Planning a wedding of two cultures can be interesting, challenging, and exciting. Mr. Grapefruit has only attended one Asian wedding and I have been to a couple of American weddings - neither of us has the capacity to think of all the details that go into such a monumental life event. Before I knew I was getting married I already accepted the fact that 2/3 of my guest list would be Asian people that I hardly know but people who highly respect my parents. The other 1/3 would be Mr. Grapefruit's family and our close friends. So the first item up for debate was wedding invitations. Mr. Grapefruit thinks having a different culture to follow makes the feel of our wedding much more special. We looked at some samples in the Asian town center in the city but the prices were at a premium - we of course went to the internet and found possibly the best asian invitation website/service ever:
http://ap-printing.com/
They had the largest assortment of asian wedding invitations and they even send you samples of the ones you like! The photo you see is what we have decided so far. I think that the American guests are going to find it unique - what is more the inside will be in two languages which Mr. Grapefruit feels is important to showcase that Vietnamese uses a letter alphabet not symbols. The sample was sent to my mother and she loves the design! Now all we have to do is figure out the wording because his parents are divorced and mom remarried...hmm.
Is anyone having trouble with tricky wording on their invitations? What unique ways did you work around them?
