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I got my order from Paper Source today, and I’m. In. Love. Also, I’m about to kill my cat for trying to walk all over it (not really… it’s not his fault I spread it all out to make googoo eyes at it).
The “Gravel” envelopes are just as serious as I’d hoped, and the “Cement” cards and paper are calm and neutral. Love. The “Starlight Sapphire” (gag, name) inserts are just a little bit shiny, and together they form one serious image. In contrast to the handwritten invites we decided on, this is just perfection!
I’m still struggling a bit with the wording.
The stationery is nice and serious, and a handwritten invite lends a personal touch… so how formal should the wording be? I think it would be silly to hand write “The honor of your presence is requested at the wedding of {my man’s full name} and {my full name}” when we’re doing the inviting and we’re handwriting said invite.
On the other hand, “Come join us to celebrate” is so, well, simple. I know, I know, that’s what I was going for, but I also want people to know how important it is to us that they be a part of our celebration, because we love them and they love us.
I’m over thinking, aren’t I? Did anyone else feel that formal invites were too much for their casual affair?
Here’s what we used:
[My full name]
and
[His full name]
invite you to join them
in celebrating their marriage
Friday, the 31st of October
two thousand and eight
at [time] in the evening
[Venue location]
[City and state]
It was simple but looked really nice. Good luck, and I love your paper! [The things we say on Weddingbee, right?]
That post doesn’t mention that we’re going to handwrite our invites. Our guest list is only around 60, so we only need 25ish invites, and we thought a handwritten invite would be sweet.
YOU CAN be in love with stationary! Got my menu proofs and I’m in LOVE with them 
I love Justine’s suggestion or maybe you can make them all different since you only have to do a few — so it would be super personal?
I am struggling with the same thing - I want something simple, but not really, for our casual destination wedding.
I am also debating between using the first and third person…a handwritten invitaiton might “sound” better in the first - “We invite you/Come joing us to celebrate…” etc.
Let us know what you come up with!
@Kristin: Yes, exactly. It’s a bit disingenuous for me to hand write “FirstName LastName and FirstName LastName would like you…” when c’mon, everyone knows we’re (ahem, I’m) writing them. It’s like those people at parties that talk about themselves in the third person. “Jason finally went to the gym and is looking Good!” — said BY Jason.
I love the idea of hand written invitations!! It’s so personal and lovely!! I really wanted to do that but then we decided to just have them printed. Offbeatbride.com has some examples of invitation wording that you should definitely check out!
I know, I know, I’m a total loser for replying to my own posts. I’m okay with that.
We’re leaning toward something like: “Because you’ve loved us and supported us, we’d love for you to join us to celebrate with us. On Saturday, May Whatever at Sometime, we’ll pledge ourselves to one another in the clearing behind our home. Be there with us. Cocktail party reception to follow under the stars — dress to the nines!”
Whaddya think? And how big a dork am I if I break out the silver Gelly Roll pens to write the invites?
I think the formal invites are too stuffy. Especially for an outdoor casual affair (like we’re having). This is what we’ll (most likely) be using…
Please join us in a celebration of love, laughter, family & friendship as
full name & full name
begin their new life as husband and wife.
location
date
time
food, fun & games to follow.
Our guest list is at 64, but I think thats a high estimate. Yay! for intimate weddings
Miss Cheese that’s a wonderful idea and such a personal touch. Think it will be very meaningful to your guests.
Btw..I’m an encore bride too! Your papers are lovely btw. When i get a chance, I’m gonna zoom down to papersource (we got a brand new store! happy dance! )
I love the wording you came up with! Sounds perfect.
I had casual looking invitations for my destination wedding, but still did the formal “The honor of your presence is requested at the marriage of….” because I just love the traditional wording (minus all the parent stuff). In retrospect, it may have been a little silly, but I love them, so I guess that’s what matters!
When I saw your paper my first thought was, silver jelly pens would look great on that!
I think your wording in comment 8 sounds very personable and fun. The only addition I would make is to sign the invite with both of your full names (e.g.: love, full name and full name).
No matter how you word it, the invitation proper should absolutely have both your full names on it somehow. That to me is very important! How else will posterity remember who it is from?
@Miss Cheese: I really like the wording you’ve used, but I’d recommend cutting out one or two of the “us”-es in the first sentence. I’d write it either as:
Because you’ve loved and supported us, we’d love for you to join us to celebrate.
or
Because you’ve loved us and supported us, we’d love for you to join us to celebrate.
I think that “join us to celebrate with us” was a little redundant.
(Sorry, I used to be an editor!)
I really like the idea of handwritten invites, and the paper is lovely!
With the help of your love and support we have found our special someone. Please join us to celebrate our love in marriage on at ……am/pm on May… in the meadow at our home.
@bellenga: “Encore bride” — I love that!
@chelseamorning: Good point.
@Tamara: I had the same thought. I’m over “us”ing it. Cheesy, I am.
@tberry: I suppose “meadow” is a bit nicer than “clearing,” though we do call it “the clearing.” Oooh. “Celebrate our love in marriage” is perfecto!
What might be fun would be to handwrite the invite but actually Gocco it onto the paper!
I’ve heard that “The Honour of Your Presence” is used for church ceremonies and “The Pleasure of Your Company” is used for non-church ceremonies, but who says you have to follow that?! We’re hosting ours ourselves outside and haven’t decided on the wording yet. I do like “Come Celebrate”.
oops skip the extra on it should be “Please join us to celebrate our love in marriage at….am/pm on …… in the meadow behind our home.”
(Clearing sounds overly rustic and even a bit dirty instead of romantic and lovely.)
Hooray for handwritten invitations!
I found these and thought they’re cute:
http://www.i-do-it-yourself.com/2008/10/handwriting-fonts/
Hope this helps.
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Mrs. Cheese, Knoxville Age and Occupation: 29, Engineering Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, CAD Designer Engagement Date: July 31, 2008 Wedding Date: May, 2009 Blogging Since: October 16, 2008 Venue: Our home and the two acres it sits on About Me: I’m an emotional girl who loves sentimental things, parenthetical asides, and trying to do things herself. I can cook, sew, am a whiz at planning, terrible at delegating, and totally in love with my fiancé (who will be my second husband but first love of the rest of my life). For our home/ garden/ DIY wedding, we’ll be moonlighting as interior designers, home improvers, and gardeners with the help of our fabulous friends and neighbors. We can’t wait to be married, and are learning how fun getting married can be.
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