Eliminating Reception Cards

The Q: "Hello, My question is about invitations: I'm struggling right now with some wording issues. I don't want to have a separate reception card when I send out my invitation (would prefer to save the money). So I wanted to include the reception name/street on my actual invitation. I didn't know whether to write "dinner and dancing" versus "reception" (3:00 ceremony, cocktails at 6:00, dinner at 7:00). I also didn't want to say reception/dinner & dancing "following" the ceremony, since there is a bit of a time gap. Do you think "following at six o'clock" works?"

The A: Hi, well, I understand what you are saying, but I think you're going to find that the card looks MIGHTY crowded with all that information. To answer the main gist of your question, I think that following at Six O'Clock sounds a little confusing. To just make it look a little better, PERHAPS (and it's just a suggestion because I don't know what the invite looks like) you could try placing the reception info in the Right hand corner? The other In terms of wording, I think what you should consider is:

Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw request the
honor of your presence is requested
at the marriage of their daughter
Carrie
to
Mr. Big
Saturday the Seventh of June
Two Thousand and Eight
at Three O'Clock in the afternoon
St. Barts Church
XXX Park Avenue
NEw York City

Dinner and Dancing at
Six O'Clock in the Evening
The Plaza Hotel
XXX Fifth Avenue
New York City

Part of me thinks that you should consider printing a cheaper set of direction cards with the addresses for both locations, which would then clean up a few lines.....

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