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.
Needless to say, the couple were surprised, but they were enchanted by the romantic idea of sending an invite in such a way, as a message in a bottle. The date of the wedding was nearly a year away. At first, the couple was somewhat skeptical about the whole idea, but they seriously considered driving the six hundred miles on the day in question to attend the ceremony.
They did indeed attend the event a year later. It was held in the morning in a small chapel in Key West. The couple was happily welcomed by the bride and groom, and there was much smiling and shaking of hands and great amusement for all who heard the story. And everyone at the ceremony wanted to hear the story of the bottle where it was sent from and where it was found and who found it.
The invitation was apparently part of package deal that the marrying couple got from the company which printed and supplied their printed materials. The company advertised the service as a unique and exciting addition to the traditional invitation.
There are lots of invitation companies in Key West which provide this type of service on a regular basis. They are more often meant as a novelty item and are sent through regular mail to the friends and family of the bride and groom. It is a lot less common for an engaged couple to actually float their bottles in the ocean and address the invitation to anyone who may happen to find it.
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 first evening of the cruise, they threw ten invitations in bottles overboard, and spent the rest of the year wondering if any would be found, and if the people who found them would actually attend the ceremony. On the day of the wedding, two couples showed up with bottles, and now they all have interesting stories to tell their friends about how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle.
Needless to say, the couple were surprised, but they were enchanted by the romantic idea of sending an invite in such a way, as a message in a bottle. The date of the wedding was nearly a year away. At first, the couple was somewhat skeptical about the whole idea, but they seriously considered driving the six hundred miles on the day in question to attend the ceremony.
They did indeed attend the event a year later. It was held in the morning in a small chapel in Key West. The couple was happily welcomed by the bride and groom, and there was much smiling and shaking of hands and great amusement for all who heard the story. And everyone at the ceremony wanted to hear the story of the bottle where it was sent from and where it was found and who found it.
The invitation was apparently part of package deal that the marrying couple got from the company which printed and supplied their printed materials. The company advertised the service as a unique and exciting addition to the traditional invitation.
There are lots of invitation companies in Key West which provide this type of service on a regular basis. They are more often meant as a novelty item and are sent through regular mail to the friends and family of the bride and groom. It is a lot less common for an engaged couple to actually float their bottles in the ocean and address the invitation to anyone who may happen to find it.
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 first evening of the cruise, they threw ten invitations in bottles overboard, and spent the rest of the year wondering if any would be found, and if the people who found them would actually attend the ceremony. On the day of the wedding, two couples showed up with bottles, and now they all have interesting stories to tell their friends about how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle.
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