(Closed) Reception details on invitation

posted 5 years ago in Paper
Post # 1
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694 posts
Busy bee
  • Wedding: October 2013

I am going to order pocketfold invitations and do the printing myself. the way it will look is there will be the main invitation card and then 3 insert cards to the side of it. we are having an outdoor ceremony at a park so on the main invitation I have put the ceremony details but I am finding it looks too cluttered to fit the reception details on there also so I want to put the reception details on one of the enclosure cards. Is that ok? Or do both the ceremony and reception details need to be on the same card? 

I’ve looked at friends invitations but they had their ceremonies in churches so it would make sense if the reception details were on a separate card but because our ceremony is in a park I dont want our guests to somehow not see the reception card and just think the ceremony and reception are at the same place. Hope that makes sense!

Another thing is on one of the enclosures I will be including a map for the ceremony with parking directions as the parking is a bit complicated so is it ok on the main invitation card with the ceremony details to write under the address “please refer to map & parking directions”?

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Post # 3
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Bumble bee
  • Wedding: November 2011

Regarding the reception info, I think its totally fine to put it on a second card.  Normal, really, and no one will think that just because the info isn’t on the invite that there isn’t a second location – that’s only if the ceremony and reception are in the same place, and “reception to follow” is used, without a reception card.

Regarding directions, don’t put “see directions/map card” on the invite.  Just let it be a separate card.

For the most part, I would hope that guests would look at all pieces of your invitation and not make assumptions.  

Post # 4
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Bumble Beekeeper
  • Wedding: April 2013

We did the same thing and just labeled the inserts.  I think your guests will figure it out without you having to put “see directions/map card”.  Here’s a pic

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