When deciding about the style and kind of invitation you would like for your wedding, keep in mind the time of the wedding and reception will determine the formality of the wedding. Therefore, this will determine how your invitation will look and is worded. The invitation will set the tone for the wedding and reception and let your guests know whether it will be formal or casual.
There are several different ways to word an invitation. You can visit www.verseit.com to review various wording for invitations.
In this post, I am just going to focus on the proper spelling and wording of invitations. The next couple of posts will focus on how envelopes should be stuffed and how to address the invitations.
CORRECT SPELLING AND WORDING OF INVITATIONS
• “Honour” and “favour” are always spelled with the “u” for a formal, religious setting
• Remember, dessert is always spelled with a double “s” - you don’t want your invitations to read that you are having a “desert reception” - people might think you are having your reception in the Sahara (Yes, I have actually seen it misspelled on an invitation.)
• Hors d’Oeuvres is spelled exactly as it appears here
• The time and year are always spelled out as well as the date with the day written before the month, such as Saturday, the twenty-ninth of October
• The most formal wording to write out the year would be: two thousand and eleven, two thousand and twelve and so on. Other acceptable options are: twenty hundred and eleven (sounds funny, but it mirrors the nineteen hundred format); the year two thousand and eleven; or in the year two thousand and eleven. It is not wrong to use a numeral for the year—it’s just not as formal. However, the formality of the rest of your invitation, as well as the wedding itself, should be consistent with the wording on your invitations
• When the bride’s parents are divorced and only the mother is paying for the wedding and reception, then only her name appears on the invitation. If both parents are paying, then both names can appear on the invitation with the mother’s name listed first
• Both the bride’s and groom’s parents can issue the invitation, meaning both sets of names can appear on the invitation, however, the bride’s parents’ names always appear first
Tomorrow - How Envelopes Should be Stuffed
photo credit: Carlson Craft
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