Wedding Invite Mistake

That's kind of an important thing to have on the invitation.....

All I can tell you is that if it were me, I would reprint the invitations (zazzle does it for free, and we got ours from zazzle so I wouldn't even think about it) and I'd also get a little insert explaining the mistake on the first invitation in a "cute" way, and send those out to the ones we already sent. That's what I would do!

I think you need to reprint them. The date is a pretty important detail. As a guest, I wouldn't want to have to go searching for the date. If you want me to show up, you need to clearly tell me the date, time and location.

You obviously didn't proof read...

Um.... yeah that's a big fuck up. Sorry. You should re print the invitations. That's basically the entire purpose.

If you can't afford to re-print them then maybe you could include a directions card and write the date and time on it? That way its at least somewhere. I would re-print them tho if its not too big of a charge.

@Whitney I did proofread as did my fiancé. But apparently we didn't proofread well enough.

@Amanda I did think about that. A lot of people have RSVP'ed already though. When I say we sent several out, we actually have sent out the majority. No one said anything to us until my FMIL mentioned it casually to my fiancé. The only people who don't have a wedding invitation already are a few local friends and the people in the wedding party. I knew it was the point of the invitation, but no one seems to be having any trouble figuring out the date. It does help that we asked people to rsvp through the website though I'm sure.

@ Jennifer As long as its on the website and they have to RSVP through it then I wouldn't worry about it. If you have a majority of your guests on Facebook you could always create and event to remind them as the wedding gets closer. Just to be sure they have the date.

Well, it is one way to get people to RSVP...I mean, they may need to contact you for the date and let you know if they are going to attend. ;-)

I advise reprinting. Your wedding could be any day of the weekend and if they tossed the STD they may not know which.

Reprint just the invite, you won't have as much expense because you already will have envelopes, response cards, etc. Most people use the invite as their reminder, date, time, place and for whom need to be on there.

@Kathy that's what my fiancé said! And people will actually look at our wedding website this way instead of asking me questions that's already answered on the site haha. The more I think about it, the more it kind of works out - we aren't inviting kids but I didn't put that information on the invitation, just on the website. I addressed the invitations to just the parents but there are a lot of people who would still assume that their kids are invited too... so if there's any question on the date, they would be able to find that info and other good info on our website

Do you mind me asking where you got them printed??

If they have to go on the website to RSVP you may be ok. You May have more ppl contacting you asking. I would send something out. Even if its email, text or something to let ppl know just to be safe

I would reprint to be honest.

That's a pretty important detail. Sorry, but I think you really need to reprint.

@TheeOne2Love No one has contacted me to verify the date. Our STDs were magnets so I'm assuming that they are still on everyone's fridge. So far almost everyone we have already sent invites to has RSVP'ed. I will probably send a message out later on just sending a friendly reminder of the date (I'll also include something when we send our rehearsal dinner invites). I was curious as to what everyone else thought but upon further reflection and discussion with my fiancé (who thinks this whole issue is silly and not a big deal) I don't think that reprinting invitations makes sense for this particular situation. I appreciate everyone's input though!

Listen, even professional editors and proofreaders miss things. Sometimes it's simply that you've looked at it so much you think you see it. It happens. I don't think you need to reprint the invitations (which in fact might cause more confusion and people wondering why they got sent 2 invites), but if it's in your budget to do a small postcard with a cute "oops" message that notes the date, it would be worthwhile just to give them something with the date, in addition to your website.

I agree with Michele. Just send a postcard as a supplement to your invite with the date. Put somecute saying on it about your "oopsie" to make it fun.