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Photo Courtesy of
Jerry Schrader
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:
Response cards are placed inside their
own envelopes
Tissue paper is placed over the invitation
to ensure against smudging
The invitation is placed in the ungummed
inside envelope, fold-side down and face-side toward the flap.
All enclosures are placed inside the
envelope on the top of the invitation.
The inside envelope is placed in the
outer mailing envelope face-side toward the flap
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