What do you include on Party Invitations? |
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| You've found the perfect invitation for your occasion, but what do you put on it? Below is a list of the details to check for when you compose and order your party invitations: | ||||
| Purpose of the invitation: | ||||
| A birthday party, a wedding, a holiday open house. | ||||
| Name of honoree: | ||||
| "Sally Smith" or "Ken and Jennifer" (the birthday person, the mother-to-be, the bride and groom) | ||||
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| Day and Date of the party: | ||||
| "Saturday, August 29th" or if it is formal, "Saturday, the twenty-ninth of August". Look at your calendar to make sure as in this example, the 29th of August is really on a Saturday. | ||||
| Tip: | ||||
| When you include the year after the date, "August 29, 2012" is correct - "August 29th, 2012" is NOT correct - the "th" or "nd" is only used when a date is not followed by the year. | ||||
| Year: | ||||
Informal invitations do not require the year. If a formal event, include the year and spell it out: "two thousand and sixteen" instead of "2016." |
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| Time: | ||||
| "6:00 p.m." with small letters and periods p.m. | ||||
| For for formal events, spell out the time such as "six o'clock in the evening", "eleven o'clock in the morning", with little "o" and "c" on the word "o'clock". | ||||
| Tip: | ||||
| Before 6:00 p.m., use "in the afternoon" After 6:00 p.m., use "in the evening" |
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| Name of Place: | ||||
| If the party is not at your home, give the name of the location. Example: | ||||
| "Opah's
Restaurant" "at the home of Dan Robinson" |
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| Physical Location of Place: | ||||
| Give the street address and city. Include the state if your are inviting out of town guests to a location other than your home. Do not print a zip code on an invitation. | ||||
| Tip: | ||||
| Zip codes are not needed for on-line driving directions or GPS directions. Your zip code is usually on the return address of the envelope if it is needed for any reason, but please, don't print it on your invitations. | ||||
| Name of Host: | ||||
| List the name of the host(s) / hostess(es) / parent(s) giving the party. | ||||
| "Hosted by Sally Smith" "Given by Denise Dunne" |
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| RSVP: | ||||
| List an RSVP with a phone number and/or email address and a date you would like your guests to RSVP by | ||||
| Tip: | ||||
| Do not use "Regrets Only" if you need an accurate count of who is coming to the party for the caterer, to know how much food, drinks, party ware to buy. Using regrets only might surprise you as you will have to guess or assume if every one is coming or no one is coming to your party. | ||||
| Dress Code: | ||||
| If Dress Code or appropriate attire is an issue with your party or specific attire is desired, such as a "White & Black Dress Party" spell it out for guests or you might be surprised at what they choose to wear to your affair. It is not necessary to specify a dress code on formal invitations-the event should be the clue as to the appropriate attire, but "black tie preferred" or "white tie" can be incuded in small print at the bottom of invitations and will be appreciated by guests so they arrive appropriately attired. | ||||
| PROOF READ!!! | ||||
| Once you have your invitation wording written down or typed - Proof read, proof read, proof read! We can't say it too many times. Proof read several times for spelling mistakes and/or forgotten information! Even have a friend read it to make sure it's perfect! | ||||
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