Invitation Wording

Re: Invitation Wording

• CMGragain member

  

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  You are hosting your own wedding.  This is the traditional wording.  Please change your personal  information on your post for internet security!
  
  The pleasure of your company is requested
  at the marriage of
  

  Bride's Full Name
  

  and

  Groom's Full Name
  

  
  

  Saturday, the twenty-third of August
  

  two thousand fourteen

  at half after four o'clock
  

  
  

  Creekside Cabin

  12345 River Drive
  Town, California
  
  Reception to follow
  
  The parents names do not appear on the invitation unless they are hosting.  The invitation iis a simple note from the hosts to the guests, giving the essential information  of who, what when and where.  It is not a family tree.  It does not honor anyone except the guest who receives it.
  When the couple is hosting their own wedding, the passive voice is used.  The bride and groom do not directly invite people to their own wedding.
  Your phrasing does not make it clear that you are inviting guests to your wedding.  It could be interpreted as an invitation to the reception only, or to a vow renewal.  Non-traditional wording is fine as long as it does the job, but "celebrate the joy of marriage" does not.  Traditional wording is understood by everyone.
  No abbreviations are allowed except for Mr., Mrs. or Ms.  You must write out your state name in full.  Zip codes are only for the outer envelope, and should not be on the invitation itself.
  Is your reception in the same place as your ceremony?  If it is, then you put "Reception to follow."
  The formality of your wedding is indicated by the design of your invitations (lots of color, woodsy designs?), not by the wording.
  Here is a non-traditional option:
  
  Together with their families
  Bride's Full Name
  and
  Groom's Full Name
  request the pleasure of your company
  as they are united in marriage
  (etc.)
  
  or
  
  Together with their families
  Bride's Full Name
  and
  Groom's Full Name
  invite you to their wedding
  (etc.)
  
  

  

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• thesummersky member

  

  June 2014

  Thank you so much! I edited my post at your suggestion.
  
  The reception is at the same place so I will add 'Reception to follow,' and I think the first wording option you presented fits best. Thanks again!

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• futuremrsog15 member

  

  August 2014

  I would like to add a question about abbreviations... would it be appropriate to use abbreviations on the directions card in my wedding invitations? Mainly the map I am concerned about. The actual directions will be written out. Or should they be consistent?
  

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• Jen4948 member

  

  August 2014

  Would using abbreviations on the map make it easier to use? If so, then I don't see why not. If not, especially if the map would be harder to use when using abbreviations, then it's probably better to keep it consistent with the written directions.

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