Here's a unique and uplifting story to tell your grandchildren. An elderly couple in Florida received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle. Walking on the beach one day on the east coast of Florida, the couple noticed a glass object freshly washed up on shore. The object contained inside an invitation addressed to "the lucky finder of this bottle... Plus one."
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.
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.
The young engaged couple had a different idea which made their message in a bottle invites a little more than just a novelty. The event was a long way off, so they thought wouldn't it be an interesting idea to toss their bottles overboard from a cruise ship. It would give the objects enough time to travel the waves and wash up somewhere and anyone finding them to make arrangements to attend the event.
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.
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.
The young engaged couple had a different idea which made their message in a bottle invites a little more than just a novelty. The event was a long way off, so they thought wouldn't it be an interesting idea to toss their bottles overboard from a cruise ship. It would give the objects enough time to travel the waves and wash up somewhere and anyone finding them to make arrangements to attend the event.
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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