invitation help

[shakes]

Im getting married. Its in June but our friends dont know that. The ceremony will be very small and only our moms and the kids will be there. We are, however, having a reception. no host bar but with plenty of food. I have NO IDEA how to word the invitations to our friend to insure they dont know its to celerate our union but i aslo dont want them to think its "just another party" . I need to come up with an idea to insure they will all be there and then tell them sometime durring dinner we have gotten married. I asure you no body will be offended that they didnt go to the wedding and they will be thrilled to find out why they are having dinner with us.

I just dont know how to word the invitations....HELP!!!

[EarlyBird]

Hmmm here is my thought (and i posted it to the other one you posted)

I think you should get their minds reeling... say "we have a secret that we want to announce"
Most people will think baby but when they get there it will be a big conversation starter and kinda fun

[shakes]

they all know baby is out of the question. and no birthday of anyone that we know in June. thought about tht too. then I thought i would just tell them we are having an all you cn eat taco bar with all this fixins hehehe nd we wishe they would ll be there. what do you think?

[EarlyBird]

I just think that you risk people not showing up and that would be very sad :( Unfortantley, some people might not think of a dinner as the upmost important thing and might skip it..
Its a hard call. Do you really want it to be a secret or can you just say join us for an after wedding celebration? Then explain that you could not accomodate everyone but wanted to share in a special event with them? Its a very hard call. wish i wS a bunch more help

[northwestbride]

I like the idea of telling everyone you have something to announce. It will peak their interest, especially if they know that a baby is out of the question...they'll probably think that you're announcing your engagement.

[shakes]

Ok girls, how about this. I was thinking if sending an invite telling them all I have a gift for them. sending each an e mail out to them as well getting alittle more personal...ie. I have a gift because I didnt get you one for your birthday or christmas or whatever, makeing it personal. asking they join us for dinner (On us), that night to recieve the gift. I was thinking of personalizing those M&Ms that have our name and the date in cute little wrapped boxes and see who puts 2 and 2 together. Im sure my friends would all show for food and a gift?


I guess if i cant pull that off and it becames too stressful, I will indeed invite them to celebrate our union. only thing is, i have tomake sure i include NO GIFTS, NO MONEY.