Wedding Invitations

English And Spanish Wedding Invitation Wording

The wedding day is special day for both bride and groom and their families, so the planning and organizing of such an event can occupy their minds for quite some time.

The custom of sending wedding invitations or rather to issue an invitation at a wedding is as old as the tradition of organizing a wedding so it is very important to know how to choose them.

The wedding invitations come in an overwhelming variety of designs, patterns, shapes and sizes and color combination possibilities so you have to be careful when selecting the right design for your wedding. An idea would be to select the classic and simple wedding invitation, single colored or white, or to match the pattern of the wedding invitation card with the theme of your wedding.

Thermography is the cheapest and possibly the best method of printing a wedding invitation; you can also choose for the engraving method and use the classical tissue for the wedding invitations or the hand written text.

You can directly purchase the wedding invitations from online manufacturers; on the internet you can find a wide variety of unique designs and select whatever product you like or you can also order some personalized invitation cards that will surely be one-of-a-kind. You can always test your artistic skills and patience and make the invitations using only your imagination and manual dexterity; this do-it-yourself option is worth your time only if you have a limited number of guests and if you have the necessary time.

To issue the invitation you can always use the formal wording, based on an old wording etiquette for the wedding invitations, or the non-traditional language or to express the inviting by using your own words. For the latter option, you can also use some favorite quotes, verses or poems to start the invitation.

The wedding invitation should always contain the basic and pertinent information about the wedding ceremony or reception: the name of the bride, mentioned first, the name of the groom, the location of the ceremony, the date and time.

The information about the reception, such as the name of the location, the address, the time and date can be written on the wedding card or on a separate card.

The same goes with the RSVP: you can add a phone number on the wedding invitations or the expression “Regrets only” if you are expecting only the non-attendance responses, or you can simply write it on a separate reply card with a return address.

For each family situation a different wording style is needed and if it happens that your loved one has a different nationality than yours, a great idea would be to use bilingual wedding invitations. Here are some wording examples for both English and Spanish languages.

“Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Lawson, invite you to join them in a celebration of love, as their daughter, Lydia Lawson, is united in marriage to Mr. Ricardo Gonzales, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guillermo Gonzales, on Saturday, the sixth of July, two thousand and ten, at six o’clock in the evening, St. Mary’s Church, Los Angeles, California. Continue the celebration at the reception following the ceremony”.

The Spanish example: ““Dios bendiga por hoy nuestra union, y que en el mañana a través de tristezas y alegrías perdure nuestro amor por siempre. Guillermo Gonzales y Sebastian Lawson y Maria Gonzales y Simone Lawson, el enlace participan a Ud. el enlace matrimonial de su hija matrimonial de su hijo, Lydia y Ricardo, se complacen en invitar a usted y a su apreciable  familia a la ceremonia religiosa que se llevará a cabo el (day, year, time and location). Después de la ceremonia agradeceremos su presencia a la recepción que se ofrecerá en el (location of the reception or after-party).”

”Lydia Lawson and Ricardo Gonzales request the honour of your presence at their marriage, on Saturday, the sixth of July, two thousand and ten, at six o’clock in the evening, St. Mary’s Church, Los Angeles, California. Reception to follow after the ceremony.”

“Lydia Lawson and Ricardo Gonzales, cada uno una mitad incomplete, juntos somos como uno, y por esto hay Felicidad. Esta día me casaré con mi amor, con el que sonrío, por el que vivo, con el que sueño y amo. El milagro del amor es este que el amor nos es dado para darselo a otro. Toma mi mano y dime que me seguirás. (que estarás junto a mí). Ceremonia a (time, date, location, address, city and state).”