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 Reception cards:
Even if you're inviting everyone to both the ceremony and the
reception, you may want a separate enclosure with the wording." The
pleasure of your company is requested at the reception..." It is
equally proper to put the reception information on the wedding
invitation with the words "Reception immediately following at..."
Printed
Directions/Maps: sometimes these are provided by your
reception coordinator for enclosure with your invitations; if not,
you'll have to order them or you can print them yourself from
mapquest.com. Maps and
directions should be printed or clearly photo copied for inclusion
with a formal invitation.
Ceremony Cards:
These are needed when more people are invited to the
reception than to the ceremony. The main invitation is to the
reception, and the enclosure is for the ceremony. Formats are
essentially reversed.
Response Cards:
These days, when many are careless about responding promptly, and when
many are no longer aware of the old rule of etiquette that mandated a
written response to wedding invitations. You can save yourself some
aggravation by including RSVP cards with stamped self addressed
envelopes. Guests simply check whether or not they will attend, and
mail them back.
Pew Cards:
Should you need to be so elaborate in your affairs and need your
guests to prove they were actually invited, a pew card would read,
"Please present this card at St. Johns Cathedral on Sunday, the
Seventh of July."
If your invitations
contain several enclosures, the proper order of placement is:
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Response cards are
placed inside their own envelopes
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Tissue paper is placed
over the invitation to ensure against smudging
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The invitation is
placed in the ungummed inside envelope, fold-side down and face-side
toward the flap.
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All enclosures are
placed inside the envelope on the top of the invitation.
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The inside envelope
is placed in the outer mailing envelope face-side toward the flap
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