Since my wedding invitation design is pretty much set, it’s time to finalize the guest list and get all the addresses. Finalizing the guest list itself was a hard thing to do - I mean it got to the point that Mr. Flamingo and I were flipping coins to make a decision. Overall we are happy with our choices, but now collecting all the addresses seems to be an even more tedious task.
Now, if I’m not mistaken, etiquette says that the parents of the bride and groom get the job of collecting all the addresses, but what do you do when they simply don’t? I’ve asked them politely, but not everyone is taking their job to heart.
How did you ask the parents? Or are you avoiding that whole step and doing it yourself? Any tips that would help me and other brides-to-be?
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If it’s their friends/family how bout a “I need ____ address or they are not invited to the wedding”?? Maybe that’ll light the fire. We all know how much our parents insist there friends be on the guest list!
Or else maybe stressing the importance of the timing. I know said wedding is 4 months away and this may not seem important today. But it is. We need to collect the addresses (2 weeks), have the invitations addressed (in one month), and in the mail (in two months) before the wedding, so we don’t have 4 months!
I just kept on my husband and my mom. I’d send out a ‘what’s still missing’ list every couple of days.