Why we decided to write a wedding invitation poem and a couple of good responses

Posted By Hup | August 3, 2009

poetry On July 6th I emailed over a poem to Holly Gauper, our amazing wedding invitation designer (and soon-to-be photographer), that Stephanie and I wrote together after we decided that we weren’t going to go the tradition route of having some type of formal greeting writen on our invitations. Now, I’m not saying that going the traditional route is a terrible idea and should never be done, but for some reason it just made us feel all icky inside when we thought anout sending out something that was so freakin’ boring. If you’re not exactly sure what I’m talking about when I say ‘traditional greeting’ on our wedding invitations, I’ll give you a quick example:

Because you have shared in
our lives by your friendship and love we,
Karrie Ester Bryant
and
Matthew Edward Mergesen
together with our parents
invite you to share the beginning of our new life
together when we exchange marriage
vows on Friday, the ninth of May
two thousand fourteen
at half after four o’clock
The Hall of Casa Monica
Four North Bend Avenue
St. Augustine, Florida

Ummm, yeah, like I said — not so much for us. We wanted something that reflected out personalities and our love for being creative, so we decided to move more towards the originally-written and slightly humorous poem direction. Basically all Stephanie and I did was sit down on the couch with my laptop for about 45 minutes and proceeded to throw out randomly rhyming verses that we thought might be a good idea to send out to the people we love most in the entire world. I mean, no pressure or anything, right? One of the toughest things when we were writing it was maintaining a balance between being informative, loving and funny, which I must admit wasn’t real easy. You need to remember that this isn’t just going out to our friends, it’s going out to my family, coaches, bosses and gradmas — yes, grandmas. Eventually we came up with a version that we were happy with and we hope you agree that it screams Hup and Steph without going over the top.

Here’s the poem that we ended up putting on the invitations:

If you’re reading this invitation, then there’s something you should know
you’re officially invited to our wedding (and we truly hope you’ll show)

We’ve spent tons of money putting it together, our wedding will be an amazing time,
Actually we’re completely lying, it was bought on our parent’s dime

Whether you’re a part of our family, a coach, a co-worker or friend
you’ve meant a lot to both of us and we request that you attend

But if for some reason you can’t make it, we’ll understand, I guess,
our address is on the back of this invitation (you can ship our gifts UPS)

The big day is August 29th, the year two thousand and nine,
At Irvington Presbyterian Church, 5:30 is the time

It’s going to be great when we exchange our vows, but have no misconception
The real fun will be at the Rathskellar where we’ll kick off our sweet reception

We’re excited to celebrate our love on this day and we hope you’re excited, too,
It’s the beginning of our lives together and we want it to begin with you.

When we sent this out on our invites we expected to get a decent reaction from everyone, which we have, but a couple of people really took it to the next level by RSVP’ing back with a poem that they made up, too. I thought that this was super cool and creative and of course I get so excited anytime I can spark someone else’s creativity, so these pretty much made my month.

The first RSVP poem that was sent back was from my homeboy Mike Schwarz who went to college with me:

I went to the mailbox and found your invite,
You know I wouldn’t miss your big wedding night

The pictures are great, I see a pretty blonde girl,
But why is Ryan’s hair so long and have so many curls

You will have tons of fun and the champagne will pop,
I am so happy for Ryan, he didn’t marry his laptop

Better start packing, it’s only one month away,
You’ll have a blast being married, it’s fun everyday

The reception will be awesome, will dinner be casserole?,
Put me down for 2, I’ll bring my wife, cuz that’s how I roll!!!!!!!

See you soon!

Mike and Heather Schwarz

Pretty sweet, huh? I love it!

The second RSVP poem came from Stephanie’s stepmom, Shannon. Check it out:

If you re reading this note, there’s something you should know… you need to help me find some people to decorate who will actually show.

I’ve spent some money putting this together and we will decorate on time… when it’s all done, it will look fine!

If you want to choose family, co workers or friends…. it doesn’t really matter as long as it gets done in the end.

If for some reason people don’t show, I know you will not understand… so pick some good ones who will stick to the plan.

The decor day is august 29th. the year 2009… at the rathskellar, 9:45am is the time.

It’s going to go easy, I will have a detailed plan… I will need about 10 people, both women and man.

I am excited to decorate, and I hope you get excited when its up, because I will get excited to see you become Mrs. Hup.

Love ya chickadee!

-me.

As you can tell, Shannon has been our reception-planning princess and apparently she needs help decorating the morning of our wedding so that The Rathskellar can look amazing. If any of you that are reading this would happen to be available at 9:45am on Saturday, August 29th and would like to help her out (she has it all planned out), just drop us a comment below and we’ll get you connected up with her.

Now, as far as getting anymore RSVP poems back, I wonder if anyone else will whip one up?

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4 Talkies! to “Why we decided to write a wedding invitation poem and a couple of good responses”

swell on August 4th, 2009 3:35 am

i can help decorate!
Hup on August 4th, 2009 10:26 am

Awesome, Swell! I’ll let Shannon know…thanks SO much! Maybe Joy can help out, too? I’ll shoot her a message.
Double A on August 4th, 2009 11:51 am

What a clever invite. I had a lot of fun putting mine together.

I’d offer to help ya decorate, but I’ve got the Redbull Motor GP that weekend. I will say center pieces are key for that room. And lots of soft lighting.

Congrats to ya though!
JD on August 6th, 2009 7:24 am

Dear Hup and Steph, I can’t freaking wait! I just hope that the groom and the groomsmen don’t show up late!

We’ve all been waiting on this for a while, it’ll be great to see you walk down the isle! I’ll cheer and clap with a big cheesy smile!

I remember that fateful night at Cafe, I guess that I kind of knew in a way…

I’m honored to be a part of your wonderful day….even if I think the groom might be gay!

JD