We finished a letterpress invitation that incorporated the use of a pocket fold or “pocket folder.” This video shows how to assemble a letterpress invitation pocket fold for your wedding or any other special occasion. (Had a little trouble with the audio track on this one but we’re sure you’ll get the idea.) Special thanks to Dick and Jane Letterpress as well as Nick and Nicole Kampa, Brian and Natalie Durk, Keisha Bigelow, and Katie Evans and Dick and Jane Letterpress in the St Paul/Minneapolis area. Be sure to visit dickandjaneletterpress.com for the nations most affordable letterpress printing. Up-front pricing, images, contact and free samples available online. xoxo

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So my fiance and I are getting married in June and we’ve decided not to send out invitations. We created a wedding website through The Knot where people could RSVP if they planned to attend. I posted this site on my Facebook page but soon realized that the RSVPs weren’t working. In an act of desperation to have an idea of who will actually be coming, I created a Facebook event and sent invites to my friends and family that I wanted to attend. So, many of you are asking, why not invitations? My fiance has a HUGE family…one of his five brothers has 12 children and then he’s got his mom’s side of the family as well. Not just that but I work at a public school and I plan to extend an invitation to all employees, which can get pretty expensive if you plan on sending an invite to all of them. And in further addition to all of this my dad is a pastor who will invite the church members, which would include even more invitations at .40 cent per stamp. So I guess what I’m asking is how you would feel if you received a Facebook invite to a wedding. Please bare in mind that the invite does have my linked website with additional information and a link to directly contact me…so it’s not like I’m doing this to invite those that I don’t feel like sending invitations. To me, this seems like a no brainer because I’m 21 and a tech specialist at a school..but I want to hear what others would think about it.
Keep in mind the Facebook invitation are only for the people that are my age and that I went to school with. For the older people that I intend on inviting, there will be an announcement in the newspaper that announces that all friends and family are invited to attend.
Thanks everyone for the input…along with the comments about the idea being low class, tacky, and cheap I would like for all of you to take a second to think about a very important fact. How many of you really believe that a standard mail service other than package delivery will be available in the next 10 to 15 years? It’s not that I’m trying to be cheap or tacky but it is just what my generation has come to and I’ve had 20 of the 60 invited through Facebook contact me saying that they will be attending. This is a significant number since the invite has only been up for a little over a day. In addition to this I live in south Georgia…every wedding announcement in our newspaper states that "No local invitations will be sent. All friends and relatives are invited to attend." So it’s not that uncommon to not send invitations. However, I will more than likely end up doing invitations but it will not be because of the close minded and ignorant remarks I’ve received on here. Thanks guys

I’m a groom to be and I accidentally screwed up some of the envelopes that actually hold the invitation itself. Out of curiosity I was wondering how someone else would have handled the same situation.

If you accidentally stamped the return address on the inside envelope, (the one that actually holds the invitation) would you still use it or throw it away? I probably did this to about 15-20 of them. The return address is on the back so its not that obvious.
I know this isn’t a huge deal, but I was just curious and here’s a quick chance for you to get an easy 3 points.

Okay, as I am thinking over everything I need to include with my invitations, I am wondering how to do it all.

Here’s what I need to include:

The invitation
The RSVP card and envelop
The reception name and address
The hotel name, address, and phone number where we have booked rooms
Directions to the church

I was going to put the name of the reception and the address at the bottom of the invitation, but I don’t think there is enough room.

Also, we are including directions to the reception from the church in the ceremony program.

Can I combine cards and put reception details, hotel details, and directions to church on one card?

Also, I have heard it is not acceptable to include any cards about registries. Is this correct?

Lastly, should be RSVP envelop be already addressed with a stamp?

Sorry for so many questions! Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks!

I need help with a few things here..
1. How early before the wedding should invitations be sent out? [We didn't do Save-the-Dates]
2. They say it’s rude to send where you’re registered in the invitation.. So how do people know?
3. Would it be rude to not send a stamped and self-addressed envelope with the RSVP cards?
4. Do bridesmaids already know that they buy their own dresses, or should I tell them?

Thanks for all your help!

We are getting married in 3 weeks. A lot of people have not responded to our invitations.

Inside of each invitation was a self-addressed stamped envelope. All the invitees had to do was write in how many were coming.

We have to pay per meal. I don’t want to purchase extra meals in case these people come to the wedding and just forgot to respond.

I have mentioned it to several people I know well that did not send theirs back and they said they had just set the card aside and meant to send it back.

Should I contact the other people that have not responded to see if they are going to come? I don’t want to be rude… but it is very frustrating to plan a wedding and not know how many guests there will be.

What is the best way to deal with this problem?