Ok, so I've tried everyday this week to order the invites, but I stop myself because I keep feeling not so confident that it's worded right. Please help me!
So, I'm glad I checked because before I had the time @ 4:00 but it's actually 4:30. I looked online to see how etiquette says to write that & I found these two ways:
half after four o'clock
or
half past four o'clock
AND
originally I had "request the honour of your presence" but then I read that that usually means a church ceremony, which we are not having...
It offered: request the "pleasure of your company" or "honour of your company" or "would like you to help celebrate the marriage of" or "invite you to celebrate with them at the marriage of".
Why are there so many choices!
#1 I want it to sound formal without say "this is a formal wedding INVITATION!" lol
#2 I don't want it to sound fake. I want it to sound like us.... What is your wording? Did you make something up or use either of these examples?
Then, in my last wording post, jennyann said that she likes it when people write "together with their parents (families) Angela & Christopher request...." Should I have it with a 'and' or a '&' between our names.
And probably not last or least (eerrggg) should I put a space between the invite wording and the location?
Here's the wording how I have it now:
Angela.....
and
Christopher....
Together with their families
Angela & Christopher
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage
Saturday, the twenty-fourth of July
Two thousand ten
half past four o'clock in the afternoon
The Orting Manor
Address
Orting, Washington......
I think the "half past four o'clock in the afternoon" sounds funny, do you?
I found this one online & really like it...
Bride, groom, and parents hosting (example 2):
Isabella Marie
and
Edward Jonathan
together with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith
and
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Callahan
invite you to share in the joy
when they exchange marriage vows
and begin their new life together