Mistake on my invites and a friend made and printed them for me?

Question

INVITATION:
Bubbles
to
Giggles
request the honour of your presence
at the celebration of their marriage
on Saturday, the third of November
two thousand and seven
at half past three in the afternoon
Cathedral Of The Woods
100 Stokes Road
Medford, New Jersey

RECEPTION CARD:
Adult Buffet Reception
at five o'clock in the afternoon
The Kings Grant Ballroom on Lake James
50 Landings Drive
Marlton, New Jersey

RESPOND CARD:
Please reply on or before
October 1, 2007
M____________________
___ number of persons attending

Did you caught it? It says "to" instead of "and". Is it a big deal? My friend made them for me- for my wedding gift and she pointed out the "to" to me but she said it's the way I gave it to her... I checked and it wasn't. Do I leave it or say something?

These were proffesionally printed and I hand cut them myself.... I didn't notice it until she pointed it out...
It would cost about $100 to have it reprinted and hours of labor to hand cut them so it's not a simple correction.
I have 100 of them finished.

Answer 1

I can tell you, I didn't even notice! And even when you said so, I had to look hard before I found it! I usually find mistakes like that right away also! I'm thinking it would be too expensive and not really worth it to reprint your invitations and do all the extra work for one word. Also, think about the time its gonna set getting your invitations out back? Don't worry about it!

Answer 2

Sorry, but it was the first thing I noticed - you didn't need to point it out for me, lol!

It really depends on how you feel about it. For me - it would bug me so I would have to have them reprinted. But some people wouldn't mind, soooo... But if I got that invitation I wouldn't think anything of it - just that the couple chose different wording.

Congrats and good luck!

Edit - and you're not being bridezilla to want your invitations correctly worded! GL!

Ok - 2nd edit - If it bugs you, spend the $100 to have them reprinted and get some friends together to help you hand cut them - don't try to do it all yourself. At the very least your friend who made the mistake in the first place should help you cut them! many hands make light work....

Answer 3

Is that the proof she gave you or has she already printed all of them? If its just the proof, seems like a simple fix to me. Honestly, though, I didn't even notice the mistake until you pointed out where it was. If its too much of a pain in the butt to fix, leave it and it should be fine. If its not too late, fix it, because it might drive you crazy otherwise. Make sure that your friend knows how much you appreciate all the trouble. (And if you have to, take the blame for the mistake so there aren't any hard feelings). I'm sure it will all be fine! Good luck!

Answer 4

I hate to say it, but it is the very first thing on your invitation and I stumbled over it. As much as I want to say "let it go", I personally would not send them out that way. Sorry, it's a touchy situation since your friend did them and it was possibly your typo to begin with.

Since most answers here say to let it go, I guess it's just up to you to decide if it would drive you nuts. I am a graphic designer and do layout for a living, so I notice typos and grammar problems from a mile away.

Answer 5

this stuff happens all the time, and a little mistake on your wedding invite isnt a big deal. Majority, as much as it sucks to hear, are going to end up looking at it and then stuffing it in a drawer. So either get out a pen and cross it out and write &, or just leave it and hope no one really notices.

Answer 6

If you had these professionally printed, instead of having a friend do it, and you found such an error. It would be the printer's responsibility to correct the error for free, particularly if you gave them the correct wording in the first place.

In my opinion, your friend should redo them. Unfortunately, you will have to bear the cost (or in my opinion at least half). It is your choice to let the error go, but if she knew about it and then told you after the fact, then it should be her responsibility to correct the error.

Answer 7

I noticed it right away. This is a tough call. Your guests probably will notice, but they probably won't care. I most definately wouldn't throw a fit to my friend, even if it was her typo, because she was nice enough to print them for free.

If you don't want to redo them, and you don't want to just live with it, how about an embellishment. Below is a link for beads with the "&" sign on it. Put the bead on a bit of ribbon and use a hot glue gun to put it on the invitation. This might look nice, but I don't know what your invites look like so it's hard to tell.

http://www.artbeads.com/rba-and.html?utm_source=yahoo-ssp&utm_medium=pi&utm_campaign=main&utm_date=20070825&utm_content=http://www.artbeads.com/rba-and.html

Answer 8

I noticed it right away. But I really think is not a big deal. For sure a lot of people is not going to notice it.

I think you don't want to go over all that work so leave it like that.

Answer 9

If they are already printed that way then I wouldn't go through the expense of reprinting them with the "and" but if it bothers you that much then its your wedding and I would ask her to reprint them correctly. If your friend was aware of this before she showed you then she should have corrected them already...if she claims you gave it to her that way, she should have questioned it then

Answer 10

I didn't catch it, but now that its been pointed out, its driving me nuts. If you can prove that what you gave her to put on them was "and" instead of "to" I would say something definetly, this is horribly grammitcally incorrect, and on a wedding invite its just not acceptable. You don't have to be rude, but this was not a good change at all on her part. It's truly bugging me now! If you can't prove it however, I would say bite your lip and send um out...