What to write in a wedding card for a coworker
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WEDDING INVITATION WORDING
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welcome back to the wedding course where
I'm helping you plan your dream wedding
with confidence so in today's video I
want to talk to you about invitations if
you aren't there yet don't worry I did a
previous video on save the dates go back
check that out on my youtube page now if
you are on invitations I just want to
give you a heads up to stay tuned to the
end of the video as I'm going to have
different examples on verbage and
wording go across the screen to kind of
give you layout ideas but in the
meantime let's get into the nitty-gritty
of wedding invitations and what should
go on them first know your wedding
invitations should go out six to eight
weeks prior to your wedding date and
that should give you plenty of time to
collect your RSVPs and figure out your
seating accounts now your invitations in
terms of layout the first thing is you
typically have a line that is an opening
after that you'll have your names these
days too if you'd like to start with
your parents and having your parents
inviting guests to be a part of their
children's wedding which is where your
name will go and you'll see all this in
the examples that's another option
something to keep in mind too as you are
putting your names on the invite do you
want to include your full first middle
and last name first name middle initial
last name if you have a Doctorate would
you like doctor and ms those are just
things to kind of keep in mind based on
how fancy if you're doing a black-tie
cocktail and all things to keep in mind
as you're putting together your
invitation so after you kind of have
that information on the invite you would
say something like we invite you to join
or we welcome your presence or we will
press the pleasure of your company and
then after that line you would have the
date and time typically we spell
everything out again this is up to you I
really believe that a wedding is about
you and your choice and reflecting your
personality so think about if you'd like
to spell things out completely or use
numbers instead of spelling things out
it's totally up to you and then you'll
have the time and
could say in the evening in the morning
but be sure to specify whether it's
evening or morning and then the location
so with the location put the full
address on the invitation because
sometimes Google Maps doesn't get things
right so it's helpful to give the full
address for everyone and you'll want to
say dinner and dancing or reception to
follow if there is more happening after
the ceremony because the invitation
really just kind of outlines the
ceremony and saying that there's a
reception to follow helps people
understand like okay they'll be dinner
they'll be dancing there's more to
happen better be ready to party and
really get a babysitter and then you'll
want to mention something about RSVP and
dress codes so you might remember but we
did a whole video on dress codes so if
you're not sure what you want to say
check out that video on our YouTube page
for additional information and ideas so
that's kind of the basic layout of your
invitation you can also have inserts so
one thing that insert is perfect for is
your wedding website or hotel
information or any details based on
etiquette we never put registry
information on the invitation so instead
put your wedding website on an extra
information card and guests know that
they can find any registry information
there and then you'll want to remember
to include an RSVP card with a
self-addressed stamped envelope to make
it easy for your guests to reply back so
a little tidbit that I want to share
with you is that how to address your
wedding invitations
I am constantly hearing from people can
I bring a guest can I bring a plus-one
well this is kind of a good way to lay
it out to dictate whether or not
somebody is allowed to so when you're
addressing the envelopes if you have a
couple it's pretty simple if they're
married mister and missus now if you
have a close friend and you really enjoy
the company of their partner their
girlfriend or boyfriend and you'd like
to invite them as well address that
envelope to both of them so that they
know they're both invited if you want to
allow somebody to bring a guest and you
don't know who you'll it'll be bringing
and you don't mind then address that to
so-and-so and guests giving them that
option if you don't want somebody to
bring a guest just addressed the
invitation to them and them alone and
follow the same etiquette with families
as well too so try to be as specific as
possible on that mailing envelope
speaking of mailing envelopes this is a
great tip of when you're putting
together your postage and mailing your
invites so first step put together a
complete invitation and then take that
to the post office and have it weighed
especially if you have multiple pieces
going into that invitation you want to
make sure that it's not too heavy or
that you're putting the right amount of
postage on the envelope because heaven
forbid you get hundreds of invites
coming back because you didn't put on
enough postage so have them weigh it and
then put your postage based on that and
then when it's time to mail your
invitations if you do have something
that's a little bit more delicate and
sensitive you'll want to actually take
it to the post office and ask them to
hand stamp all of the envelopes and what
that means is basically when envelopes
are mailed they go through a machine and
they're rolled through this thin machine
and it leaves rubber marks and it's not
clean when it's hand stamped the hand
stamp each envelope which preserves your
invitation and keeps it as clean as
possible so that's another little tip I
like to share with my couples so if you
have any questions comment below I
promise to get back to you stick around
for a couple more seconds so that you
can see those visual examples of
different types of layout and wording
for your invitations because I find it's
easier to see it all laid out in front
of you but in the meantime follow us
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