Wedding Invitations

How To Word Wedding Invitations

I have always been puzzled by the way people choose to word the wedding invitations of their family’s big events; they are generally worded by the wedding couples’ parents, they are the ones to “have the pleasure to invite you to…”, but what happens with the brides, for instance, that have been adopted by their peers, or the grooms that have been part of their grandparents’ family? Is the wording supposed to detail this information?




Wouldn’t be there more simple and natural for the wedding couples themselves to word their own wedding cards; after all they are the ones to organize their special day, they are the ones that get married, so why shouldn’t the wording go for their personal tone of a wording? I find it more considerate if the wording of the wedding invitation is done on the couple’s behalf. For one, there is more attention paid to the event and second in this way you, as a guest, feel more important when that amount of attention is sent to you together with the invitation.

But, either way, by whom the wedding card is composed, there is however an etiquette that needs to be followed when it comes to how to word wedding invitations. First of all, the type of wedding should be the one that sets the tone: if there is a traditional wedding following the patterns of formality then the wording should go like this: “X and Y request the honor of your attendance at their marriage event that is to take place Saturday, the 10^th of July, at two o’clock in the afternoon, at St. Anthon cathedral, 46 Julian Street, followed by the reception at Henry’s Restaurant on 55 Artemis Street”.

The fact is that this etiquette is the one that requires the inclusion of the wedding details – name of the bride and groom (when the wording is done by the couple themselves, if not the parents names appear that invite the guests at their named children’s wedding event), the day of the wedding, hour and location – address should be mentioned as well. The number of the day and the hours are written in letters and not in figures, this one goes also for all the types of weddings and not only for the formal ones.

Mainly all the traditional weddings are following the same etiquette rules when it comes to the wording, but the moment a wedding has a theme that is far from being formal and as such traditional, the wording may differ from one case to another. For instance if there is a wedding to be celebrated in funny notes because the theme of the event requires, then the tone of the wording should be the same, in this way the guests having some clues on the type of wedding that is about to take place.

Or if there is a costumed theme of a wedding celebration, maybe you might need to add some brief details in regard to the attendance, asking your guests to come dressed in that specific way. An addition that should not be forgotten regardless the theme of the wedding, is the inclusion of the driving instructions. In this way you can avoid delays in your guests’ attendances and it is moreover useful if there are guests coming from other cities or faraway locations. Otherwise you should go with your own inspiration in the quest of how to word wedding invitations when it comes to sending the written message of your biggest non-formal event to your family and friends.