question about wording on shower invite

marbear81

Hi there! My mom and MIL are throwing me a shower (it's not a surprise shower) for the twins and my mom asked me if she should put the store where I registered on the invitation.. I did a quick google and it doesn't look like that's the way to go.. is this true? Should they just relay the information to people when they RSVP?

TIA

robinsokj

My mom ordered invites from some company online and the registries were on the example so she put them on mine.  Its in smaller print at the bottom of the invite

EastCoastBride

It's a shower, which is about buying you gifts.  It's fine to put the registry info on the invitation. 

BelhurstBride

The point of a shower is to shower the mother to be with gifts, so I don't see why one wouldn't include the registry information.

DaniLovesPink

I would put it in smaller print at the bottom of the invitation.  Is it truly etiquette?  No.  But, just like parents throwing shower's for their children, it's something that's becoming more common and more accepted.  I think when the "etiquette" rules were made, they were premature of any sort of registry and it was more of a "don't include a list of what you want with each invitation."

jcmayhew

I've printed tons of invitations for ppl and it's always the preference of the hostess.  Most guests appreciate it. Makes gift buying easier.

 Certain places you register will give you a card to put in your invitation. Target and Babies R Us do. I think it's a more recent thing with Target.

RoxyLynn

You're absolutely correct that gift preferences should never be forced on possible attendees, and if they want to know they'll ask when they RSVP.

While I would find it odd to see registry information on a shower invitation, I wouldn't find it tremendously rude, either.

vndaley

I think it is very appropriate to put the stores on the invitation.  You may want to do it in smaller print or sometimes the stores that you register at will have small little inserts that you can add in the envelope with the invitation!