The Art of Wording Wedding Invitations in an Elegant Way
January 20, 2007
Your wedding is likely to be the most important event in your personal life. It marks the official beginning of you and your husband’s life as a couple. It can lead to a creation of a family. And it can easily become the happiest party you’ll ever attend.
There are a multitude of details to deal with when you’re preparing for matrimony so many, in fact, that you may be overwhelmed by them all. If you are not a wordsmith by trade or by hobby, you may find the prospect of creating a wedding invitation absolutely daunting. However, it doesn’t have to be—if you follow a few tried-and-true tips for wedding invitation success.
You will have less anxiety when preparing your wedding invitations if you pay close attention to etiquette rules. Otherwise, chances are that you will be unnecessarily worried about offending members of your wedding party and other guests.
As a general rule, keep in mind that writing a wedding invitation is a much more formal process than writing an e-mail to a friend. For the most part, you’ll need to spell out all numbers in order to give the invitation a sleek, sophisticated look. In fact, you’ll even need to spell out the year of the wedding.
When listing your name and the groom’s name, be sure to include your middle names to give your invitation a more formal look. If your wedding is part of a religious ceremony, you should say that you “request the honor of your (guest’s) presence.†This is a polite way of recognizing the formality of the event.
For the most part, it should be the parents of the bride who issue the invitation, based on tradition. In other words, it is the Mom and Dad of the bride-to-be who will be requesting the honor of the presence of the guests. If, however, your parents are deceased or are not part of your wedding planning, alternative wording is perfectly acceptable. In such a case, it is most likely that the couple themselves will be issuing the invitation.
In a case where the bride’s parents have divorced and remarried, it is customary for the names of the parents and their spouses to appear on the wedding invitation. This should help the marrying couple to avoid any etiquette gaffes when dealing with the parents of the bride.
If you are still unsure of how to properly word your invitation, you might consider consulting a wedding planner. He or she should have all the information you need to make an informed choice about invitation wording. While it may seem like a headache to pick out just the right words for your invitation, it is well worth the effort in the end. If you’re proud of your wedding invitations, you’ll be in the appropriate frame of mind for greeting your guests on the day of your special event. You’ll be ready to experience the joy of the moment, rather than worrying about whether your invitations made the right impression on your guests.
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