M_____________________________
will _________ will not _______ attend.
Number of persons: _______________

When ordering invitations, also order any other stationery accessories you may need. This includes:

- Reception cards, showing the time and place of the event.
- Response cards with printed reply-address envelopes, to be enclosed with the invitation so you can plan for the number of guests that will attend the reception.
- Informal thank-you notes, having the name of the bride or the bride and groom on the outside, and blank on the inside.
- Thank-you notes, with a preprinted message to acknowledge when a gift is received.
- Personalized napkins and matches for the guests to use or to keep as souvenirs.
- Announcements, to be sent to those you would have liked to attend your wedding, but who could not.
- Pew cards, rarely used, but appropriate for ultra-formal wedding situations, e.g., with celebrities and dignitaries: the cards may be enclosed with the invitation or sent after the acceptance has been received to ensure tha correct number of seats.
- Wedding programs, showing the order of the service and listing all participants. These can be folded or rolled like a scroll and tied with ribbon. Not only does a printed program serve as a guide to your wedding ceremony, but it is also a keepsake for your guests.

Programs can be engraved, printed with offset printing, or produced by word processor on a laser printer, with calligraphy added later.

The program covers may be obtained from printers who offer a variety of paper stocks, from manufacturers of wedding invitations who offer several different styles, or from religious supply houses of bookstores who carry appropriate church bulletin covers. Or they can be of your own creation, including a photograph of the bridal couple, special drawing, etc.

The program could contain the wedding date, time, and location; the names of all the participants, their positions in the wedding, and their relationship to the bride and groom;; and the order of the ceremony, with any special reading or observances. Expressions of the gratitude from the bridal couple to their families and guests, and any clarifying information regarding the wedding service or reception, could also be included.

If possible, have your programs printed only two weeks or so before the wedding, to include any last- minute changes. Allow enough time, however, for proofreading the copy, making any corrections, and receiving delivery of the finished product.

Thank-you notes do not have to be long, but they should be personal. to achieve this goal:

- Mention your spouses name.
- Mention the gift.
- Tell what you liked about the gift.
- Tell how you will use it.

- It is better to use the blank thank-you note (informals) rather than the preprinted ones.

- Thank-you notes that denote the couple as being married - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown or Mary Sue and Robert Brown - should be reserved for use after the wedding. For notes sent before the wedding, the printing should read as in these example: Mary Sue Smith and Robert Brown, or Mary Sue and Robert, or Mary Sue Smith.

If the engagement is broken after the wedding invitations are in the mail and there is sufficient time, you may send a printed announcement of the change of plans, as in this example:

Mr. and Mrs. _____________
announce that the marriage of their daughter,
__________ to Mr. ______________,
will not take place.

When there is not enough time, you will need to phone each invited guest. It is not necessary to reveal reasons for the breakup. Any gifts must be returned to the sender.

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