Hometown reception after DW..

FH and I are getting married in his hometown which is 16 hours where we both live now. I am thinking of doing something similar when we get back home from our wedding.

Oh I like that invite

When I went my save the dates for the destination wedding cruise, I also included a picture of us that said at home reception to follow in September 2017 (formal invitation to follow). I plan on sending invites out 2 months prior to the same people I originally sent my STDs to.

First, I just have to say, thank you for writing out "save the date". It makes my stomach churn to see the abbreviation.

I love your invite and think it's a wonderful idea to do a destination wedding, then have the party when you return. Sounds less stressful and you will be radiant in your party pictures.

We did our invitations kind of similar to this (courthouse wedding just the 2 of us with celebration later). The invitations we bought would have been wayyyy too cluttered with all that info on it so we wrote "The pleasure of your company is requested at a reception celebrating the marriage of Keri & FH" with the details below and a RSVP card. I know the term "reception" isn't necessarily proper but our invitees know that we're going to the courthouse privately so it doesn't sound like they're being invited to a tiered event.

I'm doing something similar due to my wedding being a destination wedding also. My parents want to do a picnic for a few hours to #meetthedentons. I'm thinking my parents may be sending something out before we leave for the wedding week. I would send invitations. You don't need to send out STDs. Whoever comes to it.

I think the invite you posted looks great! It's not overcrowded and you have all of the info needed in one place.

Kudos for not attempting to re-enact the wedding.

You did it right. Very nice.

That actually isn't my invitation. It's one I found on Pinterest! I'm totally digging the layout and wording on it though. So, general consensus is send out an invitation. What about the time frame?

I was thinking in May for an August reception. Only because summer weekends tend to fill up so quickly. What do you guys think?

Also, it's not a glamorous reception, it's going to be very casual. We're doing music on our iPod, a couple of white tents with lights, kegs, and a food truck. Possibly showing the wedding video as well.

We're still finalizing the deets but I'm just stuck on when to send the invite. Also, I'm really digging the RSVP via email or cell. Too informal or just right given the vibe we're going for?

Thank you for the input ladies!