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Stuck on invite wording;[

Is anyone else having this dilemma?

We are having an outdoorsey wedding in the Adirondacks and I want the invite wording to be informal and creative.

Im having trouble balancing the two.  I suppose we would want to include both sets of parents, but reflect the laidback outdoorsey feel of the wedding...
I was also thinking about using lyrics from the song we are walking down the isle to (Plain White T's- 1,2,3,4)

Does anyone have any advice on this topic?!  Its driving me crazzzy.

Re: Stuck on invite wording;[

  • edited December 2011
    "together with their families"
    instead of Mr. & Mrs and Mr. & Mrs  ???
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    edited December 2011
    It seems to me like writing out the whole names of both families is more formal.  Agree with Monica's "together with their families".
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  • edited December 2011
    There's a lot of cool options if you don't mention either set of parents. Is that an option. If not, how about this?

    Because you have shared in our lives
    by your friendship and love, we
    (bride)
    and
    (groom)
    together with our parents
    invite you to share
    the beginning of our new life
    together
    when we exchange marriage vows
    on (date)
    at (time)
    (location)
    (city, state)
  • edited December 2011
    When wording ours my mother wanted both sets of parents and all four names listed (no clue why) it was wordy but we did Mr Jack Smith and Mrs. Jill Smith. (dont forget you are never to separate the mans name from mr or his last name) But that was way to wordy so we dropped the mr. & mrs.
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_central-new-york_stuck-invite-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:621Discussion:0d4b2b6a-8ae3-482b-b797-bdfcc1642452Post:29c758e8-888b-4c16-8e03-48b28ad4bc37">Re: Stuck on invite wording;[</a>:
    [QUOTE]There's a lot of cool options if you don't mention either set of parents. Is that an option. If not, how about this? <strong>Because you have shared in our lives by your friendship and love,</strong> we (bride) and (groom) together with our parents invite you to share the beginning of our new life together when we exchange marriage vows on (date) at (time) (location) (city, state)
    Posted by sarahgoldfarb[/QUOTE]

    Thats what mine says! Thank you very much Davids Bridal website :) We had to change our wording all around though b/c mom insisted they be on it (as my parents are paying) and I insisted FIs parents not be on it (they each gave a small amount but theyre divorced and remarried and thats just a circus of an invite).

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  • edited December 2011
    Mine says basically the same thing.  lol.  Stole it from The Knot

    Because you have blessed our lives with your friendship and love
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  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_central-new-york_stuck-invite-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:621Discussion:0d4b2b6a-8ae3-482b-b797-bdfcc1642452Post:a2be5081-04c5-4b8b-ae7e-c875f8ac0cd3">Re: Stuck on invite wording;[</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Stuck on invite wording;[ : Thats what mine says! Thank you very much Davids Bridal website :) <strong>We had to change our wording all around though</strong> b/c mom insisted they be on it (as my parents are paying) and I insisted FIs parents not be on it (they each gave a small amount but theyre divorced and remarried and thats just a circus of an invite).
    Posted by DondadaTimes2[/QUOTE]

    What did you end up going with? I'm not into the formal honour (what are we British?) and prescence and stuff.

    Right now I have:
    (Parents' names) invite you to celebrate the marriage between their daughter ....

    Boring, but it works.
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