Addressing Invites for a back home reception,

Re: Addressing Invites for a back home reception,

• CMGragain member

  

  February 2016 edited February 2016

  Your wedding invitations are for your Vegas wedding and reception.  The celebration party in Virginia is not a part of your wedding at all.  It is a completely separate event.  It is NOT your wedding reception.
  Because this party is not a part of your wedding, you can ask as many people as you wish, including people who were not invited to your wedding.  No wedding dress, no attendants, no wedding reception traditions.  Serving cake is fine, but no cutting and feeding ceremony, no bouquet tossing, etc.
  You can use any invitation you want to your celebration party.  They do not need to match your wedding invitations.  You can use fill-in invitations from the drug store, or you can have some printed at a budget friendly place such as Vistaprint.
  This would be formal wording for your celebration party:
  
  

  The pleasure of your company is requested

  to celebrate the recent marriage of

  Bride's Maiden Name

  and

  Groom's Full Name

  Date

  Time

  Venue

  Address

  City, State

  
  
  
  
  It makes it very clear that you are already married, and that this is a party.  You don't want people to get confused about this.  It is not polite to give information about the wedding to which people were not invited, especially on an invitation.  It is fine to show people your wedding photos and talk about your honeymoon at the party, though.
  

  

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