Writing Your Wedding Invitations
Wedding invitations herald the big event a few months before the wedding. These are usually given out a few months prior to the big day to ensure that the invited people can make plans to attend the event and to prepare for it. The contents of the wedding invitations must be clear regarding the date, time and location of both the wedding ceremony and the reception. It must also state who are getting married and if the couple wishes, it can also state the names of both their parents.
Wedding Invitation Etiquette
In wedding invitations, the names of the hosts or persons paying for the wedding are usually placed above anyone else. If the couple is paying for their wedding, their names appear above others but traditionally, it is the parents of the bride that pays for the wedding so their names are placed before those of the groom's parents' names in the wedding invitations.
Before the names of the couple are written, the request to attend is placed after the names of the hosts. Examples of these are…request the honor of your presence or request the pleasure of your company or invite you to join us in celebrating our marriage. After the formal request, the name of the bride is usually placed before that of the groom or above it in wedding invitations.
After the names of the bride and groom are written, the date and time comes next. Usually the date and the time are spelt out like Saturday, tenth of May, two thousand and seven at four o' clock in the afternoon. Some wedding invitations may also have the dates written in number as with the date like Saturday, May 10, 2007 at 4:00 in the afternoon. More and more couples also opt to state the
Writing down the address of the place of worship where you will have your wedding ceremony and that of the reception need not be written in detail if the place is well known. You may write down the complete address in the wedding invitations if the area is difficult to find. You can also include a phone number for the RSVP or for any inquiries. Some wedding invitations include a separate RSVP card for mailing which include the blanks for filling up regarding the number of people who will attend.
Some wedding invitations are less formal and more fun to look at. The wedding invitations can actually reflect the personalities of both the bride and groom or the motif of the wedding.
