QUESTION: where are you including 'BLACK TIE or BLACK TIE PREFERRED?'

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:08 PM

QUESTION: where are you including 'BLACK TIE or BLACK TIE PREFERRED?'

on your reception card? invite? separate card? tell me pwease..

Ronnie&Theresa Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:12 PM

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Preferred!!!

HillandRon Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:12 PM

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Black Tie was on my invite on the lower left hand corner of the invite.

Olgaki Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:13 PM

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I would just say Black tie - don't give them the option =)

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:13 PM

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my invites are already made up and there is frankly no room for anything else..

would it be bad to have a card made up that says

'Black Tie Preferred' ?

alina Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:19 PM

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Is your preferrence to have everyone in tuxes or is it ok for guests to wear suits? That's your call to make and thus word accordingly.

As far as making up a card to say only the proper attire, I think I would feel a bit weird about receiving a card like that.

If you choose to do the card route, you may also want to include a few other things, such as perhaps any specialized menu, music, directions and hotel reservation instructions. Then it won't look weird to have the attire mentioned.

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:20 PM

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That's why I prefer 'BLACK TIE PREFERRED' you know?

thanks alina!!

Ronnie&Theresa Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:21 PM

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celllaaa..

Put it in!

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:24 PM

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I'm gonna have to.. =/

HappyEverAfter Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:24 PM

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I would put it on the reception card. I saw samples last week when ordering my invites, and it was on the reception card.

Chloegirl Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:27 PM

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Yea....I would put it either on the invite or reception card. Definitley need it somewhere.

alina Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:27 PM

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Ok, so it sounds like you want to say 'black tie preferred'?

This may sound silly, but what about using a pretty font and printing a small clear label stating 'black tie preferred' and using that label as a 'Seal' for your envelopes? The person opening the envelope will read it and should in theory keep that in mind, without creating extra clutter with the invite.

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:31 PM

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that would be a FAB idea Alina, only that my invites are tea lenhth and they are held closed with a ribbon.. and no inner envelope.. it's fabric.. =/ any other ideas?

alina Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:32 PM

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Outer envelope?

Or what about creating a little tag, holepunching it and then attaching the tag to the invite?

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:35 PM

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ok

so is it

'BLACK TIE PREFERRED'

or

'BLACK-TIE PREFERRED'

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:37 PM

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do you think I should lace it through the ribbon that closes the invite?

or should I just have the darn thing on the invite panel> would thatbe best? truthfully?

alina Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:37 PM

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either 'BLACK TIE PREFERRED' or even more formal and probably a bit more proper

'BLACK TIE ATTIRE PREFERRED'

MarcellaBella Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:38 PM

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WAIT!! I just realized that I can't do it on the invite b/c it only gives the ceremony info (i'm having it at 2 dif places) so people would read it and be like what? black tie at the church? lol

HappyEverAfter Posted: Apr 04, 2003 03:38 PM

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Do you have a reception card made up? If not, I would have that printed, I think ours cost $120, not that expensive. They match your invites, and you can have the black tie optional on there.
We are doing ours through word of mouth. FHs family is not from NYC, so we did not want them to be underdressed. I wanted to put 'jacket and tie preferred' on the reception card, but was outvoted by FMIL and FH. So I am hoping I dont notice if someone comes in a Hawaiian shirt or something