Tuesday, January 26, 2010

How to word your invitations

Here are some more options for unique invitation wording, any of these can be added to or subtracted from to fit your needs and style. It also offers some options for several different parent situations.

1. Couple Hosts—Formal (Secular venue)
Together with their parents

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
and Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

request the pleasure of your company
at the celebration of their marriage

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

2. Couple Hosts—Casual
Together with their parents

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
and Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

invite you to their marriage

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

3. Couple Hosts—Casual
With joyous hearts
we invite you to attend
the wedding of

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

4. Couple Hosts—Casual
You are invited to a celebration
of the beginning of our new life together

as Jennifer Kelly Hudson
and Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald
are united as husband and wife

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

5. Couple Hosts—Casual
Please join us
to share our joy and support our love
as we exchange vows and are united
in the commitment of marriage

James Patrick Hudson
and Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

6. Everyone Hosts—Formal (Religious venue)
Ms. Jennifer Kelly Hudson
and
Mr. Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

together with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson &
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Thomas Fitzgerald

request the honor of your presence
at their wedding

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Saint Mary Star of the Sea
1010 Windsor Lane
Key West, Florida

Reception to follow

7. Everyone Hosts—Formal (Secular venue)
Ms. Jennifer Kelly Hudson
and
Mr. Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

together with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson &
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Thomas Fitzgerald

request the pleasure of your company
at their wedding

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

8. Everyone Hosts—Casual
Jennifer Kelly Hudson &
Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

together with their parents
invite you to share in the joy
of their wedding day

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

9. Divorced Parent Hosts Alone—Formal (Religious venue)
Mr. [Mrs.] Thomas Hudson
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter

Jennifer Kelly
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Saint Mary Star of the Sea
1010 Windsor Lane
Key West, Florida

Reception to follow

10. Divorced Parent Hosts Alone—Formal (Secular venue)
Mr. [Mrs.] Thomas Hudson
requests the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of his daughter

Jennifer Kelly
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

11. Divorced Parent Hosts Alone—Casual
Thomas [Marie] Hudson
invites you to the wedding of his [her] daughter

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

12. Divorced Remarried Parent Hosts—Formal (Religious venue)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his [her] daughter

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
daughter of Mr. [Mrs.] John Fontaine
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Saint Mary Star of the Sea
1010 Windsor Lane
Key West, Florida

Reception to follow

13. Divorced Remarried Parent Hosts—Formal (Secular venue)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of his daughter

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
daughter of Ms. Anne Fontaine
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

14. Divorced Remarried Parent Hosts—Casual
Charles and Linda Miller
invite you to the wedding of his daughter

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
daughter of Anne Fontaine
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

15. Divorced Parents Host Jointly—Formal (Religious venue)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson
Ms. Anne Fontaine

request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Saint Mary Star of the Sea
1010 Windsor Lane
Key West, Florida

Reception to follow

16. Divorced Parents Host Jointly—Formal (Secular venue)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson
Ms. Anne L. Fontaine

request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

17. Divorced Parents Host Jointly—Casual
Charles and Linda Miller
and Anne L. Fontaine

invite you to the wedding of

Jennifer Kelly Hudson
to Eric Winthrop Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Dinner and dancing to follow

18. Widowed, Remarried Parent Hosts—Formal (Religious venue)
Note: When the bride or groom’s mother or father is deceased, the invitation is issued only in the name of the living parents. The deceased parent is recognized in the wedding program or at the reception. If the couple very much wants to include the deceased parent in the invitation, it can be worded as follows; it is critical that the invitation not appear to be issued by the deceased parent.

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Harrison

request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter

Jennifer Kelly
daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Hudson
to Eric Lucas Fitzgerald

Saint Mary Star of the Sea
1010 Windsor Lane
Key West, Florida

Reception to follow

19. Widowed, Remarried Parent Hosts—Formal (Secular venue)
Note: When the bride or groom’s mother or father is deceased, the invitation is issued only in the name of the living parents. The deceased parent is recognized in the wedding program or at the reception. If the couple very much wants to include the deceased parent in the invitation, it can be worded as follows; it is critical that the invitation not appear to be issued by the deceased parent.

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Harrison
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of her daughter

Jennifer Kelly
daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Hudson
to Eric Lucas Fitzgerald

Saturday, the seventeenth of May
two thousand and eight
at half past four in the afternoon

Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham, Massachusetts

Thank you to Hello Lucky for providing these wonderful options.

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