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As the invitation is the
introduction to your wedding, the style you choose should appropriately reflect
the tone of the occasion. It sets the scene and gives your guest's a glimpse of
what they can expect from the day.
This also means the wording used for your invitation is very important. Deciding
on the content may seem a daunting and confusing task but if you follow a few
simple guidelines it needn't be...
The wording is generally determined by
a) the style of the wedding e.g. formal/traditional or informal
b) the hosts
To help, we have put together examples of formal and informal invitation wording
for each host.
Click on the host of your wedding below for more information
The bride's (or groom's) parents
The bride and groom's parents
The bride and groom
The couple plus their parents
Non specific
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A few General notes...
- Punctuation should be minimal and the use of capital letters
correct.
- Abbreviations should not be used, with the exception of titles,
dates and times e.g. ‘Dr, Mr’,‘30th’, ‘pm’.
- The abbreviation ’&’ should not be used.
- The Bride’s name usually appears before the Groom’s.
- Generally, if the word 'wedding' is used in the invitation the
Bride's name is followed by 'and' the Groom. If the word 'marriage'
is used the Bride's name is followed by 'to' the Groom.
- It is acceptable to write the date and time in either words or
numbers e.g. ‘fourth September, two thousand and seven at
three o’clock’ or ‘4th September 2007 at 3.00pm’ but the choice
should be consistent throughout the invitation wording.
- If the ceremony and reception are at the same location, the venue
needs only to be written once.
- If the ceremony and reception are at different locations both
venues need to be listed.
- Extras can be added such as 'carriages at midnight' or 'black
tie', these would be written after 'reception details' and before
'RSVP'
- If an RSVP address is to be written on the invitation, etiquette
suggests it is positioned on the left hand side under the general
wording.
Click here to see
what you should write in the other stationery items
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