Money only bridal shower-invitation

Personally, I wouldn't have my own wedding shower at all. Just let my friends/family know that I'm getting married and if they decide to do something, it's on them then..

And actually, the more i think about it.. if I didn't have the money for the wedding, I would not have a large wedding. but, this is the new age. Hope it all works out for you.

You can say it on a card.
“So blessed to have everything I need!, but if you would like to contribute to a wedding / honeymoon fund, it would mean the world”

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I really like this option! I feel like it doesn't say "thanks but no thanks" to any physical gifts. We all know there are people out there who just have to buy a gift.

But I agree with a lot of the other girls, there unfortunately is no nice way to say it. You can put it on your wedding website, skip the registry and just have your bridal party and parents suggest monetary gifts. Word of mouth is always best for this kind of thing just make sure you have a nice way to put it when people do come asking (:

"Monetary Gifts Appreciated"

I wouldn’t put it on at all. Leave it for word-of-mouth, or if you have a wedding website that’s up and running before your shower you can add it there maybe?

I don't think there is a polite way to say it, sorry!

We are in the same boat, living together with kids....but won't be including a registry.

We are in our mid 30's and we've been living together for 7 years. We have everything we need. I don't think there is a nice way to say, "we only want money" even if you phrase it with a cutesy rhyme. That's just my personal opinion. So we won't have a registry and leave it up to our guests to bring what they feel is appropriate.

You can add something sweet to the invitation such as "With all that we have, we've been truly blessed! Your presence and prayers are all that we request. But if you desire to give the Bride a gift.. A monetary gift is one we suggest! "

I was given an invitation once and found it written in a rude way. For my wedding we just didn't say anything, we don't have a registry and everyone knows we've lived together the last few years and have our own place. Some people have already told me they rather give us a physical gift and thats ok but we are hoping that most people do the envelope shower type thing if they even choose to give us a gift. Its hard to write it politely but the no boxed gifts wording is one of the best I've seen

I honestly thought it was tacky when my cousin put it in her invitation but everyone is different. I would say put something cute that doesn't "demand" money such as "if you were thinking of giving a gift, to help us on our way, a gift of cash towards our ______ would really make our day. However, if you prefer to purchase a gift, feel free to surprise us in your own way" that way it lets them know you prefer money but you are giving them the option.

My MOH and Mom are going to spread the word for me to save the hassle of trying to word it in a way that won’t sound rude or upset anyone p

I would be straight up and just write "Monetary gifts preferred" in the invitation for the bridal shower.

I would say something like "no boxed gifts please". I think you may still get some people who will get you a physical gift but most people will probably give you cash. We had a registry for our wedding and most people gave us cash anyway; it seems to be the trend these days.

I've heard of envelope showers. Not sure how common they are where you live. An envelope shower is where there is one card and everyone signs it and puts their money gift in the envelope.

We were in the same boat. We set up a honeyfund.com registry for our honeymoon and laid out excursions that we wanted to go on and people could buy them for us - we just included the link to our online registry on the invitation the same way you'd say "we're registered at The Bay". We turned off the online giving (i.e. credit card) option since it charged a service fee. This meant that we got cash gifts. Surprisingly, most people just gave us money without an actual excursion specified. I think we got 4 excursions paid for from a shower with approx. 50 people there. Most people just gave cash and a note to use it for our honeymoon. We got a couple of small physical gifts, but mostly money.

We plan to possibly do a money only wedding "registry". We have our own home and things so like you we don't need anything except money to help pay for all of this and our honeymoon. So we are thinking of setting up something for a "Honey-Fund" and have our guests give the money they would use on a gift to go towards our honeymoon.

I did put on our invitations no boxed gifts please.

There have been others who would put monetary gifts please.
That woumd be a polite way to let them know and on your invitation when you send it out.

I'm not sure there's a nice way of saying it. I'd say something cute about your happy home having all it needs and monetary gifts are preffered.