Here’s a Tip:

If you’d like to share your minimony with your entire guest list, you can include a Details insert card that explains how to access a live-stream broadcast of the event, or a link to a website and/or email where guests can leave messages and view photos.

A Change the Date Card is essentially another Save the Date card. Keep the design along the same lines as what you’ve sent out before, but indicate the new date. You’ll include your names, location and new date. If everything about the wedding is the same, including venues and times, you could include the note: Previously noted times and locations still apply

You will still need to gather RSVP’s for this new date. So you will either need to include a mail back RSVP
card and envelope; or online RSVP details. If you are doing a digital Change the date, we would highly
recommend doing a wedding website, where your guests can review the information on your wedding (in
case they misplaced the original invite) and RSVP directly from your site.

You may want follow up the Change the Date card with a whole new Invitation with the new date. This is
a good idea if a lot of your wedding details have changed, i.e. you’ve had to change venues, or if your new date is considerably in the future.

On this piece, you’d announce:
“We Did it!” or “We eloped”
with your names, {date} and {location}

This is a nice piece to include a photo of you and your new spouse. Your loved ones will adore a sneak
peek into your big day. Who do you send an Announcement card to? Send this announcement to anyone who you would’ve invited to your wedding. Friends, relatives, work colleagues. Anyone you want to share the good news with.

If you are planning on a reception at a later date you can include details on this card, if under 9 months
away. If the reception is quite a ways out, I would add a line at the bottom of the invitation that says
something along the lines of:
Save the date of {new date} for our celebration. Details to follow.

Here’s a Tip:

If doing multiple mailings isn’t in your budget – this announcement card is a good option for an electronic or emailed version.

Here’s an Idea:

For your elopement day consider having your stationer create a keepsake invitation (for photographs, and as a memento) and other small stationery items, like vow books, and place cards.

This piece will often follow an Elopement Announcement card, especially if there is large date gap between the two. It’s up to you on how elaborate this card is. Some couples want to treat this as an all
out invitation with all the embellishments, or you may want to keep it simple and scaled back – it all depends on the feel of the celebration you’d like to portray.

Wording would be along the lines of:
The newlywed couple
Mr & Mrs. {Smith}
invite you to celebrate their marriage
Reception will take place {date}
{time, location, details}

This wording leaves no doubt that you are already married and are wishing to celebrate with your guests.

Here’s a Tip:

Don’t forget Thank You Cards – Along with these Reception invitations, you will also want to consider thank you cards. These can be done with or without a wedding photo. You may want to order these before your actual reception in the future so they are ready to distribute to those that may have attended your micro-wedding, or sent gifts before the reception.

Tips from the Pros

From Contributor,
Alissa from Plush Invitations

Hi! I’m Alissa, the owner/designer of Plush Invitations. I love helping out couples with their wedding stationery, bringing forth ideas and guidance and making the process as seamless as possible. I’ve been doing stationery design since 2012 and love to share my modern minded classic design (…with a few “extras”) aesthetic with planners and couples alike.

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