Tell me something good: RSVP Responses

Having a "Words of Wisdom" section on our RSVP postcards, I definitely looked forward to receiving each one in the mail. While there were a many blank postcards, there were guests who definitely took the time to write something great and very heartfelt. Below are a few of my favorites.


"The Number 1" and "The Number 2" were written by two of my mother's best friends. They are written to relate to one another and very sweet.

"The Number 1. One is the loneliest number, buy one take one, only one moment in time... one can be two (but) and yet stay one."

"The Number 2. It takes 2 to tango, tea for 2, one if by land 2 if by sea, takes 2 to get pregnant - but the best thing about this number is two can live, love, and be happy as one. "


There were plenty religious and thoughtful notes :)




Two of the fiance's fraternity brothers married their long time girlfriends this summer. We loved hearing their thoughts on the day.



And loved hearing a guy's wisdom, "Lie, cheat, steal, and drink your way to a happy marriage. If you must lie, lie with the one you love. If you cheat, cheat death. If you steal, steal from bad company. If you drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away!"

Song lyrics were a popular choice, loved the one above from "Summer of Love" by 311.

And of course the Beatles.


Members of our family wrote very kind words.



But my favorite, and the winner of best postcard, was from my high school friend Theresa.

She has 2 corgis, we always talk about corgis, and if I could have a dog I'd want a corgi. She drew the fiance and myself with corgis. Love.

I plan keep these in a scrapbook after the wedding :)


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Til I hear it from you: Waiting on Those RSVP Postcards

The RSVP postcards have been steadily trickling into our mailbox over the past few weeks. As I received them, I noted their responses on our spreadsheet, organized them in "yes" and "no" ziplock bags, and have loved reading the "words of wisdom" that various guests have left for us. And while we have a stack of responses, we are definitely missing a good amount.

Since our "reply by" date has come and gone, and after giving guests a few days of leeway for their responses to arrive, we have begun contacting them. We really don't want to "bother" them with phone calls, emails, facebook messages, or BBMs, but there is just a lot that rides on each guests' response/our final guest count.

Without a final guest count: I can't alert the baker about the amount of cupcakes to make, tell our caterer how many guests to anticipate/food to prepare/tables to arrange/items to rent, provide names to our calligrapher for the escort cards, and sit down with my fiance to assign guests to tables. It's not yet crunch time, and we are okay with giving everyone a few more days, but the sooner the better.

We hope to have everything set by the end of the week :)

Have you had to track down guests to get their responses? Did you find it difficult?


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I was just guessing at numbers and figures: Numbered RSVPs

One of the most helpful tips about mailing invitations is numbering your RSVP cards. A tiny number written on the corner of the RSVP card will assist in tracking which RSVP card belongs to which guest. Especially guests who forget to write their names.

I numbered my RSVP postcards on the bottom left corner, keeping it clear and trying to be discreet.

It's not very pretty, but effective.

We've already had one guest forget to write their name and answer, but the number helped us figure out who sent it in :)

I do wish I had stumbled upon this invisible ink idea by With This Ring earlier.

How did you track your RSVPs?


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