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Second Reception Wording

herecometheclarks, on January 26, 2018 at 9:50 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 10

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Hey y’all! We decided to have a second reception in my FH’s hometown because they have a lot of family/friends that won’t be able to make the long drive. It’s tradition in his church to have an ‘open house’ style reception for a couple of hours with people coming and going as they please. Usually they put an announcement in the church bulliten (which we plan on doing) but I wanted to have something to send out to the handful of people who don’t go to his church. I mocked up an invite. FH doesn’t like the style and I don’t like the fonts. How does the wording sound? I want people to know they can come and go as they please. I’m just not used to this as it isn’t something we do in my circle. Also, we will have cake and some heavy hours d’oevres.

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Latest activity by Emily, on January 26, 2018 at 10:30 AM

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Forestwed · on January 26, 2018 at 9:53 AM
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I like it. The wording is nice.
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Going to the chapel · on January 26, 2018 at 9:53 AM
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I would change the word honoring to celebrating.
It's just a quirk of mine, but I'd word the time line as "From two to four in the afternoon"
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Daria · on January 26, 2018 at 9:57 AM
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I would do celebrating instead of honoring as well.
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Mcskipper · on January 26, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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I agree that I like “celebrating” but looks perfect to me.
i like the numbers in the time instead of written out because I think it helps convey the causal vibe
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herecometheclarks · on January 26, 2018 at 10:01 AM
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Ooh I like celebrating!! And I’ll make up another one with them written out for my FH to look at. Thanks y’all!
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edecker · on January 26, 2018 at 10:03 AM
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I agree with PP's celebrating instead of honoring, and writing out the time. 2PM - 4PM looks really unprofessional (not that professionalism is required in a wedding). I think your wording is very nice in saying "open house honoring the recent marriage of..." I think the best way to say "come and go as you please" is exactly that, or maybe "please don't feel obliged to stay the entirety unless you wish" but that sounds a lot crazier than "feel free to come and go as you please". As far as fonts go, I think that it looks very churchy. Very old-lady like to me.
Great job! Keep up the great work! Cant wait to see the finalized version!
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Rachel · on January 26, 2018 at 10:16 AM
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If you change honoring to celebrating and fix the times, the wording will be perfect. I don't care for the design though. It does seem a bit too flamboyant for an open-house reception. Maybe find something similar, but with fewer swirls and flowers. A simple border will also clean up the look in general.
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herecometheclarks · on January 26, 2018 at 10:18 AM
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Thanks so much edecker! I was in a rush so I just used the provided fonts and format- including the time written like that. Where would you put ‘come and go as you please’? I like the idea of adding it.
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herecometheclarks · on January 26, 2018 at 10:19 AM
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Rachel, so you would think something much simpler for an open house reception? I’ve never been to one (let alone hosted one) so I have no idea but that sounds nice!
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Emily · on January 26, 2018 at 10:30 AM
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I don't think "open house" needs to be stated so prominently in the top section. This is what I would do:
Please join us to celebrate the recent marriage of
Alicia and Austin Clark
June 30, 2018
2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon
Open house reception
Just a note as well: if you are going to spell out the time, it should be "From two o'clock to four o'clock in the afternoon". And you should also spell out the date as well: "Saturday the thirtieth of June, two thousand eighteen" to be consistent.
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