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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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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