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LEIGH
Just Said Yes September 2018

Elopement and Celebration after- invitation verbiage

LEIGH, on February 17, 2018 at 10:45 AM Posted in Planning 0 9
Hi ladies!

I need your advice—My fiancé and I have decided to have a small intimate wedding, only inviting immediate family (grandparents, parents, siblings and nieces/ nephews), bridal party (their plus ones), and a small handful of close friends... less than 50 people.

In the months following, our parents are hosting “elopement celebrations” after in our home towns for the family members and friends that didn’t attend. We are requesting no gifts by the way because I don’t think it’s appropriate in this situation. We are also not having any bridal or engagement showers.

We are planning on personally reaching out to aunts and uncles, cousins and other friends to let them know that we are eloping and will have the invitations for the ”elopement celebration” sent prior to us eloping.

Have you all seen great verbiage for invitations that you can share? We want to make sure we are not offending anyone!

Thank you!

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Latest activity by Karma, on February 18, 2018 at 5:44 AM
  • Nichole
    Dedicated May 2018
    Nichole ·
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    On May 1, 2018 BRIDE and GROOM eloped to Nashville, Tennessee. (Or in your case 'were wed in a private ceremony') Join them to celebrate their marriage

    Thats how i worded mine!
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  • LEIGH
    Just Said Yes September 2018
    LEIGH ·
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    We have HUGE immediate families and 35 of those 50 are just immediate family members. So call it what you will, elopement ceremony or wedding celebration. If we invite everyone on our list, it would be well over 200 people and that is not what we want. We are having 3 bridesmaids, 3 groomsmen.

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  • earias
    Champion December 2017
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    I agree. This sounds like a typical wedding. I had 40 guests and 3 BMs as well. I would not consider this to be eloping. Just say you're having a small wedding. It might offend some of your family who weren't invited, and may come across as gift grabby to them when you invite them to the party and not the actual wedding. But the wording you would use is "Celebration of Marriage."
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  • LEIGH
    Just Said Yes September 2018
    LEIGH ·
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    Thanks! And yes, again, we are requesting NO gift and having no bridal showers or an engagement party.

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  • Adrianna
    Expert June 2018
    Adrianna ·
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    We are doing something similar. We are having a small intimate ceremony and a big reception (150 people) right after.
    My sister in law is hosting my bridal shower and we will still register for a few things. We can't wait for our intimate ceremony and we are so excited to celebrate with everyone!
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  • plangalCG
    VIP May 2018
    plangalCG ·
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    I’m doing something similar...20-25 guests at a wedding and reception during a weekday beach destination wedding. My parents are then throwing a party afterwards in my hometown for my extended family. I haven’t figured out how to word the invites yet either.
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