As technology gets better and better – hello, ereaders in color and always in focus cameras – more and more of our correspondence moves online. Seriously, when was the last time someone sent you an actual paper letter? (You lucky thing.) Lagging behind, however, are the online wedding invitation and the email wedding invitation, which my guess are still pretty much universally maligned. Evite for your baby’s first birthday party or your anniversary luncheon? No prob. Something like My Invitation Link? Not so much.
You are cordially and electronically invited.
Since I like to keep on top of how people directly involved in the world of wedding planning and those who are expecting wedding invitations are feeling about everything from favors to stationery, I thought it was high time for this wedding aficionada to check in with the next round of brides-to-be, grooms-to-be, and guests-to-be to weigh in on the subject of online wedding invitations and email wedding invitations. Still utterly déclassé? Or gaining ground in terms of acceptability as a paper wedding invitation alternative now that we’re all spending half our lives online anyway?
How would you react upon finding a link to an electronic wedding invitation in your inbox?
A coworker recently received an email invite and thought it was the coolest thing ever. She had to show it to all of us.
I was less excited, but I have a feeling I receive email invites to more things than her in general.
Well, I would gladly appreciate it if someone invites me through email. This would even help the bride and groom to save more from purchasing stationery and printing them or having it done for them. More people should embrace this new trend since it would no doubt replace wedding invitations one day.
I’m all for it. Why waste resources? There are very pretty ways to do invitations electronically now. Move on.
Well, I would gladly appreciate it if someone invites me through email. This would even help the bride and groom to save more from purchasing stationery and printing them or having it done for them. More people should embrace this new trend since it would no doubt replace wedding invitations one day.
We sent custom designed email wedding invitations for our wedding in 2007 and our guests absolutely loved them (plus I stayed sane in the process.) Based on feedback, I started Gl̦ for other couples who wanted to do the same. Response so far is that more and more couples are going with this time-saving, modern-minded option Рbut they still want the invite to be sophisticated and beautiful. And they tell me that their guests are loving the convenience and wow factor.
I received an e-mail invitation to a very casual wedding recently. It was ok, but it did bring up an issue. A mutual friend of the bride e-mailed me and asked me if her boyfriend was also invited to the wedding, she didn’t know since the e-vite just came to her. I had to ask the bride, get the response (no), then figure out a tactful way to tell the mutual friend.
If we all had received paper invitations, there would have been no confusion. I don’t think invitations have to be fancy, just print something out on some nice paper. But sending the invitation clears up confusion and just makes things easier for everyone involved.