Wedding Invitations

Casual Wedding Invitation Wording Examples

Choosing the wedding invitations might seem a simple task, in theory, that is, but can become quite a hassle sometimes. To make your search activity easier, the basic things you need to know about the wedding invitations can be found right below.

My humble suggestion is to follow these tips whenever you feel like you desperately need some answers about how should the wedding planning evolve.

First, for some short history which is actually quite important because even today we talk about a wedding etiquette inherited from the early days of civilization. During the Renaissance, only the high class society and its members were educated enough to issue the wedding invitations in written form; this custom was popular only among the wealthy but at the beginning of the twentieth century, people from all social levels adopted this custom, more or less in its early forms.

The wording used in issuing the wedding invitations was formal, with very distinctive templates, but today the wording etiquette is permissive and allows the use of informal language to make the inviting.

The wedding invitation should contain the necessary and basic information about the wedding ceremony and the reception like the name of the bride and the groom, the name of the wedding hosts or not, the location of the wedding ceremony and reception, the date and time, an RSVP if the attendance responses are highly important for the whole planning of the wedding and some other details you might find useful for your guests.

In these last years, the theme weddings became quite popular so you can also add a suggestion or a hint about the theme for your wedding to your invited guests and how should they dress for such an event; if the location of the ceremony is unknown by most of your guests you can also add a printed map with some directional signs.

Remember that different social situations might require different styles of wording for the wedding invitations; for examples the wording differs if one parents or both parents of the bride or groom are deceased or remarried, if the couple would like to issue the invitations alone, without mentioning the names of the wedding hosts, in normal circumstances being the bride’s parents, etc.

Various designs of wedding invitation cards can be found on the internet, where online manufacturers offer a large variety of colorful invitation cards, of all shapes, sizes or patterns; an alternative would be to purchase some personalized wedding invitations if you want some really unique and one-of-a-kind wedding invitations.

Thermography is the cheapest method of printing the invitation text and can create a beautiful effect with its raised letters; the expensive method is the hand written text with some intricate calligraphy styles or letter fonts.

The invitations can be sent out in the classical double envelope or a single one, but before doing this, make sure to read again the written text, with fresh eyes, to spot the wrong use of honorifics or addressing forms and any other misspellings.

If you are expecting for an attendance response or just for a non-attendance response, try mailing the wedding invitations with ten to eight weeks in advance, before the actual wedding day.

I’ve mentioned above something about the wording styles but you have to know that the casual wording for the wedding invitations is the best one available out there and the following examples are for a better understanding. Of course, you can add a personal touch to these invitations by writing some personal quotes or verses but with the simple, casual wording you can be sure you will never go wrong.

”The pleasure of your company is requested at the marriage uniting Marie Lucas and Steven Dellon, on Friday, the seventh of July, two thousand and ten, at eleven o’clock in the morning, St. Mary’s Chapel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Continue the celebration at the reception.”

“Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Lucas, invite you to join them in a celebration of love, as their daughter, Marie Lucas, is united in marriage to Mr. Steven Dellon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dellon, on Friday, the seventh of July, two thousand and ten, at eleven o’clock in the morning, St. Mary’s Chapel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Continue the celebration at the reception.”