Say it Right – Wording for your Wedding Invitation

In this modern wedding day, there are a number of ways to word your formal wedding invitation to suit the unique circumstances in which it is directed and delivered from host to party guests. A family that includes multiples of parents, too many to include in the opening of a concise wedding announcement, there is a particular style of phrasing that is much different from a single family that is paying for the wedding, and much different from a couple that is funding their own wedding for invitation. In this post, we are offering sample texts fitted for some of the most common circumstances in which an invitation should be composed.

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1. The Mother and Father of the bride are funding the wedding:

Mr. and Mrs. Jane Doe request the pleasure of your company at the wedding reception of their daughter

Daughter to Son-In-Law

on Thisday, the twenty-something of This Month, two thousand and ten at this time in the evening Location, City, State

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Another example:

MR. AND MRS. SCOTT MORRISON REQUEST THE HONOUR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR DAUGHTER

Nikki Morrison to Tommy Nuckols

SATURDAY, THE TWENTY-NINTH OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TEN SIX O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING AT THE FILTER BUILDING ON WHITE ROCK LAKE DALLAS, TEXAS

COCKTAIL HOUR AND RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

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If the couple has too many sets of parents and elders to list on the invitation, they may opt to formally invite their guests in this way:

Together with their families

Bride-to-Be

and

Groom

Request your presence at the Celebration of their marriage

This Day, the Day of the Month, This Year at this o’clock in the evening This location, city, state

Reception to follow

Using this format covers the bases of including the family members that may not be present at the time of the wedding – deceased family members – and family that has been multiplied via divorce and remarriage.

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