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With so much on your mind when planning a wedding
you would think that sending out the invitations
is no big deal. For something that seems so effortless
it can be an easier said than done task. Take it
from me, and to steer clear of a 12 round decision
with your fiancée you want to make sure
that when you are stuffing those envelopes, you
should in fact pay attention. It was my job to
coordinate and stuff all of the bits and pieces
into the invitations. What a mistake that was.
I, but not on purpose as my now wife would say,
left out some minor details in about half of the
invitations. I forgot to put in the directions
to the reception. Well I did not know which of
the invitations had the directions and which ones
did not. And once you seal you pre-printed envelope
you cannot open them back up. So we had to re-send
to our entire guest list a second letter with the
directions and apologizing for my blunder. This
took twice as long, cost us more in postage and
gave me a colossal headache. Needless to say 5
years later I still hear about how I almost ruined
our wedding. What you need to do is work together
on this project and set you self-up like an assembly
line.
There are quite a few details that are entered into
a wedding invitation. You have the invitation itself
which has it's own envelope, the church location
and directions; the reception location and directions,
the return card with a self-address stamped envelope
and the little piece of soft paper that go in between
each layer of information. Setup the proper order
of how the information should be displayed in the
envelope then work down the line putting each item
in the proper place .The first secret I can divulge
is to stuff all the envelopes and have you fiancée
double check them before sealing the envelopes. This
way he or she cannot put the full blame on you if
there is anything left out. The second secret is
to try and get a family member or friend to take
responsibility for this task. You would be surprised
in how many people actually like doing things like
this. If for some reason you cannot escape the horror
of organizing the invitations just remember to take
you time and double check you work.
Good luck.
Chris D'Cicco
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