Wording for after wedding celebration invitation

Re: Wording for after wedding celebration invitation

• southernbelle0915 mod

  

  April 2017

  Australian_girl_in_Paris said:

  So this might be a bit confusing to explain but here goes.
  
  I've said this before but just for clarity - We are having our wedding in Paris where we live and then having a 'smart casual' lunch in Australia to celebrate our wedding. It's not a second wedding. So We've decided to have a second card in our invitation suite (is that what it's called?) with the info on it.
  But I'm not sure about wording for it I have so far (what is on each line is based on the design of the suite so I can't really change that. 
  
  Please join us for 
  Lunch
  Saturday 
  11 . 11 . 2017 
  The Bridgewater Mill 
  address
  
  I'm worried that the 'Please join us' isn't clear that is a celebration but not a wedding. 
  
  Any ideas are welcome.

  Instead of including the invitation with your wedding invitation, I would send it separately. It's a separate event with a separate guest list in a totally different country at another time of year. Send it 4-6 weeks before the actual event. It's not a wedding so not as much notice is needed.
  
  From your other posts, it seems like the lunch is a relatively casual affair with just close family/friends who aren't coming to Paris, so I think casual invitations and informal wording is fine. That said, you could say something like:
  
  "We're married!
  Please join us for lunch and celebration!
  Saturday, November 11th  12:30pm
  So and So's House
  123 Main Street
  City, State"
  
  Or more formal if you want
  
  "Please join the newlyweds 
  Name
  and
  Name
  to celebrate of their recent marriage
  Saturday the eleventh of November
  at half after twelve
  So and So's House
  123 Main Street
  City, State"

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• CMGragain member

  

  April 2017

  How much time will pass between your wedding and the celebration in Australia?  If possible, the invitations should be sent out separately.  Is it possible that a relative who will attend your wedding could carry them to Australia and post them there so you could save overseas postage?
  
  Formal wording might be this:
  
  

  The pleasure of your company is requested

  to celebrate the recent marriage of

  Bride's Full Name

  and

  Groom's Full Name

  Saturday, the eleventh of November

  at half after twelve o'clock

  The Smith's Residence

  123 Main Street

  City, State

  
  I like @southernbelle0915 's informal wording very much, but I would include your names in the wording.  This makes it more clear.
  
  
  

  We're married!

  
  Please join Jane and John

  for lunch and celebration!

  Saturday, November 11th  12:30pm

  So and So's House

  123 Main Street

  City, State

  
  
  
  
  
  

  

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• Australian_girl_in_Paris member

  

  April 2017

  Hey - I get what you're saying but postage to Australia is already expensive so I don't want to send two invites. It's also no separate guest list. To avoid any guests thinking they've been left out of anything everyone is invited to both events. 
  
  And the lines available on the 'invite' are unable to change because of the design so I can't add a line or put 'lunch' on the same line as the introductory phrase. The design does have a kind of stamp thing that will say 'just married' so it's along the lines of your first suggestion.
  
  What I need help with is mostly that phrase. What can we say to invite them and let them know that there will be a celebration.
  Is 
  
  'Please join us for
  Lunch' 
  
  OK?

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• CMGragain member

  

  April 2017 edited April 2017

  Please join the newlyweds
  for lunch
  Saturday 
  11 . 11 . 2017 
  The Bridgewater Mill 
  address
  
  Speaking as a Yank, the numerical date would confuse me.
  

  

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• kaos16 member

  

  April 2017

  CMGragain said:

  Please join the newlyweds
  for lunch
  Saturday 
  11 . 11 . 2017 
  The Bridgewater Mill 
  address
  
  Speaking as a Yank, the numerical date would confuse me.
  

  
  11.11.2017 is confusing???

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• STARMOON44 member

  

  April 2017

  kaos16 said:

  CMGragain said:

  Please join the newlyweds
  for lunch
  Saturday 
  11 . 11 . 2017 
  The Bridgewater Mill 
  address
  
  Speaking as a Yank, the numerical date would confuse me.
  

  
  11.11.2017 is confusing???

  If it's actually on November 11, not a problem. I thought that was just an example. 
  
  If it's really on September 8, then yes it is very confusing. Because Americans write that date as 9/8/17 and Australians (and most of the rest of the world) write it as 8/9/17. Not a problem if you're only inviting Aussies though. 

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• kaos16 member

  

  April 2017

  STARMOON44 said:

  kaos16 said:

  CMGragain said:

  Please join the newlyweds
  for lunch
  Saturday 
  11 . 11 . 2017 
  The Bridgewater Mill 
  address
  
  Speaking as a Yank, the numerical date would confuse me.
  

  
  11.11.2017 is confusing???

  If it's actually on November 11, not a problem. I thought that was just an example. 
  
  If it's really on September 8, then yes it is very confusing. Because Americans write that date as 9/8/17 and Australians (and most of the rest of the world) write it as 8/9/17. Not a problem if you're only inviting Aussies though. 

  
  That makes sense.  I assumed 11/11 was the actual date and that's one of the only times it wouldn't be confusing.. . . . which caused my confusion with PPs statement!

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