September 27, 2006

  • B-List Guests

    As much as I hate to use the phrase “B-List Guests,” I think its inevitable that we all have them.  Its completely unavoidable if you have parents who want to send out invitations just in case they wanted to come – mostly to be polite and to announce to them that I was getting married.  I gave my mom 24 “seats” and only 10 are coming – maybe 9.  So now my guest count is all off and I’m barely making my 85 minimum guarantee. 

    Like I said, a B-List is inevitable sometimes.

    My problem is not so much that I have B-List guests, but that I only ordered 60 full invitations.  I have extras of just the invitation layer, but I’m out of the backing layers and pocketfolds.  Tonight, after work, I will be at Kate’s Paperie looking for these items, or I will be stuck sending out the incomplete versions –  just the invitations and the RSVP card with tissue paper.

    Tip 1:  Order much more invitations than you think you need. 

    Speaking of RSVP cards…

    I feel bad about inviting the B-List people because my reply card says respond by October 1, which is this Sunday.  Any person would be able to figure out that they were on the B-List.  I’m racking my brain to see if there is a tactful way to give these people their invitations while letting them know that they are “second-choice”.  I can just imagine:  “Hi, here are your invites.  Sorry that they are late, but we didn’t think we would be inviting you.” 

    Had I known that I was going to end up with B-List guests, I would have had some reply cards printed with a later date. 

    Tip 2:  If you expect to have a B-List, I would highly suggest getting two sets of reply cards, one set with a slightly later due date.

    Are you having any B-List people at your wedding?  If so, how did you end up inviting them?

    Please comment on weddingbee!!