Comments on: “You are cordially invited to…” (A Groom With A View)

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:34:26 +0000

I’m so torn. On the one hand, do what you want. Have the wedding of your dreams, you only get married on… uh, anyway. But then I think; All those dead trees, all that waste, oh those poor landfills! And If your friends/family are anything like me they won’t be able to part with the piece of sentimental art and will add it to their collection.
The best invitation I ever got was from our friends who are both in the music business. They made a ‘mixed CD ‘ with songs they loved, songs that related to the theme of the wedding and some of the #1 songs of that year– as a sort of time capsule. The Label was an adorable picture of them recreating one of their favorite album covers( an excuse to go to London and walk Abbey Road anyone and CD cover which they designed and printed themselves was the actual invitation info. I didn’t feel bad about keeping the clutter because I needed it for the disc and every time I listen to CD I think of them, their killer wedding and how personal and creative the invitation was.

By: Ted Manner

Ted Manner — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:58:50 +0000

I haven’t gotten around to choosing ours yet. But your always wanted for a event like a wedding. Even as a kid “and family” meant me too. My family would always make sure I’m included! Good Luck picking the invitations!

By: AC

AC — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:48:10 +0000

Those big boxy things always rubbed me the wrong way. You’re getting married, I get it, but does that mean you have to spend on an invitation what it would cost to feed babies in the Congo for a year?

By: David

David — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:32:39 +0000

I can’t really argue with a cat.

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:46:40 +0000

when we were choosing ours, we each did our own looking and got A LOT of samples. But we also decided not to order one that the other didn’t like. i chose one he thought was too uptight. he chose one i thought looked like something i could make on microsoft word. after about 50 invitations and 10 samples, we finally chose one that we could both agree one. while what the invitations look like aren’t a crucial part of the wedding, they do give people a feel for what the event will be like and give an impression of the two of you as a couple.

By: Molly the cat

Molly the cat — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:37:33 +0000

I have always believed that an invite is your first introduction to the party–I disagree with the environmental impact–it’s a party-get over your self righteous attitude–here is the Webster definition of your comments above—
“confident of one’s own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.”
As I said it is a party and clearly these people are proud of the occasion-and their child–and it is CLEARLY your opinion of what “people” would like, so to make such a sweeping, global comment is incredibly arrogant and judgmental. and ps–I dont have kids and I keep my friends Xmas cards OF their kids on my fridge–so wrong again.

By: David

David — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:22:12 +0000

Forgetting the sheer ostenation — what is the environmental impact of these elaborate schemes, unless they’re made out of recycled material (and can be recycled)?

Do people expect the invitees to save them because they’re so amazing? I am one of those people who (used to, at least) sends out Christmas cards with photos of my kids, but I didn’t ever think they would end up on other people’s refrigerators.

People would be so much more impressed with a simple card that said “We saved $X on invitations which we’re donating to homeless families.” or something. (If you actually did, of course.)