    RSVP envelopes may be pre-printed with the return address.  Calligraphy is simply pretty handwriting, and is never necessary, though HANDWRITING is.  In the old days, everybody wrote calligraphy as their normal handwriting.



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  • futuremrsog15futuremrsog15 member
    10 Comments 5 Love Its Name Dropper
    CMGragain said:
    The pleasure of your company is requested
    at the marriage of
    Brides Full Name
    and
    Groom's Full Name
    Day, date
    time o'clock
    Venue
    Address
    City, State

    (No host is specified)

    Together with their families
    Bride's Full Name
    and Groom's Full Name
    request the pleasure of your company
    as they are united in marriage
    (etc.)

    (No host is specified)

    RSVP envelopes may be pre-printed with the return address.  Calligraphy is simply pretty handwriting, and is never necessary, though HANDWRITING is.  In the old days, everybody wrote calligraphy as their normal handwriting.



    Thank you for replying! I have read that you are an expert with invitations. So if I go with one of your examples above, technically no hosts are being named? I like that, and honestly didn't think of it that way before.
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  • CMGragainCMGragain member
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    Oops.  The "and' should be on it's own line.  I'm having a shaky day with my meds.
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