Lioness Invitations: The Secret

Lioness Invitations: The Secret

January 13th, 2011 @ 2:18 pm by Mrs. Lioness
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Mrs. Hamster recently explained the importance of numbering your response cards. Apparently it’s quite common for guests to send in their RSVP and simply forget to put their name on it. I’m sure we will have our fair share of RSVP errors, so if there’s something we can do on our end to minimize the number of mishaps, I’m all for it! I am definitely in favor of a little extra work to save my sanity in the long run. Basically, I’m just trying to prevent this kind of a situation:

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The solution:

invisible ink. As Mrs. Cherry Blossom, Mrs. Socks, and Mrs. Sewing have previously discussed, this stuff is brilliant! I found a set of two invisible ink pens on eBay for $2.00. Each pen has a marker tip on one end and a little black light on the other. We simply assigned each household a number on our guest list spreadsheet, then wrote the corresponding number on the back of each response card. Invisible to the naked eye, yet very helpful to those with the right tools:

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Has anyone stumbled upon any other fun tricks to help make the RSVP process a little easier?

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12 Responses to “Lioness Invitations: The Secret”

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Venessa (message) 256 posts, Helper bee

Would you want to sell one of your ink pens? I am looking for one also to # our RSVP cards.

Thanks,
Venessa
varmentrout@hotmail.com

1/13/11 @ 2:22 pm (reply)

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glamfish500 (message) 262 posts, Helper bee

He he, I want to do this and write silly things on the cards to see if anyone would notice. Maybe I’ll offer a prize for finding the message.

1/13/11 @ 2:26 pm (reply)

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Jessica

such an amazing idea!!! and i love the bridezilla pic!

1/13/11 @ 2:34 pm (reply)

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klawran (message) 11 posts, Newbee

I printed each guest’s name on the RSVP card with a place to check whether they are attending or not next to each name. I also did this so that people with children hopefully get the hint that their kids are not invited (I’m going the child-free route!).

1/13/11 @ 2:35 pm (reply)

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shericamarie (message) 106 posts, Blushing bee

i did the same as KLAWRAN - it was easy for people to just check a box to say if they were going to be there or not and so far i haven’t got any write ins

for people who got a +1 we wrote “i will be bringing a guest” with a check box for yes or no.

1/13/11 @ 2:43 pm (reply)

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Miss Bubbles (message) 186 posts, Blushing bee

Another really easy solution that doesn’t require the use of invisble ink or any extra lists/paperwork is just writing the guest’s name as the return address on the RSVP card they are sending back addressed to you. You know the second you open your mailbox who is replying to you.

If you’re paying a calligrapher by the word or inviting several hundred guests, maybe it’s not feasible, but everyone I know who has gotten married in the last year has done this (either through stamps, stickers or their own handwriting) and have had no confusion whatsoever.

1/13/11 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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chelseamorning (message) 2,252 posts, Buzzing bee

For a less-fancy and more cheap option, you can just use pencil. If you write lightly on the back corner of the RSVP card it is hardly noticeable. I did this with my invites and it came in handy. Some people forgot to write their names on the cards and we could easily figure out who they were.

1/13/11 @ 2:56 pm (reply)

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FutureSteelFox (message) 155 posts, Blushing bee

I did the same as chelseamorning. Lightly in pencil up next to the stamp and no one noticed. My dad thought I was crazy and didn’t get why I spent all the extra time and effort when people would surely remember to write in their names. Well… the FIRST card that came back had no name, and it was from HIS best friend! I may have done an I-told-you-so dance