Just my small rant. I hate invites that don’t include last names. “Sue and Dave are getting married” doesn’t help me determine WHICH Sue OR Dave it might be. Whose kid is that?
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We received an invitation like that once, and I had no clue who the couple were or if we knew one of the parents. The names were not names I recognized, but once my husband saw it, he said it was from one of the nurses at the hospital he worked at. I almost threw it out figuring if I didn’t know either of the ones getting married, I didn’t need to be invited! Oh, and there was no return address on the invitation!
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Well I make printout of key info. Sometimes a screenshot photo too.
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We once got what we thought was a save the date in January for a late August wedding. It said keep checking for the website. It ended up being the wedding invitation. Everything was on the website but it was very unclear. The bride and groom both Harvard grads and the bride also a Harvard law grad.
My daughter had to be clear on her website for guests to print out the directions as the venue was in a cellphone dead zone.
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We got a save the date card today. The return address on the back was “The Future Mr. and Mrs. LastNameOfGroom.” Guess she’ll be changing her name!
Husband is annoyed (it’s his cousin’s daughter) that the wedding is the week between Rosh HaShona and Yom Kippur on the opposite coast. Timing would too tight.
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Do you think you’ll be able to attend? It’s always nice to see family but not always possible when far away.
Did I ask this question before? Sorry if it’s a repeat.
D1’s smaller wedding (about 75) is in a month. They also have a smallish registry. They have been getting gifts for a few weeks at their house.
Do people still do like a card box at the wedding? I haven’t been to many wedding lately to know if this is still a thing.
If you do a card box, make sure someone is watching it. Unfortunately, they are easy to steal.
But yes, I’ve been to a couple of weddings within the last 5 years that still had a box for cards and a gift table. The two I remember had the receptions in the church all so there weren’t a lot of ‘outside’ people wandering like there would be at a hotel (church or family members were doing the food set up and cleaning).
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Likely not; tremendous amount of flying then driving. Amusingly it’s across the Hudson from the town we stayed in overnight last year on our way up to nephew’s wedding in Saratoga Springs. That was enough of an effort and expense to arrange.
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DD’s wedding is also next month and just about the same size. They will have a card box at the reception.
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D’s wedding was a bit larger but we did have a card box. There was no gift table as we figured anyone who wanted to give a gift did so through their registry.
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D1 is also having a card box of some sort for her May wedding. The wedding coordinator will be in charge of it.
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S had similar-sized wedding and a small wooden card box. They got a lot of cards that nephew kept safely and gave us at end of reception to take home. A few people did bring small gifts.
Lots of wedding activity for us lately. Yesterday D1 had her first dress fitting. Hoping alterations don’t take too long. Then we went shopping and found her shoes and one honeymoon swimsuit. Today I am thinking about the veil. Our plan is for me to remake mine so I need to get started- if I fail we have time to pick up a premade one!
For D2 we have a new idea for location. Earlier I had mentioned they wanted to get married in their college town, but finding a church to use as an outsider was a problem. As far as using her home church, her complaint was lack of hotels and venue options. But I just remembered a venue nearby, in the town where the hotels are, that she didn’t know about. She’s loving it so far online because its unique look fits her theme perfectly. It would solve the church problem and actually make it convenient for people to stay in the hotels in that town. They want to tour it as soon as they can. They are still going to tour the one in college town next week. But I am excited that we have another option that might work in all respects.
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You’re getting there! 
on the veil and the venues!
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Question;
The bathrooms are D’s venue are totally fine but kind of basic. It’s an older building and while clean and functional, not swanky at all!
We want to put a basket of helpful items in each bathroom. Nice hand lotion, hand sanitizer, Tylenol, feminine products, mints, etc
You can tell me what you provided in a basket but even more - what have you found yourself USING from a bathroom basket at a wedding?
Also what kind of things might a men’s bathroom find beneficial??
Bandaids, I’ve got thin skin and have used them on several occasions.
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Our florist threw in the ladies room basket - not sure what was included. But one thing I did get was some nice floral paper towels to dress things up a bit.
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Guys like “funny.” For funny & useful, maybe some of the spray like Poo-pourri and a tube of Mando?
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Little sewing kits or supplies for loose hems and buttons might be nice.
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