How Are Wedding Invitations Supposed to Written?
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We are making our own wedding invitations, and I am not sure how to write the Wedding Invite.
I have looked online for Wedding Invites, but none of them really gave me anything to work on.
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our names are Derek and Cecelia
The wedding date is July 23rd, 2011
We want to say "you are formally invited" but not sure on what else goes after that!
Any ideas would be appreciated!
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you can say: you are formally invited to the celebration of love between derek, cecelia and ( your daughter's name if you want to) in holy matrimony to join us as a family before God on july 23, 2011, address of the place of the ceremony, time, city and directions if necessary....reception follows at name the place and address, city, and if it is going to be directly after the ceremony or at a later date(which ever you decide to do) OR you can pick up the invitation kit as offered in one of the other suggestions and see what it has to offer. are you doing ok health wise? i hope so! try not to get stressed out.
Cecelia FULL NAME
and
Derek FULL NAME
together with their parents (if this is the case)
request the pleasure of your company
at their marriage on
the twenty-third of July
two thousand eleven
at WHATEVER o'clock in the afternoon/evening
LOCATION
ADDRESS
R.s.v.p.
* * * * * * *
I'm assuming you two are giving your own wedding. If your parents issue the invitations, they would read:
Mr. and Mrs. Cecelia's Parents
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Cecelia Full Name
to
Derek Full Name
etc. etc. as above
* * * * * * *
Arcane rule nobody pays attention to anymore:
If the ceremony is held in a religious house of worship, the invitations read "request the honor of your presence."
If the ceremony is held anyplace other than a house of worship, the invitations read "request the pleasure of your company."
You have a good start. You need to tell your guests the:
WHERE - full address including name of church/venue, postal code etc of where to go to the ceremony, include the reception address too as some guests may only be able to attend the reception
Do not assume that all your friends/family know where the place is so put all the details.
I would go for something like:
You are formally invited,
To join us to a celebration of love,
Where Derek and Cecelia will join hands in holy matrimony,
(church)
July 23rd, 2011
Go online and search for "wedding invitation wording" on a search engine. It should you tons of results.
Here's a link that can help get you started:
http://www.invitationconsultants.com/sw-wedding.aspx
if you're hosting (paying for) the wedding, then you can do it however you want. my parents hosted my wedding so they were listed first on the invitation, because they are the ones actually inviting the guests. here's one way you could do it:
you are cordially invited to the wedding of
cecelia ann jones
to
derek smith
on the 23rd of july, two thousand eleven
at four o'clock in the afternoon
st. grace church
anytown, oh
reception immediately following
stowe country club
stowe, oh
for formal invitations, the date and time are always spelled out like that. I bought invitation kits at michael's and it came with directions that showed different ways you could word it. you also insert a small card with directions to the reception hall, and then your response card where the guest checks off their meal choice. and a stamped return envelope goes in there for them as well.