Invitation wording when wedding/reception are on different days w/ different invitees?

I would maybe only send invitations to the people who you want at the wedding and make separate invitations for the post wedding celebration. For those who will be attending both, maybe just mail together.

You need to have separate invitations for each event. You may be able to get away with the family invites just using reception cards, but since you are also having dinner after the ceremony, that could get very confusing. I would keep them separate completely, myself.

You could do a sort of pocket invitation w/ inserts & just put the inserts in for the events which that guest is invited to.

Ex: for your fam that is invited to everything, put all the inserts. For friend that just has reception, you may be able to change the writing on there saying something like "We got married & had an intimate ceremony. Now we'd love to celebrate with all of our loved ones." and put the insert in for them.

Just some options, but definately talk with the person you choose to do your invitations or a stationer-they will give you some better ideas too.

Tnx ladies

You are going to have to have separate invitations. One for the wedding/dinner and one for the dinner/reception. It will get too confusing otherwise.

1) for the guests you are inviting to your actual ceremony you could make an invite that says

The honor of your presence is requested

at the marriage of

Jane Doe

&

John Smith

this day

this location

dinner to follow at -----

formal reception and dinner to be held xx/xx/xxxx at 6 pm at ---" (or this can be enclosed on a separate card)

Then for the guests you are only inviting to the reception you can word it more like an announcement

We tied the knot!

Jane Doe

&

John Smith

exchanged marriage vows on xx/xx/xxxx

Please join the new Mr. and Mrs Smith for

Dinner and Dancing

on xx/xx/xxx (etc etc etc)

Mr. & Mrs. (whomever is paying for the wedding)

request the pleasure of your company

at a wedding reception to celebrate the recent marriage

(here it depends upon who is paying for the wedding)

(the parents that are paying, their child’s name first…., or if the couple is paying then her name followed by his name)

full name

(if the couple is paying, then this person’s parent’s names)….daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. Smith (for example)

with

full name

(if the couple is paying, then this person’s parent’s names)….son of Mr. & Mrs. J. Jones (for example).

Place

Date

Time.

Other cute poems

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