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Mrs. Firefly, New York Age and Occupation in 06: 31, Attorney Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35, Finance Engagement Date: April 11, 2004 Wedding Date: June, 2006 Venue: Battery Gardens About Me: I was born in the city of Donetsk in the former Soviet Union (now the Ukraine) and grew up in Brooklyn. Many of my parent's friends are from Russia and the Ukraine as well. We want all of our guests to have a great time and hit the dance floor so we've hired a band that can play both Russian and American music; not to mention a mean rendition of the Gypsy Kings and chair-raising hora!
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The Invites Went Out!!!!

April 19th, 2006 @ 1:11 pm by Mrs. Firefly

This morning, I brought my invitations over to the Rockefeller Center Post Office. It feels great to have them out of my hands, but now I have to worry that the mail-stealing elf doesn’t wreck havoc on me (he often does a number on my pairs of socks).

A few lessons learned:

1) My parents are hosting (and paying for) the wedding, so I put their contact as the return address on the invite and as the RSVP address. In hindsight, I should have used my address for the RSVPs since I’ll be the one keeping the tally. My parents live a few blocks away from me, so it’s not a big deal to pick the RSVPS up every day, but something to think about if your parents live in another town.

2) At some point in my wedding planning process I saw these envelopes and fell in love with the interoffice ties (the “do-hickies”). I thought they were the coolest. I needed to have them. I got them. And they’ve been a total pain in the arse.

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First, I was planning on having addresses on the envelopes computer “calligraphered” by Inkspun for a whopping 39 cents each. It only occurred to me after I had the envelopes in hand that the do-hickies would probably jam a printer.

With only 2 weeks to get the invites out, I did a frantic search on The Knot message boards. I emailed a bunch of calligraphers. I went with the first person to get back to me, Melanie at Sugar Dipped Designs (she was in California, so had a leg up on the competition and emailed me back that night). I have to say that I LOVE the results. The cost wasn’t too bad either — $1.50 per envelope, although after you factor in the FedEx charges, it probably wound up costing $2.00 per envelope.

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Lastly, the do-hickies took forever to tie — probably added over an hour to the invitation assembly process. Now I’m worried that they will untie and get caught in a sorter.

3) Postage: I had a full invitation set weighed several times at the post office and the invite weighed exactly one ounce, meaning that 39 cent postage was enough. I wish I had gone with 63 cent stamps instead… just in case. My nightmare is that the invites will be returned to me for insufficient postage.

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… And a few things I did right!

1) I mailed myself a fully stuffed invite. It came in one piece. The do-hicky stayed tied. The postage was apparently sufficient. But I’m still worried.

2) I numbered the addressee list I sent to the calligrapher. As I assembled the invites, I penciled in the corresponding number on the back of the RSVP card so that I can identify the responses even if people don’t fill out their names.

5 Responses to “The Invites Went Out!!!!”

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Mrs. Bee says:

I had my invitations weighed and I sent out 1/2 the batch with the postage amount they told me. When I went to mail the second batch, they weighed it and told me it was actually more!!! I freaked out!!! But all the invites arrived safely so I wouldn’t worry.

I was SO happy to get my invites out. You must be so relieved!

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angie says:

thanks for the heads up on marking the invites/reply cards. good idea! i think i’m going to do that b/c i know a lot of my father’s friends will forget to fill out their name.

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Al says:

Wow, luck you. I wish my parents were paying for the wedding. You arent like 20 years old who does that anymore?

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kanipark says:

wow wow wow… that’s a lot of info :)
great idea with the numbering…

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Larissa says:

It is such a relief to get the invitations out. I ended up having to use both the 63 and 39 cent stamp since my invitations were right at the 2 oz mark. One thing I learned is that the US postal service is awful! I mailed out my invitations back in March and several never arrived - others were only recieved in the past week - 4 entire weeks after they were mailed!!!


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Mrs. Firefly Mrs. Firefly, New York Age and Occupation in 06: 31, Attorney Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35, Finance Engagement Date: April 11, 2004 Wedding Date: June, 2006 Venue: Battery Gardens About Me: I was born in the city of Donetsk in the former Soviet Union (now the Ukraine) and grew up in Brooklyn. Many of my parent's friends are from Russia and the Ukraine as well. We want all of our guests to have a great time and hit the dance floor so we've hired a band that can play both Russian and American music; not to mention a mean rendition of the Gypsy Kings and chair-raising hora!