In
this section you will find basic layouts for wedding invitations.
You have styles for more elegant, formal weddings, and you have simple
announcements. For futher information regarding etiquette and proper
wording, we invite you to read through our etiquette section to help
you with wording for the many different situations that may come up
when hosting a wedding (i.e. divorced parents hosting, the couple
hosting, religious ceremonies, civil ceremonies, etc.). You will also
find the proper writing for formal weddings as oppose to casual dinner
receptions. We do have a few listed below, but for a more complete
list, click here.
All
bold blue names, dates, etc. will be replaced by
your names, dates, etc. These are just to show you how it would
look.
There is wording for the following:
Traditional
Ceremony Invitation with Reception Card:
Mr. and Mrs. David Carr
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Trisha Elizabeth Carr
to
Jonathon Ian Moore
on Saturday,
the ninth of September
two thousand and four
at six o'clock in the evening
The Crystal Rose
Littleton, Colroado
Reception
immediately following the ceremony
Reception Card:
The favour of a reply is requested
by August 1, 2004
Note: There are a couple of different ways to address an invitation
of this kind. if the ceremony is a religious ceremony, use the
words: the honour of your presence is requested.
If the ceremony is a civil ceremony, use the words:
the pleasure of your company is requested.
Divorced
Parents Hosting
There
can be many different scenerios to take into consideration when parents
are divorced. The two examples used below are:
-The bride's remarried mother and the bride's biological father are
hosting the wedding.
-Both of the bride's parents, who are remarried, are hosting the wedding
together.
These aren't the only ways, but just a couple examples.
Mrs. Sarah Anderson
and
Mr. David Carr
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of their daughter
Trisha Elizabeth Carr
OR:
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anderson
and
Mr. and Mrs. David Carr
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of
Trisha Elizabeth Carr
When
One Parent is Deceased
If
the living parent is hosting the wedding, just use their name as normal.
If you want to include the name of the deceased parent, use the example
below to state their name, without implying that they are hosting
the wedding.
Mr. David Carr
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Trisha Elizabeth Carr
OR:
Trisha Elizabeth Carr,
daughter of David Carr and the
late
Mrs. Sarah Carr
along with
Jonathon Ian Moore
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Moore
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage
Couple
Hosting
The honour of your presence
is requested at the marriage of
Trisha Elizabeth Carr
to
Jonathon Ian Moore
OR:
Miss Trisha Elizabeth Carr
and
Mr. Jonathon Ian Moore
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage
Double
Wedding
At
a double wedding, the name of the older sister is to be listed first.
Mr. and Mrs. David Carr
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughters
Trisha Elizabeth
to
Jonathon Ian Moore
and
Katherine Anne
to
Jason Brent O'Connor
on Saturday
September 9, 2003
at six o'clock in the evening
The Crystal Rose
Littleton, Colroado
Reaffirmation of Vows
Because you have shared in their lives
by your friendship and love
the honour of your presence is requested
at the reaffirmation of the wedding vows of
Jonathon and Trisha Moore
on April 8, 2004
6:00 p.m.
Trinity Faith Church
Littleton, Colorado
dinner
reception immediately following
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