Invitations Part III - The Text

Mr. Olive and I spent a lot of time deciding exactly how to word our invites and corresponding stationary. I was leaning toward something a little more whimsical...

As autumn leaves
turn their brilliant hue
two lovers will join and say I do

Mr. Olive, on the other hand, wanted it a lot more traditional...

Mr. & Mrs. Olive
request the honor of your
presence at the marriage of

Since my parents, Mr. Olives mom, Mr. Olives dad, and we ourselves are all paying for parts of the wedding we also had a challenge on choosing the wording. In addition, Mr. Olives parents are both remarried. In order to include everyone in the invitation it would have had to look something like this:

Mr. and Mrs. Brides Parents
Mr. Grooms Stepdad and Mrs. Grooms Mom
and

Mr. Grooms Dad and Mrs. Grooms Stepmom

request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children

Miss Bride Olive

and

Mr. Groom Olive

Wow! That's a mouthful! I don't think that would have fit on our invitation! So, in the end we went with something simple:

Together with their parents

Miss Olive

and

Mr. Olive

Invite you to share in the celebration

of their marriage

on Saturday, the eleventh day of October

two thousand and eight

at eleven o'clock in the morning

Auberge du Soleil

Napa, California

Luncheon Reception

immediately following the ceremony

We also wrote our own text for the RSVP postcards and info cards:

RSVP Postcard

The favor of your reply is

requested by August 1st

_________________

name(s)

___ Accepts with Pleasure

___ Declines with Regret

We are arranging for safe transport to and from the

ceremony and reception, are you interested?

____ YES ____ NO

Information Card

Side A

A block of rooms has been reserved at:

Hotel

Address

Website

Telephone

Group Code:

For more information visit our

wedding website at:

http://www.oliveweddingwebsite.com/

Side B

Airports

San Francisco Airport (SFO)
15 Miles to Hotel

Oakland Airport (OAK)

20 Miles to Hotel

San Jose Airport (SJC)

45 miles to Hotel

Local Transportation

A coach bus is available to transport guests between the hotel in San Francisco and the ceremony and reception at Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley (60 miles). If you are inters ted in this transportation option please indicate your preference on your RSVP Card.