What do you do with invitations?

loro929 · January 2015

I was thinking about invitations because I have to order mine soon, and my gosh can they be pricey! It got me to thinking - what do people even do with these rather expensive pieces of paper they receive for a wedding, or any other event?

novella1186 · January 2015

I keep it till after the event so I don't forget the details. And it's prettier on my fridge than I scrap of paper I jotted down details on.

But there's no need to keep it beyond that. I think I kept my best friend's wedding invite because I was a BM and I was so excited for her, but that's the only one I've ever kept, and I don't even know where it is. Probably in a box somewhere.

Bubblegum5586 · January 2015

Before my wedding I kept them all and used them for inspiration when designing mine. When we moved I finally tossed them all. I really had a hard time spending a lot of money on invites knowing it would be tossed (specifically the envelope! Those are tossed immediatly!)

loro929 · January 2015

novella1186 said:

I keep it till after the event so I don't forget the details. And it's prettier on my fridge than I scrap of paper I jotted down details on.

But there's no need to keep it beyond that. I think I kept my best friend's wedding invite because I was a BM and I was so excited for her, but that's the only one I've ever kept, and I don't even know where it is. Probably in a box somewhere.

I always thought that too but these days, and I suppose this comment is more geared to the tech saavy generation, so I will say for me, at least, there is more useful information on the website (hyperlinks - direction maps, etc), direct storage in ical, etc. etc. than the actual invitation - which is another point that got me thinking about this.

flyingfoxes · January 2015

Same as Novella - I put it on the fridge then trash it after the event.

emmaaa · January 2015

I put it on the refrigerator and RSVP. Then once the date has passed, I throw it away.

novella1186 · January 2015

We once got an invitation that was sent as a postcard, so no RSVP card or anything, the design was horrendous (I don't mind saying it was ugly because of what else I'm about to say), it specifically said "no kids allowed" and specifically said "cash bar" and also said "eat dinner before you come because no food will be served" even though it was taking place during a meal time (so we would have to eat dinner super early I guess?) and THEN along the bottom it had registry info.

All that train wreck rudeness crammed into one tiny ugly slip of paper.

We declined, but I kept it on the fridge for a while to laugh at it.

Here's the kicker, though. I found out later that it wasn't even an invite to the actual wedding. It was an invite to the after party. With registry info. And we weren't invited to the actual wedding. So we could come after the fact, not get food, pay for our own drinks, and bring a gift. FUUUUUUUUUUCK that.

Anyway. That's the only time I've saved an invite to an event I wasn't going to attend, and it still ended up in the trash when I was done making fun of it.

blabla89 · January 2015

Depends on whose wedding or party it is. When I get an invitation I put it on the refrigerator, lest it get buried in the stack of mail and forgotten about.

I keep a little memory box of cards, ticket stubs, photos, etc. and I've saved some of my closest friends' wedding invitations in there. Others, I toss whenever I clean off the refrigerator.

Maggie0829 · January 2015

I typically toss it after the event is over with. But one time I made an ornament out of the invitation as a gift for the couple.

lnixon8 · January 2015

I bring it with me in the car day-of just in case I need the address or something. Right now I have like 4 in my center console. I don't save them on purpose pre se, but when you're looking for chapstick or a hair tie it's kind of fun to randomly be reminded of them.

beethery · January 2015

I take a picture of it with my phone. I also try to get FI to bring it with us if necessary. Then, I toss it once the event is over.

loveislouder · January 2015

I just finished doing my invitations last night. We got them on sale, 30 bucks for 30 invitations at Michaels.

That being said, I usually keep wedding invitations because I like them and think they're pretty.

climbingsingle · January 2015

I'll keep it on my fridge until after the wedding.

WhatawagSBNy · January 2015

I usually keep it until after the event, then bye bye. But never looked at it after sending the RSVP.

But after two times in Boston where In the recommended parking near the hotel venue I saw a posting that by showing my invitation I could be shown to parking paid by the hosts for 6 hours or so, I have made it a point to carry the invitation right at hand, not just directions and instructions sheets.
Then, pitch it.
Twice since I have been asked to show an invitation, outside a gated stately home venue, and to get into university parking without a sticker for a wedding in the college chapel. Such beautifully engraved admission tickets.

E71126 · January 2015

Hi all... always a lurker, rarely a poster. I just had to share this when I saw this topic come up..

We got married in June of this year, and for Christmas one of my father's coworkers sent him home with a little gift for us.

It was a Christmas ornament.. a clear glass ball with our invitation in it. She had cut each line into strips and placed it inside so that we could read the wording. She finished it off with a bow that matched the invitation.

It was the sweetest thing and I thought, what a great way to repurpose someone's invitation into a thoughtful gift!

paperpusher · January 2015

I've actually never been invited to a wedding via paper invite. The only 2 I've been invited to were by word of mouth. My sister and a friend of H's. Both had cash bars and never received a thank you for the gifts.

OliveOilsMom · January 2015

I keep all invites until after the wedding, then depending on whose invitations it is, I will put them in a box for keeping. I have all my close friends' and siblings' invites. All of the others will get trashed.

lyndausvi · January 2015

I put the invitations and RSVP on the fridge. I send in the RSVP as soon as I know we can definitely can attend. Sometimes that is not until the RSVP date.

The invitation sits on the fridge until I remember to throw it out. More often then not it's a month or more after the event. I seem to only clean the fridge of old invitations, appointment cards, etc about once quarter.

novella1186 · January 2015

E71126 said:

Hi all... always a lurker, rarely a poster. I just had to share this when I saw this topic come up..
We got married in June of this year, and for Christmas one of my father's coworkers sent him home with a little gift for us.
It was a Christmas ornament.. a clear glass ball with our invitation in it. She had cut each line into strips and placed it inside so that we could read the wording. She finished it off with a bow that matched the invitation.
It was the sweetest thing and I thought, what a great way to repurpose someone's invitation into a thoughtful gift!

That's so cute!

amelisha · January 2015

I stick it on the fridge until the wedding as well.

Except the one I got that was a "message in a bottle" that came in a glass bottle with sand and seashells and stuff. It was too pretty to throw out for a while so I had it on a kitchen shelf even after the wedding.

Inkdancer · January 2015

I kept my best friend's invitation. It's in the box where I keep all my cards and sentimental crap. But all the others are gone.

I do keep magnet save-the-dates forever, because usually they're pretty good magnets.

southernbelle0915 · January 2015

I hang onto it until the event is over, then I recycle it.

jenna8984 · January 2015

I thought I threw those things in the trash....then I spent the last 2 days going through and cleaning my entire house and I have found so much of that shit that I didn't even know I had. Wedding thank you cards from couples who are divorced now! So I voted for find it years later haha

Cookie Pusher · January 2015

Depending on how close I am to the couple, I sometimes use the invitation to make some sort of keepsake for their first anniversary. Other times, I tuck it into an album with pictures from the wedding. Other times, I just trash it after the event.

KatieinBkln · January 2015

I put the information in my phone calendar. The invitation goes on my fridge, and then with me to the event. Afterwards I throw it away.

penguin44 · January 2015

lnixon8 said:

I bring it with me in the car day-of just in case I need the address or something. Right now I have like 4 in my center console. I don't save them on purpose pre se, but when you're looking for chapstick or a hair tie it's kind of fun to randomly be reminded of them.

Me too. I think I have a few in the passenger door.

vulpiepop · January 2015

I keep it so that I remember the information even after I have it down on my calendar so that I really don't forget. After the event, I stuff it in a drawer or a box just because I know how much thought and money the couple must've spent on it so I kind of feel obligated to keep it a little longer, like when a family member sends you a Christmas card with a photo of the family. I want to throw it out to keep my house from getting cluttered, but I feel obliged to keep it until what I feel is an appropriate amount of time before I can throw it out guilt-free.

WinstonsGirl · January 2015

I'm in between thrown out after the event and thrown out years later when I declutter. Depends on when I get around to chucking it. I never keep them though, but I'm not a sentimental kind of person either, so it's just paper with information to me

huskypuppy14 · January 2015

I try to keep everyone's wedding invitation. I'm missing a few though. I also keep birthday and some Christmas cards, as well as any thank you notes I've received.

I like to look through them every now and then.

I swear I'm not a hoarder.

Kauris · January 2015

They adorn our refridgerator until DH makes me throw them away because they are cluttering our refridgerator. Unless they are invitations I have designed for someone, then I keep those forever and ever and use them to show my work.

lovegood90 · January 2015

I'll stick it on the fridge then throw it out after the event.

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