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TOP 12 VULNERABLE MISTAKES MISSING CEREMONY AND

IN AN INVITATION RECEPTION LOCATION

We see a lot of mistakes being made on wedding It is very important to mention the ceremony and
Invitations. These mistakes often go unnoticed and at the reception location correctly in the invitation. Even if one
end cause embarrassment to both the parties of the of the two goes missing then the invitation will become
wedding. It is therefore vital to check and correct these useless.
mistakes at the earliest. WRONG NAME OR ADDRESS
WORDS WITH WRONG ON RESPONSE ENVELOPES
SPELLING. Decide whose name you are going to address on the

We mustn’t misspell any word. Mis-spelt words will response envelopes. This could be someone who takes
create embarrassment. It’s very important to get our the responsibility of recording the responses and
wording proofread by someone who is well versed in maintaining the list. The person could be the bride, mother
proofreading. Checking each word more than twice will of the bride or a sister. Whoever it is, proper care should
not be a bad idea to avoid the misspelling of the words. be taken to put that person’s address on the response
card envelope correctly without making any mistake.
GRAMMATICAL ERRORS
MISSING THE NAME ON
Grammar mistakes do occur often. Grammar mistakes RESPONSE ENVELOPES
are more common in a wedding invite. It is better to get
the document proofread twice so that grammar Proper care should be taken that the name and address
mistakes can be found and eliminated. of the person in charge of responses should be on all the
response card envelopes. Otherwise, guests will not
MISSING TIME AND DATE. know to whom the responses should be sent. IMAGE COURTESY : MARTHASTEWARTWEDDINGS
Time and date are very important in a wedding invitation.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF STYLES
Even if any of the information goes missing, it will
AND INK COLOURS ON
become a critical issue. An invitation without date or time
ENCLOSURE CARDS.
will render it incomplete.
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