Wedding Invitations

Modern Wedding Invitation Wording

There are some very important details you might want to know about the wedding invitations and since selecting them might not seem like such an easy task, below are some tips about the wedding invitations and the wording used to address them to your guests.

The custom of sending out the wedding invitations is a long lasting tradition and we ca probably say that it all started with the first wedding ever. Of course, there weren’t any written letters, but like in the Medieval Ages, the invitation could be issued out loud.

Once the wedding became an official celebration, a wedding etiquette soon emerged from all those customs.

With the help of the popular Internet you can purchase the wedding invitations directly from online manufacturers. The offers are numerous and you can find a large variety of card designs, patterns, sizes, shapes and colors; those manufacturers can give you the possibility of personalizing your wedding invitations so that you can be sure they will be unique or one-of-a-kind. Another option, sometimes cheaper, is the do-it-yourself option or to make by yourself the wedding invitations if you have the necessary patience and artistic skills or inspiration. Usually, this option is an alternative if the number of guests is limited and if time is by your side and the planning of the wedding only needs the last finishing touches.

There are two styles of wording from which you can choose one: using an unconventional language or issuing the wedding invitations by using your own words, sometimes adding some favorite quotes or verses, or by using the formal wording, with a determined style depending on the family situation, for examples, if the parents are decease, if they are remarried, etc.

Thermography can be seen as the cheapest and one of the best methods to write the text of the invitation; other options are the hand writing, which is quite expensive, and the engraving methods. You can have some beautiful wedding invitations depending on the intricate calligraphy style you want to use or the letter fonts. You can as well match the design of the wedding invitation with the theme of your wedding, even if it’s an exotic or traditional one.

The information about the wedding should be pertinent and the basic thing will be to mention the name of the bride and groom, the name of the wedding hosts, but this is a personal decision; other details are about the location of the wedding ceremony and reception, the name of the locations, the time, the date and the RSVP if you find it necessary to receive an attendance response.

Usually the whole planning of the wedding may depend on the answer of attendance, but if you would like to receive only the non-attendance replies you can write only “Regrets only” and add a phone number for contact.

A wrong use of honorifics or some other spelling mistakes can cause some embarrassments with your invited quests so make sure to read again, several times the information written on the invitation card; only after you can seal the invitations in their single or double envelopes and mail them out with eight to ten weeks in advance before the actual wedding day.

The above is the general information you need to know about the wedding invitations, but remember that you can always use your creativity with words and add a modern feeling to your unique wedding invitations.

Here is a wording example for the formal wording: “Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Simone James to William Cullen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Cullen, on Saturday, the fifth of November, two thousand eleven, at ten o’clock in the morning at St. Mary’s Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana.”

For a themed or non-traditional wedding: “Because you have shared in our lives by our friendship and love, we, Simone James and William Cullen, together with our parents, invite you to share the beginning of our new life together when we exchange marriage vows, on Saturday, the fifth of November, two thousand eleven, at ten o’clock in the morning at St. Mary’s Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana.”