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Karlyn
Savvy June 2016

Private ceremony with open reception

Karlyn, on March 6, 2015 at 6:59 PM Posted in Planning 0 7

Hey all!

So My fiance and I just got engaged (super excited!!!! And I'll attach a picture of the ring!) We are planning on having just a private ceremony with just our immediate family- our children, parents, siblings, and grandparents) followed by a small dinner- and then a few weeks later we want to have a large BBQ where we can invite anyone- and our parents can invite anyone that they want. My question is- how would I go about that in the invitations? I was imagining something along the lines of "you are invited to a BBQ in celebration of the marriage of......" I would obviously have separate invitations for the ceremony/dinner and the BBQ.

Another question, too. My brother and FSIL have children- it's not that we aren't having children- because we have 4 children between the 2 of us- and he has a little brother who will be 11 at the time- but we were not inviting neices/nephews. How should I go about that?

Thank you in advance!


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Latest activity by Finally Mrs Gee, on March 13, 2015 at 8:27 PM
  • Karlyn
    Savvy June 2016
    Karlyn ·
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    **BUMP**

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  • Celia Milton
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    Your ring is just beautiful! Your invite wording is spot on. As far as the kids, just write the exact names of the people you want on the invites.

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  • alyshadanielle
    Master April 2015
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    First of all, congrats on your engagement!

    For the invites, I would just say "you are invited to celebrate the marriage of ____ & ____." Then at the bottom you could put something along the lines of "BBQ dinner & drinks will be served/provided"

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  • Karlyn
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    Karlyn ·
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    Thank you Celia and Alysha!

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  • Karlyn
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    Karlyn ·
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    ::BUUUUUUMP::

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  • Michele Spadaro
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    Greetings,

    I had a very private Wedding Ceremony -- only immediate family. A week later, we had our Shadowbrook Wedding Reception. This was the wording on our invitation -- as you really do want your Guests to realize that they won't be attending an actual Wedding Ceremony:

    "Mr. and Mrs. XXX request the pleasure of your company at the Wedding Reception of their Daughter, Michele and Kenneth XXX, on Sunday, the ........................"

    Karlyn, you see that we said "Wedding Reception." That will be important to stress.

    For the children -- especially since one guest is your Brother -- you can personally tell him that it will be adults only.

    All the best for a fabulous Wedding celebration!

    Sincerely, Flutist Michele, Jersey Shore!

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  • Finally Mrs Gee
    Master April 2015
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    Congrats! I agree above so i dont have much advice other than, the ring is beautiful!!!

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