Wedding Invitations - The A-Z

In today's day and age, weddings are becoming moreMessages - There will be a guest book at the church.
and more stressful. And one of the most stressfulWe'd love you
aspects is the "etiquette" issue and how to keepto sign it, and feel free to add your comments.N is for
everyone happy. Thus, more and more people areNight Johnboy! - There will be a bar extension until the
resorting to the "A to Z". A relatively new concept inearly hours of
recent years, it is becoming more and more popular asthe morning. We will be staying at the hotel, so please
a way of giving people information in relation to thefeel free to
wedding day, particular with regard to broachingforego etiquette that says you must wait for the bride
difficult subjects like gifts......and children. If you've alreadyand groom to
made up your mind that a wedding is not a suitableleave.
occasion for people to bring their children along to, then
you'll know how difficult this can be to relay to easilyO is for
offended parents.Hopefully the few ideas that I haveOrder of the Day - The Ceremony will be at 1.45pm
set out below will give you some inspiration on how tosharp. The bride
relay general (and sensitive) information and requestswill not be late! The Hotel will serve dinner at 6.00pm.
to your wedding guests.A is forLive music will
Anne - our bridesmaid.start at 8pm and continue until 10. The DJ will take us
Accommodation - we have attached a list which weinto the early
hope is ofhours of the morning.P is for
assistance to you.B is forPat - the best man.
Brenda - our flowergirlParents - to who we owe so much for their love and
Bridesmaids - Anne, Shirley and TanyaC is forsupport
Children - The hotel will provide an on-site babysitterthroughout the years. The brides parents are *** and
from 8pm***** ***. The
Children - Due to the hotel's limit on numbers, it has notgrooms parents are **** and ****** *******.
beenPhotographs - We will have a professional
possible to invite children, unless specifically named onphotographer there on
your invite.the day, so.......say cheese!Q is for
We apologise if this offends, and hope that you will beQuiet Please! - We would request that you turn off
able tomobile phones
arrange childminders on the day.during the ceremony and speeches.R is for
Celebrant - Fr. John, who we thank for all his help withReply Cards - Please complete and return the reply
ourcards included
preparations, will perform the ceremony.D is forwith your invitations (by 2nd July as we have to let
Directions - We've included directions both to thethe venue know
church, and to thefinal numbers).S is for
hotel. These are mainly for our male guests as theSpeeches - These will follow dinner. They will be
bride knows frominformal, and there
experience that they won't stop to ask anyone.will be an opportunity for guests to speak.T is for
Drink! - Wine will be provided with the meal.Tables - You will find the seating plan at the entrance
Dancing - A band will play from 8pm to 10pm when ato the
DJ will take usreception room. The tables will be named after Walt
into the early hours of the morning.E is forDisney
Etiquette - We'd like everyone to enjoy themselvescharacters!U is for
rather than worryUnited - We will be united in marriage for U to see.V is
about the "done" thing.F is forfor
Family and Friends - This is what weddings are allVegetarian - Please let us know, by use of the reply
about and we lookcard, if you
forward to seeing you all there.G is forrequire a vegetarian meal. Please also let us know if
Gift List - We want you to know that it is youryou suffer from
presence and not yourany food allergies or have any other special
presents that is worth more to us. For those thatrequirements.W is for
have asked, weWeather - We are hoping for a sunny day but don't
have a small list at ***** of *****.H is forforget your
Honeymoon - We will be departing the next day forbrolly, just in case.
JamaicaI is forWine - There will be wine served at the meal.X is for
Invitations........handmade by the bride. Please reply byXtra - If you need any more information, please let us
the 23rd *****know and we'll
do our best to help.Y is for
J is forYou - As our guest we'd like to thank you for making
Joy! - This is what we both feel now that the day isour wedding day
near.K is forvery special.Z is for
Kenneth - our pageboyL is forZodiac - The Groom is a Gemini and the Bride is an
Love - the reason we're getting marriedAries- we're not
Laughter - which we hope the day will be filled withMsure what this means but its worked well so far.
is for