Tips for wedding invitation wording.

The traditional format with the parents of the bride hosting the wedding is becoming more and more unusual as couples move towards hosting the big day themselves. During our years making stationery as Paper Alchemy, we saw some very strange wording requests to accomodate all manner of relationships.

To help you get your wording right, please take a look at the examples below. Don't forget to choose how formal you want your invitations to be as the etiquette involved can be quite complex .

Day Invitations - Bride's Parents Hosting
Parents Married	Formal Wording	Informal Wording
	Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Arthur West request the honour of the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ragg at the marriage of their daughter Sarah Louise to Mr. Anthony James Edwards Saturday, the sixth of June Two thousand and two at half after four o' clock St. Nicholas Church Lime Tree Walk Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire and afterwards at The Welcombe Hotel	Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy West would like Pete and Liz to join them to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Sarah Louise and Mr. Anthony James Edwards on Saturday, June 6th 2002 at 4.30pm St. Nicholas Church Lime Tree Walk Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire and afterwards, for the reception at The Welcombe Hotel
Parents Divorced (mother not re-married)	Formal Wording	Informal Wording
	Mrs. Laura Ellen West Mr. Jeremy Arthur West request the honour of the presence of	Mrs. Laura Ellen West & Mr. Jeremy Arthur West would like

Day Invitations - Bridal Couple Hosting
Formal Wording	Informal Wording
Miss Sarah Louise West and Mr. Anthony James Edwards request the honor of the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ragg at their marriage Saturday, the sixth of June Two thousand and two at half after four o' clock St. Nicholas Church Lime Tree Walk Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire and afterwards at The Welcombe Hotel	Miss Sarah Louise West and Mr. Anthony James Edwards would like Pete and Liz to join them to celebrate their marriage on Saturday, June 6th 2002 at 4.30pm St. Nicholas Church Lime Tree Walk Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire and afterwards, for the reception at The Welcombe Hotel

Evening Invitations - Bride's Parents Hosting
Parents Married	Formal Wording	Informal Wording
	Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Arthur West request the pleasure of the company of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ragg at the evening reception to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Sarah Louise to Mr. Anthony James Edwards Saturday, the sixth of June Two thousand and two at half after seven o' clock The Welcombe Hotel Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire	Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy West would like Pete and Liz to join them at the evening reception celebrating the marriage of their daughter Sarah Louise and Mr. Anthony James Edwards on Saturday, June 6th 2002 at 7.30pm at The Welcombe Hotel Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Parents Divorced (mother not re-married)	Formal Wording	Informal Wording
	Mrs. Laura Ellen West Mr. Jeremy Arthur West request the pleasure of the company of	Mrs. Laura Ellen West & Mr. Jeremy Arthur West would like

Evening Invitations - Bridal Couple Hosting
Formal Wording	Informal Wording
Miss Sarah Louise West and Mr. Anthony James Edwards request the pleaure of the company of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ragg at the evening reception to celebrate their marriage Saturday, the sixth of June Two thousand and two at half after seven o' clock The Welcombe Hotel Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire	Miss Sarah Louise West and Mr. Anthony James Edwards would like Pete and Liz to join them at the evening reception to celebrate their marriage on Saturday, June 6th 2002 at 7.30pm at The Welcombe Hotel Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

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