need help with invite wording

akspriss

I am working on 2 different invites for my sister's wedding. the first is her bridal shower that her bridemaids and I (moh) are hosting and we are going to do an alphabet theme where you bring a gift corresponding with the letter you are given (thought it was a cute idea with her being a teacher and a lil different then the typical shower). My problem is the wording. So far this is the only thign I could find when i searched for some suggestions....so if you have any ideas or ways to teak this to make it better please share.

Do you remember that special teacher that taught you the alphabet and how to spell? Courtney is one of those special teachers. Please join us in honoring her teaching career and upcoming wedding at an alphabet shower! Please bring a gift that starts with the enclosed letter (which you can then attach to your gift when you wrap it).

The second thing I'm working on his a lil basic photo invite for her to give her current and past students inviting them to the ceremony only. We are trying to think of a good wording for it to make sure they realize they are only invited to the ceremony (we plan to put the info for the wedding date, time and location for the ceremony) but how do we word it to make sure nobody is mistaken that they are invited to the receeption.

 sorry that got long ladies! thanks for your help!

markyslove

For the shower, how about something like "Join us in teaching Courtney the ABCs of marriage at an alphabet shower" then use the explanation of how they should pick their gifts.  Since she's a teacher, you could maybe also add something along the lines of "now the teacher is the student".  Though it really does depend on what kind of feel you want

As for the ceremony invite, I'm really not sure how I would handle that.  I really can't think of a good way to say that. 

Vermont.Bride

markyslove:

For the shower, how about something like "Join us in teaching Courtney the ABCs of marriage at an alphabet shower" then use the explanation of how they should pick their gifts.  

I love this idea!  It puts more of the focus on her wedding than her wedding & job.  Very cute idea!...you may want to scope out her registry to see if she has things that cover the letters you are sending out, though.

CurbsideProphet

markyslove:

For the shower, how about something like "Join us in teaching Courtney the ABCs of marriage at an alphabet shower" then use the explanation of how they should pick their gifts.

I also like this phrasing. I think the initial wording focuses a little too much on her job. 

I am not sure if there is a good way to only invite people to the ceremony.