Post # 1
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Helper bee
Okay bees, I may have a slight dilemma and could use some help and/or some reassurance/advice.
Our wedding is May 26,2013, Memorial Weekend, but on that Sunday. I have yet to do invites. The reason being is most of the money for our wedding, including invites are being paid for with my Tax refund. We have a 14 month old daughter and since we are not married yet I am considered a single mother and so the refund will be quite substantial. However, my boss, small company, likes to wait until the very last minute to disperse W2’s. In turn this means my tax refund will be coming later than expected. My mother has offered to cover cost of invites until my check comes in so I am now getting them ordered and accumilating addresses and such. Guest list and venue have been done.
Is this going to be too late? Most of our guests only live about 2 hours away and are family so they do know when the wedding date is and have already planned accordingly. I am just worried I haven’t given them enough time. I already wanted a small wedding so I wouldn’t complain if a lot of them couldn’t make it, but I don’t want to put them in the situation to have to say no due to already making plans.
ETA: I did not do STD’s. Would this be a problem?
Post # 3
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Sugar bee
You are perfectly fine on time, three months is the most they need but even a little less than that is fine.
Post # 4
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Helper bee
Also, what do you think of my invites?
And do I need to put that rooms have been blocked at the hotel for them to use if they would like?
Post # 5
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Sugar Beekeeper
As long as the printer doesn’t take forever you should be fine.
In the future, if you have less withheld, you won’t be at the mercy of your boss to give you your W2 to have access to money that’s allready yours!
Post # 6
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Sugar bee
I think the invite is pretty but the first sentence ‘today I marry my best friend’ is a little out of place, seems kind of random.
Are you going to have any other cards with the invites? If so, put the room information on another information card.
Post # 7
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Honey bee
- Wedding: January 2013 - Harbourfront Grand Hall
@BushelAndAPeck: “Today I Marry My Friend” seems out of place to me.
You don’t need the “and” in 2013
I would suggest doing an accomodations card, or maybe at the bottom of your invite put the website and people can go there for more info on accomodations.
Post # 8
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Helper bee
@crayfish: See, I am a little worried about getting them back in time, however I have used Vistaprint numerous times and so far have been sent in a timely fashion, just never know.
Also, I am a terrible saver, I use my taxes to save money the best way I can so I actually have extra taken out every check. I wish I could take less out because paychecks would be better but then I would just blow it on stupid things like another shirt I absolutely DO NOT need! lol
@Birdee106: Oh good! I am such a procrastinator it’s a tad ridonkulous! lol Thanks for the quick reply. I have literally done nothing for the wedding and I know I am going to be stressed to the gills getting this together!
Post # 9
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Helper bee
@Birdee106: Any suggestions on a different wording? We are paying for our own wedding and so having either parent’s name seems odd as well.
Post # 10
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Helper bee
@mchitt329: I didn’t even realize I had put “and” lol good thing they have not been ordered! I do plan to post the finish product on here for proofreading before submitting the order. Thank you for pointing that out to me! That’s also not the actual address, I seem to have deleted the email with the hotel’s address so need to update that as well.
Post # 11
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Helper bee
@Birdee106: oh, I have reception/rsvp cards to go with as well that have a few extra lines for hotel information. We are doing a pasta buffet so do not need entree choices on there so had planned to add info there.
Post # 12
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Sugar bee
@BushelAndAPeck: We didn’t want either parents names on ours either. Ours said,
‘You are invited to celebrate the beginning
of our new life together as we
Birdee106 & Mr.Birdee106
are united as
husband and wife’
Post # 13
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Helper bee
These are the reception cards. Should I add hotel info where it requests the entree choices since there is a buffet?
Post # 14
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Sugar bee
@BushelAndAPeck: Then yes, add info about the rooms.
Post # 15
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Helper bee
@Birdee106: Yeah, I may steal that! Love it! 🙂
Post # 16
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Sugar bee
@BushelAndAPeck: Go for it, I really enjoyed creating my own invitations. So much more freedom for it to say whatever you want! Good luck!
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