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Elegala tip
- Use formal spellings for honour if wedding takes place in a house of worship; otherwise use “honor”
- Alternative request lines can be substituted for any of these: “pleasure of your company” “share and celebrate in their joy”
- If you choose not to list parents’ names on the invitations, the bride and groom’s last names should be listed, as it is no longer understood
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Wedding Invitation Wording Examples
Get a complete list of wording examples for wedding invitations for nearly every scenario.
Wedding Invitation Wording Examples
Gone are the days when wedding etiquette mandated that the bride’s parents, and the bride’s parent’s only, hosted the wedding. Today anyone can foot the bill, and with modern familial arrangements often anything but nuclear, there is no straightforward rule for wording invitations. Below is wording samples for nearly every possible arrangement. Have a circumstance not addressed here? (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Bride’s Parents Host – traditional wedding invitation wording
Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Jane Marie
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride’s Parents Host – wedding invitation wording variation mentioning groom’s parents
Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith
invite you to share in the joy
of the marriage uniting their daughter
Jane Marie
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride’s Parent Deceased, Remaining Parent Hosts
Mr. John Doe Smith
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Jane Marie
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride’s Parent Deceased, Remaining Parent Hosts with New Spouse
Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of Mr. John Smith’s daughter
Jane Marie
to
Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Both parents and Bride/Groom Host
Miss Jane Marie Smith
and
Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson
together with their parents
request the favor of your presence
at their marriage
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride and Groom Host
The honor of your presence
is requested at the marriage of
Miss Jane Marie Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith
and
Thomas Allan Johnson
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Joint Hosts – Multiple Friends and Families
Please join family and friends
in celebrating the Marriage of
Jane Marie Smith and Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Reception to follow at
the home of Dave and Carol Murphy
543 Main Street
Divorced Parents are Jointly Hosting
Mrs. Mary Peterson
and
Mr. John Doe Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Jane Marie Smith
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride’s Remarried Parent & New Spouse Hosts
Mary and Bill Peterson
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Jane Marie Smith
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride’s Divorced Parent Hosts Alone
Mrs. Mary Peterson
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Jane Marie Smith
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Both Parents Deceased, Invitations Issued by an Elder Brother
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage his sister
Jane Marie
to
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Both Sets of Parents Host
Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their children
Jane Marie Smith
and
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Groom’s Parents Host
Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of
Miss Jane Marie Smith
to their son
Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Invitation to Reception Only
Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage reception of their daughter
Jane Marie
and
Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Bride Keeps Maiden Name
Ms. Jane Marie Smith
and
Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson
are pleased to announce
that they will become
Ms. Jane Marie Smith
and
Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson
Saturday, the sixteenth of July
Two thousand and eight
Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road
Atlanta, Georgia
Invitation to Post Wedding Celebration
Jane Marie Smith
and
Thomas Allan Johnson
are pleased to announce
they will be married
on Saturday, July Sixteenth
during a private ceremony
on the Island of Maui
Please join us for a
celebration when we return as
husband and wife
Saturday, July sixteenth
at six o’clock in the evening
Anthony’s Restaurant
Atlanta, Georgia
Different Wording Ideas - 1
Two lives, two hearts
Joined together in friendship
united forever in love
It’s with joy that we
Jane Marie Smith
and
Thomas Allan Johnson
invite you to be with us
as we exchange our marriage vows
on the sixteenth of July, two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Anthony’s Restaurant
Atlanta, Georgia
Reception to follow
Different Wording Ideas - 2
This day I will marry my best friend
the one I laugh with, live for, love
Jane Marie Smith
and
Thomas Allan Johnson
invite you to join them as they
begin their new life together
on Saturday, the sixteenth of July, two thousand and eight
at six o’clock in the evening
Anthony’s Restaurant
Atlanta, Georgia
Reception to follow
