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Hey ya's. I will probably be ordering my wedding invitations within the next day or two. I'm doing it online through Wholesale Invitations.
My question is at the bottom of the invite, I've seen before that people add a bit of a "timeline" at the bottom left or right hand corners. We wanted to word our invitations as shown here (envision the first part being flushed center):
Walter C-- and
Barbara C--
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Lindsay Marie C--
to
Stan Robert N--
Son of Frank and Mercedes N--
on Saturday, September the second,
Two thousand and six
at four o’clock in the afternoon
at the K-- C--Cl-- Hall
47 R---
St. Albert, Alberta
(And here's where I'm having trouble.)
Marriage Ceremony at 4:00 p.m.
Cocktails at 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Reception at 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Dance at 9:00 p.m.
Midnight Lunch to Follow
Cash Bar
Problem is, I only have 3 lines to put all this stuff in! I've read before that people actually mention "Cash Bar" to avoid people attending the reception under the impression that there would be free alcohol, etc. Rather than get back into the whole debate of the dreaded "t" word for our bar situation, my questions are:
How can I fit all that I have written onto three lines nicely? I really feel that a timeline is essential but perhaps I can cut out the Midnight Lunch mentioning. I put that in though to ease the readers into the whole "Cash Bar Situation" and I feel that's kinda sorta important.
Opinions and suggestions needed! Thanks!
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I think you might be adding a bit too much detail (especially because thing almost never start/end exactly on time  I personally don't think you need to mention the midnight buffet (your MC or DJ can announce it during the dance). How about this: Ceremony at 4:00 PM, cocktails to follow
Reception at 5:30 PM, dance to follow
Cash bar You could put cash bar in a smaller font as it's merely a courtesy note and not on the wedding agenda per se (that's what we did on our reception cards). Hope this helps!
~ Jenn2006
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| You could do:
Cocktails at 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Reception to follow
Cash Bar
I would't include the ceremony time as it is usually stated in the larger text of the invitation. I would make sure to mention cash bar becuase I know that I never take cash to weddings. Just my opinion.
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Awesome, you're all awesome. Thank you! You're both completely right. I love both ideas. *Gone to work on invitation wording...*
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jenn2006 (4/27/2006)
I think you might be adding a bit too much detail (especially because thing almost never start/end exactly on time I personally don't think you need to mention the midnight buffet (your MC or DJ can announce it during the dance). How about this: Ceremony at 4:00 PM, cocktails to follow
Reception at 5:30 PM, dance to follow with midnight buffet
Cash bar You could put cash bar in a smaller font as it's merely a courtesy note and not on the wedding agenda per se (that's what we did on our reception cards). Hope this helps!
~ Jenn2006 I like this suggestions .. but I would add "with midnight buffet" as I did above so that ppl will know about it. ..... just my opinion
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Me too... that says everything I wanted to say. You guys are geniuses!
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| We worded our like this. Cocktails at 5pm Reception to follow Cash Bar Hope that helps ~Nicole
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