Wedding Invites – A Dilemma

It is true that the price of wedding invites is just a fraction of other wedding items such as your wedding gown and wedding photography. As a result couples may put less emphasis on their wedding invites. This is especially true when couples feel the wedding invitations are too expensive.

Besides, some couples maintain that their guests will throw the wedding invitation cards into the rubbish bins anyway, it will be totally a waste to spend so much money on wedding invitations. In this case I believe using email as wedding invites will be the best solution. However, couples, even if they think their guests will throw the invitation cards away sooner or later, are usually reluctant to adopt this idea of email wedding invitations.

Actually, I hold quite a different point of view towards this notion of wedding invitation design. A wedding invites can be more than a printed material. Although I am a wedding invitation designer myself, I am also an advocate of DIY invitations. You should never sacrifice the quality of any of your wedding items.

Wedding Invites Wording – A Step by Step Guide

If you want to use other wording or a sentimental verse, save it to include in your wedding program. Using the handy step-by-step guide on the opposite page and the easy line-by-line explanations below, you and your fiance will be ready to compose the perfect Wedding Invites.

• Wedding Invites - INVITATIONAL LINE — The first line, the “invitational line,” just as its name suggests, simply tells who is issuing the invitation. It typically includes the bride’s parents’ names since they traditionally host the wedding, or the invitational line may include the couple’s names if they are hosting the wedding themselves.

• REQUEST LINE — The line that actually invites your guests to the wedding varies depending on where you plan to marry.

• Wedding Invites - BRIDE’S NAME — The bride’s two given names are shown on this line. Her last name is also included if it is different from her parents’ last name, if the groom’s parents’ names are also on the invitation and she wants to add her last name for clarity, or if she and her fiance are issuing the invitations themselves.

• JOINING WORD — married “to” her groom; however, traditional Jewish invitations include the word “and” between the bride’s name and the groom’s name to indicate the joining of two families. You will also find “and” used in the traditional wording for invitations to many Catholic ceremonies. Basically the use of “to” or “and” in both wedding invites and announcements is a personal preference.

• GROOM’S NAME — Along with the groom’s full name, include the title “Mr.” on the invitation under most circumstances.

• Wedding Invites - DATE LINE, YEAR LINE — Do not use abbreviations or numerals on the date line; each word should be written out. Add “morning” or “evening” after the day only if the time of the wedding might otherwise be interpreted either way. The year should always be included on wedding announcements since they are mailed after the wedding has taken place.

• TIME LINE — If you plan to marry on the hour, the time line simply reads “at five o’clock,” but if your wedding is scheduled for 5:30, it should read “at half after five o’clock.”

• Wedding Invites - LOCATION — Always include the full name of the wedding site, with no abbreviations. If you plan to marry at home, simply include the full address.

• LOCATION ADDRESS — If your reception will be held at the same site, you may add the line “and afterwards at the reception” following the city and state.

• Wedding Invites - FOOTNOTES — A footnote may be added to a traditional invitations wedding, if the ceremony and reception will take place at the same location and if you do not choose to include a separate reception card.

Hopefully, finding the right wording for your Wedding Invites won’t be one of them.