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Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

tlcoady Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:24 AM+

tlcoady MEMBER SINCE: 11/01 TOTAL POSTS : 136 WEDDING DATE: Oct 26, 2002 WEDDING LOCATION: Undecided..

Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:24 AM

Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

Okay, I have alot of components in my invitation, and I hope that you ladies can help me with the order in which I should put them. Here it goes:

response card w/ envelope
reception card
direction card to reception
direction card to church
hotel reservation card

Thanks, ladies!!

Samanthas Mom Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:32 AM+

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Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:32 AM

Re: Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

I would do this...

#5 response card w/ envelope
#4 reception card
#3 direction card to reception
#2 direction card to church
#1(on bottom) hotel reservation card

Good luck :)

Samanthas Mom Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:34 AM+

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Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:34 AM

Re: Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

make sure you put all that stuff on top of your invitation and if you are doing the tissue paper it goes over the wording of the invitation with all the inserts on top

Niecey Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:38 AM+

Niecey MEMBER SINCE: 6/01 TOTAL POSTS : 5965 WEDDING DATE: Oct 26, 2002

Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:38 AM

Re: Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

Here's how I did them: (I have a square invitation)

Behind the invitation, I placed the direction cards. They were hotel, church, hall (bottom to top). The church and the hotel direction cards were of similar size and the reception card was slightly smaller so that's why I chose that order.

On top of the invitation, I placed the response card (tucked under the envelope) and then the reception card (bottom to top). I placed the tissue paper over the wording on the invite (between the invite and the response card envelope).

Placed all of this in the inner envelope.

I heard that if your direction cards aren't of formal style (matching your invite) they should go behind the invite.

Not sure if it is 100% the 'etiquette' but I thought it looked the nicest.

Niecey Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:40 AM+

Niecey MEMBER SINCE: 6/01 TOTAL POSTS : 5965 WEDDING DATE: Oct 26, 2002

Posted: Aug 21, 2002 10:40 AM

Re: Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

Here are some sites that have assembly directions:

http://www.sandscripts.com/catalog/invitation/mailing.html

http://www.rennersinvitations.com/page5.htm

jpsgirl Posted: Aug 21, 2002 02:03 PM+

jpsgirl MEMBER SINCE: 3/02 TOTAL POSTS : 1888 WEDDING DATE: Oct 12, 2002

Posted: Aug 21, 2002 02:03 PM

Re: Invitation Assembly Please Help!!

yes, PLEASE listen to Tammy Jill! I was so anxious to put my invites together I didn't ask. My direction card got black ink on my invites, I was heartbroken, really! Put the tissue on top of the invite, and then everything else goes ON TOP of the invite, not inside like silly me did. The stuff goes in size order on top from largest closest to the invite to smallest on the very top. I found this out too late! When I saw my invite on someones fridge with black ink on it, I cried, for real!