all lowercase for invitations

[cdt1101]

I''m thinking of using all lowercase for our wedding invitations. I think it looks modern and less formal. Our wedding is an outdoor tented wedding at my aunt''s home, mid-afternoon, saturday. So while it is a going to be somewhat formal, it''s not black tie.

I guess my question is...do u think it''s a no-no to do all lowercase? I''m a little worried that the older relatives will have comments.

also, i would capitalize our names.

example of what i''m thinking of doing:

Jane Doe
and
John Doe
invite you to share in their joy
as they exchange wedding vows
saturday, the fourteenth of june
two thousand and eight
at two thirty in the afternoon
1111 anywhere street
anywhere, usa

adult reception immediately following

Anything you think I should change/add?

 

[zoebartlett]

I''m a stickler for proper grammar, so I wouldn''t do it. I think you can display ''modern and less formal'' in other ways, but I''d have the invitations (and save the dates, if you''re doing them) be grammatically correct.

 

[AceP]

i too am a stickler for grammar (i''m a writer - sorta comes with the territory), but i think it''s absolutely fine. your invitation wording is not super-formal, so i think it works. i''d leave your names lowercase, too, if i were doing it.

then again - i''m biased... our save-the-dates were all lowercase (it was a template from crane''s), and we got lots of commentary about how "elegant" they were. i think it looks artsy, more than anything. and modern.

 

[dtnyc]

Date: 12/20/2007 10:54:32 AM
Author: AceP
i too am a stickler for grammar (i''m a writer - sorta comes with the territory), but i think it''s absolutely fine. your invitation wording is not super-formal, so i think it works. i''d leave your names lowercase, too, if i were doing it.
i think it looks artsy, more than anything. and modern.

I agree w/ this- I had friends who got married a few years ago and they did everything all lower case (including names.) They had a formal wedding, but it was in a very modern venue and they used a very simple, clean font and had all lower case for their invites, programs, etc. It was a cute look.
I ended up giving them an engraved ice bucket and had their names and wedding date put on in lower case just keeping w/ that feeling, it was very "them."

 

[Mrs in CA]

What a coincidence! My wedding took place in a tent in the back yard of my aunts house in the afternoon as well! Weird.

I thought of doing something similar for my invites but ended up choosing a less formal font (kinda blocky), using a landscape layout and justifying the font left. I think it looked pretty good and definitly felt a little more modern and informal.

good luck!

 

[cdt1101]

Thanks for the comments! I think i''m going to go for it. There''s something I like about it. I''ll play around w/ the names to see if I like it better lowercase as well.

Thanks!

Mrs C...that is very coincidental!!!

 

[Erin]

I like it - if done right.
If you''re going to forego grammar with all lowercase, then by all means, your names should be no exclusion...

 

[Sabine]

I also think that if you''re going to do something different, the key is to be CONSISTENT! So, I think the names should be lowercase, and I also think it should be carried over into your other printed material as well for consistencie''s sake!

 

[sap483]

I had this issue with my STDs. On the website, they had all of the writing in lowercase, which looked super cute. However, I decided that I didn''t want to hear comments from my relatives, so I made sure all pronouns were capitalized, and kept everything else lowercase.

 

[cdt1101]

sap - i''m definitely a little concerned that I''ll get comments, such as "was that a mistake?"..hehe.

I''m still on the fence, but leaning towards going for it.

but i already finished our favors (CDs) and the labels already have our name capitalized. Do you think people will notice the inconsistencies?

ahh...decisions....my fiance is no help, he doesn''t notice details...or so he claims!

 

[Rhea]

We did all lowercase including the names. No one made comment.

 

[iheartscience]

I would totally do all lowercase, but I would make your names lowercase as well. Otherwise it could just look a little weird, in my opinion.