Wedding Invitations

Wedding Invitations

Wedding Invitations:

As discussed under the section of printing and stationery, wedding invitations should set the tone and reflect the theme of your wedding. They should also provide your guests with pertinent information, time, date, venue etc., and sent out at least six to eight weeks prior to your wedding.

In some instances a separate fact sheet may need to be drawn up. For example, if the wedding ceremony is being held in a remote rural place instructions on how to reach the venue and local accommodation.

Wording of your Wedding Invitation:

This will depend upon your personal circumstances, for example � if one of the bride�s parents is a widower, if he/she has remarried, whether or not they are divorced and subsequently remarried. Traditionally, the invitation is sent by the bride�s parents and written in the third person:

Mr & Mrs William Jones request the pleasure of the company of ��.. (write the guest(s) name) at the marriage of their daughter Sarah Jane Frances to Mr George Henry Browning at All Saints Church Queens Avenue, Kettering on Saturday 6 September at 12.30 pm and afterwards at a reception at The Manor House, Kettering
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12 Grove Road, Kettering, Avon

A more modern version may read:

Mr & Mrs William Jones request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Sarah Jane Frances to Mr George Henry Browning etc.

In this instance the name of your guest(s) should be written in ink (preferably by fountain pen) on the top left-hand corner of the card.

In the instance where the bride�s mother is a widow or has divorced and remarried, the invitation could be worded as follows:

(Mr &) Mrs John Black request(s) the pleasure of the company of ��.. at the marriage of her daughter Sarah Jane Frances (Browning) etc.

Here the surname of the bride is included as it differs from the host and hostess.

An alternative wording to the above from a bride's divorced parents is:

Mrs Mary Elizabeth Austen and Mr William Jones Request the honour of your presence At the marriage of their daughter Miss Sarah Jane Frances etc.

If the couple are going to issue the invitations themselves, the invitation may read:

Miss Sarah Jane Frances Jones and Mr George Henry Browning Request the honour of your presence At the marriage of Mrs (surname) daughter At their marriage etc.

For a large number of guests a printed invitation is appropriate. However, if the wedding ceremony is going to be a small intimate gathering, invitations could be hand written. Stationers, post-offices, or mail order catalogues, provide a large range of pre-printed invitations. Alternatively, in keeping with my DIY theme, you may decide to make your own. If so, click on the following link: DIY Wedding Invitations.

Wedding Invitations