If you are currently in the process of selecting your wedding invitations, and are thinking to yourself, “I have no idea what to say inside the invites,” you are not alone. Few people have experience writing formal invitations before their wedding.
Start by determining the basics. What do your guests need to know about the ceremony and reception? Important details include the date, time, and location, as well as your names and the names of the people who are hosting or paying for the wedding, which is typically the parents of the couple. Additional details you’d want to include on the invitations include whether children are invited, and whether there is a specific dress code, especially if it is not a black-tie wedding. Before you start working on the wording, you’ll need to have these details finalized. Changing any of these details after the invitations have already been ordered or sent can add a huge headache to the wedding planning process.
With formal invitations, those whose names appear on the card are those who have been invited. For this reason, you’ll need a finalized guest list before proceeding with the invites. If the names of children or significant others are not written on the card, it is assumed that they are not invited. Always write your guests’ names formally; use their full names, not a nickname or shorter version, even if you know them well. Formal wedding invitations should spell out the names and addresses, rather than simply writing them in numbers.
Even if the company creating your wedding invitation design will also write the wording, you’ll need to select the style that you want. You don’t want to ruin a very beautiful wedding invitation card with inappropriate or stilted wording. You might look around the internet for samples to get an idea of the range of styles that exist.
The wording on wedding invitations is nearly as important as the design you choose, as both give guests a glimpse into the style of your wedding. If you are planning a casual, modern party, your wedding invitations should reflect this. The style of your wedding should be equally important if you are hosting an elegant, formal ceremony. Although there are etiquette rules that should be followed, and essential facts that must be conveyed, you can be as creative as you want when writing the wording for your wedding invitations. Try to find the most appropriate wording for the type of wedding you are planning.
Wedding planner Sara Johnson knows all of the wedding etiquette rules when it comes to designing and sending wedding invitations for any wedding ceremony.
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