Wording On Your Wedding Invitation Cards

When it comes to your wedding invitations, you only have one chance to get it right. Your wedding invitations are the first indicator to wedding guests of what your wedding will be like, so you want them to be in line with your wedding theme and most important, you'll want them to be worded correctly.

So why are there so many ways to ask guests to come to your wedding? Well, the different types of wedding invitation wording are essentially based on a few simple things. Wording differs depending on who pays for the wedding and on the specific situation of the family – meaning, that wording is different if parents are divorced, remarried, deceased, etcetera.

There are many rules for wedding invitation wording and some family situations can make wording downright tricky. But, as a busy bride or groom, you really don’t need to know everything about invitation etiquette just to send out your wedding invitations. All you need is to find the best wording for your situation and copy it into the order for your wedding invitations.

With the correct wording and a few tips on wedding invitations you’ll be well on your way to sending out your wedding invitations quickly and easily without any mistakes.

To take the guesswork out of wedding invitation wording, here are some samples that you can use on your wedding invitations:

Traditional Wedding Invitation

Mr. and Mrs. Bing Crosby

Request the honor of your presence

At the marriage of their daughter

Julie Ann

To

William Presley

On Saturday, the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if the Bride’s Parents and Groom’s Parents Both Help Pay for the Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Bing Crosby

And

Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Presley

Request the honor of your presence

At the marriage of their children

Miss Julie Ann Crosby

And

Mr. William Joseph Presley

On Saturday the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if Bride and Groom Pay for the Wedding on Their Own

The honor of your presence is requested

At the marriage of

Miss Julie Ann Crosby

And

Mr. William Joseph Presley

On Saturday the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if the Bride’s Parents are Divorced (not Remarried) and Both Help Pay for the Wedding

Mrs. Barbara Jones Crosby

And

Mr. Bing Crosby

Request the honor of your presence

At the marriage of their daughter

Julie Ann

To

William Presley

On Saturday, the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if the Bride’s Parents are Divorced and Remarried and Both Help Pay for the Wedding

Mrs. Frank Sinatra

And

Mr. Bing Crosby

Request the honor of your presence

At the marriage of their daughter

Julie Ann

To

William Presley

On Saturday, the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if one of the Bride’s Parents is Deceased

Mrs. Bing Crosby

Requests the honor of your presence

At the marriage of her daughter

Julie Ann

To

William Presley

On Saturday, the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if Bride’s Mother and Stepfather Pay for the Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sinatra

Request the honor of your presence

At the marriage of her daughter

Julie Ann Crosby (last name optional)

To

William Presley

On Saturday, the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedding Invitation if Bride’s Guardian is not Her Mother or Father and Guardian Pays for Wedding

Mrs. Agatha Christie Crosby

Requests the honor of your presence

At the marriage of her granddaughter

Julie Ann

To

William Presley

On Saturday, the seventeenth of May

At five o’clock

City Botanical Gardens

Nashville, Tennessee

Though it can appear complicated, wording your wedding invitations can be easy if you have access to the right words. Using these samples, you’ll be able to have wedding invitations that say what you want them to say while using the proper invitation etiquette.