Wedding Invites
To help you decide how best to word your wedding stationery we’ve put together examples for a formal affair as well as more informal ideas.
However you phrase your invites, they must always include the address of your ceremony (and reception if it is at a different venue) in full without any abbreviations, the date and the time. Remember if your wedding is abroad to also include the country!
The Bride’s name traditionally includes her first and middle names but not her title. The Bride’s surname is not included if either or both of her parents are hosting, but is often included if the Bride and Groom are hosting their own wedding. Here’s a selection of different examples, each one with different hosts and using a different wording to let guests know they are invited to your big day.
Other details you may like to consider when composing your invite wording are letting your guests know if children are allowed and what prezzies you want them to buy you!!
Children
Inviting or not inviting children to a wedding is always a tricky subject! Whilst you may love kiddies, it’s not always possible to invite them or you may just want an “adult only” day. Here are some phrases that subtly steer your guests in the right direction when it comes to children.
Yes to children:
We would love your children to come to our wedding so please let us know if they are attending.
Children are more than welcome to our wedding so please let us know if you are bringing yours so we can organise their fun and food.
No to children:
We regret that we are unable to accommodate children at our wedding. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Whilst we love children, we are afraid that due to venue restrictions we are unable to invite them to the wedding.
Sorry it’s no kiddies so book a babysitter, have a drink and really let your hair down!
Gifts
As many couples getting married now have already lived together for a while, the traditional gift list is not always appropriate. There are many other options you can go for including donations to charity so here are some wording examples to help you decide what’s right for you.
Please do not feel obliged to buy us a gift. Your presence at our wedding is the most important gift of all. However, if you would like to buy us a gift, we have a wedding list at (name of list and shop details).
Please do not feel obliged to buy us a gift. Your presence at our wedding is the most important gift of all. However, if you would like to buy us a gift, we would be most grateful to receive (name of shop) vouchers or a contribution towards the honeymoon.
There’s no need to buy us a gift. Being at our wedding is the best gift of all.
As we’ve been living together for quite a while now, our house is already full to bursting so if you’d like to give us a gift, a contribution towards (details e.g. honeymoon, furniture) would be just lovely thank you.
Please no gifts but we’d love a donation to (charity details). Thanks.
