This just may be the most unique story to tell your friends and family. An older couple living in Florida received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle. They were on the beach when they happened to notice a shiny object wash up on shore. Inside was an invitation specifically addressed to whoever happened to find it, plus one guest.
The message came as a shock but the couple was intrigued by the romance and the whole idea of a party invite being sent in such a way. The date of the ceremony was several months away. There was no way for them to be sure that the invite was legitimate, but they entertained the idea of making the six hundred mile trip to Key West to attend the proposed nuptials.
They couldn't resist the temptation to attend the wedding, so when the day came, they made the long drive to a small chapel in Key West where the event was being held. They were warmly welcomed by the bride and groom when they appeared at the door and displayed their bottle. Everyone was immensely amused and they all wanted to hear the story of where the bottle ended up and how long it took to get there and how the couple had found it.
Apparently, the idea for the invitations were just a promotional thing that their event planner often does for her clients. The event planner was advertising the messages in the bottles as an extra service to be provide alongside the normal or traditional invitations.
Several event planning companies and printers offer "message in a bottle wedding invitations" but they are usually meant as a novelty, not an actual message meant to be thrown into the ocean! They are usually addressed to specific people and sent to the recipients via traditional postage and packaging channels, UPS or FedEx.
However, the bride and groom in this case had the unusual idea of sending real floating invitations. Since the event was an entire year away, it would be interesting to send real messages in real bottles and toss them overboard the cruise ship they were booked to be traveling on soon after their engagement.
On the third night of their cruise, the happy couple made and addressed exactly ten of the unusual wedding invitations and placed them in water-tight bottles. They sent them over the side of the ship and then nearly forgot about them until the day of the ceremony when two strange couples appeared with the bottles. They shared their stories about how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle and then joined in the festivities.
The message came as a shock but the couple was intrigued by the romance and the whole idea of a party invite being sent in such a way. The date of the ceremony was several months away. There was no way for them to be sure that the invite was legitimate, but they entertained the idea of making the six hundred mile trip to Key West to attend the proposed nuptials.
They couldn't resist the temptation to attend the wedding, so when the day came, they made the long drive to a small chapel in Key West where the event was being held. They were warmly welcomed by the bride and groom when they appeared at the door and displayed their bottle. Everyone was immensely amused and they all wanted to hear the story of where the bottle ended up and how long it took to get there and how the couple had found it.
Apparently, the idea for the invitations were just a promotional thing that their event planner often does for her clients. The event planner was advertising the messages in the bottles as an extra service to be provide alongside the normal or traditional invitations.
Several event planning companies and printers offer "message in a bottle wedding invitations" but they are usually meant as a novelty, not an actual message meant to be thrown into the ocean! They are usually addressed to specific people and sent to the recipients via traditional postage and packaging channels, UPS or FedEx.
However, the bride and groom in this case had the unusual idea of sending real floating invitations. Since the event was an entire year away, it would be interesting to send real messages in real bottles and toss them overboard the cruise ship they were booked to be traveling on soon after their engagement.
On the third night of their cruise, the happy couple made and addressed exactly ten of the unusual wedding invitations and placed them in water-tight bottles. They sent them over the side of the ship and then nearly forgot about them until the day of the ceremony when two strange couples appeared with the bottles. They shared their stories about how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle and then joined in the festivities.
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