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Registry wording on the invitation - advice?
So my mom and her friend were going to include the little cards with the invitation. I politely told my mom that I'd prefer they not put in the cards. Turns out, she couldn't get cards from Target anyway, only from BRU. She's fine with not using cards but not sure how to word it on the invitation. What do you think is the best way to do this? Feel free to add your own suggestions!!!
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Re: Registry wording on the invitation - advice?
this is sooo not true... unless you are throwing YOUR OWN party... which you shouldn't be to begin with. I have been to dozens of showers & as a guest, if I had to check 7 websites (BRU, BBB, Target, Walmart, PBK, etc, etc, etc) and try to "track down" where the mom-to-be is registered I'd be very annoyed. In addition to planning the party, as a hostess, if I had to answer or call back every rsvp to tell them where she's registered, I'd be very annoyed, when it should've just been included.
As PP mentioned, this is NOT true for baby showers. (We've discussed this point several times before on this board.) Plus, the majority of my guests are family friends, meaning older women who are not computer literate and very unfamiliar with 'searching' for registries.
And of course I'm not throwing my own shower - as mentioned my mom's good friend and her are co-hosting it.
The cards feel cluttered to me, and though I'm not dead set against them, I think writing "& Target" on the BRU ones would be a) time-consuming for my hostesses and b) kinda sloppy looking.
Please keep up the suggestions! Thanks for your input.
BFP#1 on 02/14/09 BIRTH to Mason 6lb9oz on 10/12/09
BFP#2 on 5/28/11 EDD 2/1/12 Natural M/C on 6/13/11
BFP#3 on 1/20/12 EDD 9/30/12 Natural m/c on 1/27/12
BFP#4 on 4/23/12 BIRTH to Isabella 7lb1oz on 12/19/12
i'm never a fan of including registry information in any way shape or form with an invitation whether it's a shower, wedding, birthday party, etc. it's just not my style. i really don't think it's that difficult for the guest to ask the host when they RSVP (which people seem to forget about doing these days) where the mother is registered or ask another close friend. afterall, showers are supposed to be for close friends and family and not everybody and their mother!
that being said, Emily Post states that is okay to include a seperate piece of paper with the invitation indicating a registry but it should not be printed on the invitation itself.
take it for what it's worth.. do you follow etiquette or do you throw it to the wind and do what you want.... ?
to each his own
BFP#2 ~ 8/2/11, EDD 4/11/12, D&C 9/12/11 at 9w5d
BFP#3 ~ 4/15/12, EDD 12/21/12 ~ DD born 12/22/12
Just say, at the bottom of the invite,
"Registered at Babies R Us and Target"
Simple and to the point.
Yep, this is true!
For the shower I threw last fall, I put at the bottom, in smaller type, xxx is registered at Babies R Us and Pottery Barn Kids.
That was it; plain and simple, and people were glad to know.
imo the separate card(s) look tacky... my personal preference would be a separate card, printed to match the invite, that has the registry info, kind of like how a directions-to-the-ceremony site on a wedding invite might look.?
if not this, i think printing A & T are registered at X, Y, and Z looks fine
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If you are having a couples shower you should put ***&*** are registered at bla bla bla...but if it is just you then put **** is registered at bla bla blah.