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 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.
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.
So, the couple took a cruise and decided to throw ten bottles with invites in them over the side of the ship. They spent the next months wondering how many of the messages would be found and how many of the finders would actually show up. When the time came for the ceremony, it turned out that two unknown groups of guests showed up: two couples who had found the messages, produced their invites, and it was quite a spectacle to behold as they told their stories of how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle.
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 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.
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.
So, the couple took a cruise and decided to throw ten bottles with invites in them over the side of the ship. They spent the next months wondering how many of the messages would be found and how many of the finders would actually show up. When the time came for the ceremony, it turned out that two unknown groups of guests showed up: two couples who had found the messages, produced their invites, and it was quite a spectacle to behold as they told their stories of how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle.
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