Wedding Invitation Etiquette

Deciding how to word a wedding invitation can be tricky. Should you use formal wording or more casual wording? The choice might be difficult, but remember that the choice is ultimately yours. Your wedding invitation wording should reflect the tone of the wedding you are planning: if your wedding will be formal, then formal wording should be used on the invitation, etc.

Here is a selection of more well-known wedding invitation examples.

If both sets of parents are hosting (formal)

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony N. Brown &

Mr. and Mrs. John Green Jr.

request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their children

Audrey Jane

to

Francis James

Saturday, the nineteenth of September

two thousand and ten

at half past four in the afternoon

Couple Hosting (Formal)

The pleasure of your company

is requested at the marriage of

Audrey Jane Green

to Francis James Brown

Saturday, the nineteenth of September

two thousand and ten

at half past four in the afternoon

If both sets of parents are hosting (casual)

Anthony and Elizabeth Brown

along with John Jr. and Jeanne Green

invite you to share in their joy at the marriage of their children

Audrey Jane

to Francis James Brown

Saturday, September 19, 2010

at 4:30 in the afternoon

Couple Hosting (casual)

Audrey Jane Green &

Francis James Brown

invite you to share and celebrate their wedding

Saturday, September 19, 2010

at 4:30 in the afternoon

Exemples de textes d'invitations en français

Quand les deux familles organisent (formel)

Monsieur et Madame François Sylvestre

Monsieur et Madame Alcide Portelance

ont l'honneur de vous faire part

du mariage de leur enfants

Francine

et

Marc

Cette célébration de joie aura lieu

le samedi trois septembre

deux mille dix

à quatre heures de l'après-midi

à l'église Ste-Croix

Trunk Road, Sault-Ste-Marie

Quand le couple organise (informel)

Nous vous invitons

à venir passer avec nous

la soirée du 9 septembre 2010

à la salle l'Ambroisine,

St-Ambroise, Québec

à l'occasion de notre mariage

Suzanne Drapeau

et

André Cousineau

Papillon Press is pleased to print invitations in any language, however we can only supply sample texts for English and French.

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