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Honestly I wouldn't take it seriously. I would think I was being spammed or that it was a joke.

Invitations set tone and if you text out your invitation that is saying a lot about your event. If you want to go with an affordable option, Michaels has really affordable invitations.

As always MrsBdeG has good advice. I wouldn't take an electronic Invitation seriously.

My friends do it for the kids birthday party, where as I'm old school and mail out paper Invites.

For a wedding, it'd be odd and honestly slightly lazy. I'd think it was some joke or family bbq. MrsBdeG is right, it sets a tone. You can't do electronic invites for a formal event and expect people to dress appropriately. Electronic Invites are definitely a more casual vibe thing.

I wouldn't do it.

I seriously considered it but (probably) have decided to do electronic STDs and paper invitations w mostly online rsvps- I'll include rsvp cards for our older guests.

I think it's becoming more and more common. We went to a small wedding in the Bay Area and we didn't think twice about the electronic invite. They used Paperless Post which still allowed them "set the tone" for the wedding. They're both tech people so it seemed natural for them.

Your invites telegraph what type of event you're having. Formal invites with tradional wording tells your guests how to dress and what to expect. If you're doing something very informal it might be appropriate, but expect to do follow up phone calls.

@becca some people actually have backyard BBQs as weddings. That doesn't make their event any less of a wedding than mine or yours.

OP I would prefer a regular invitation. You don't have to go crazy with it, but something on a card that gives people the details. I feel that emails aren't taken as serious. Plus an invitation is in their hands and in their face. I leave invitations on my hallway table until the event is over so it's a constant reminder. Whereas emails, I click read and probably never look at it again.

I sent out one STD/invite where all the details and RSVP was done through wedding website. I refused to pay for traditional invites. No one nearly mails back RSVP cards so it's a huge waste of money.

Would your older guests all be able to manage it? It's hard to imagine sometimes, but not everyone is online. My father still doesn't have home internet and my grandparents have officially given up on email since they can never remember how it works.

If environmentalism is a concern, how about buying from a producer who uses recycled paper only, and who support eco-projects with their profits? There are tons of options on Etsy.

A wedding invitation sets the tone and formality of the event. An e-vite would let me know this is an extremely, I mean an extremely casual event. The only two e-vites I've gotten have been for potluck bring your own chair backyard weddings or celebration of marriages.

ETA: If you want to save on postage and paper you could do electronic only RSVPs- That's a know-your-crowd kind of thing but it might help.

I would ignore it.

We did online RSVPs, which has worked fairly well- we even created a QR code to scan. But I wouldn't do any type of electronic invite- Its so easy for things like that to go to spam, get accidentally deleted, or just ignored (FH honestly has 100s of unread emails right now). And as PP said, it sets a very, very informal tone, no matter how nice the paperless post invite looks on the screen.

You can do electronic rsvps (send paper rsvps for older guests). That's what I'm doing. Sending out paper invites, but having a website to where people can rsvp

I would likely never see that email.

I wouldn't take serious or even notice an electronic invitation probably. I'm horrible about checking emails or FB

I think have a paperless RSVP is fine though - depending on your crowd- which is an option some people choose. Where guests can decline or accept through your website

OP a few of my friends have had this debate and so far they've all decided to send invites. It definitely helps to see the physical paper invite and I like to put them on my fridge or somewhere where I'm always reminded it's coming up. However, they did some welcome drinks the Thursday before the wedding at a local bar and that was a Facebook invite just to have some people come out for a casual drink. I think we'll definitely do paper invites but I might let people either rsvp by mail or go onto our wedding website. A few friends have done that and I loved just going on the website and rsvp there.

Actually, I love the idea of sending e-invitations <3 its cheaper and more eco-friendly

Definitely not a text, but I've seen the e-vites, but still prefer a physical invite. Btw, if you have or know someone who has a Cricut you could make them yourself

My best friend is doing electronic invites. She is super eco-friendly so it works for her and all of us in the crowd. For the older guests she is inviting she will be sending out actual invites with RSVP cards. But for everyone else she will be evites with RSVP link on their wedding website.

If you are worried about the environment, they make invites out of 100% recycled paper or bamboo (which grows fast and therefore is easily renewable). You can also limit how many extra cards and things you put in to minimize paper.

We have friends that used evite because they decided to move their wedding up 12 months and had to plan it all in about two months due to one of their parents becoming very ill. They used evites because they wouldn't have been able to get invitations in time. It's going to be a very nice wedding downtown. Not sure how they pulled it off so quickly but I'm impressed. We had no issues with this kind of invite.

I know two girls from college that did a FB event for their wedding instead of invitations. These were not nice events.