Welcome to part two of The Leaf Press's wedding stationery wording guide. This will look at who wedding invitations should be sent from and how this part of the text is worded. The text quoted in the examples below forms part of a wedding invitation, please refer back to part 1 of this guide to see a full wedding invitation layout.
You will usually start your wedding invite by saying who it is from. Traditionally, invitations were sent from the Bride's parents and this is still the case for many weddings. Some couples however, especially when already living together, decide to send invitations from themselves. Additionally, even when the invitation is being sent from parents, family composition may dictate that different wording is required.
Here are some examples of different ways you can phrase your wording. With any of the names, how the name is written is down to to personal choice – for instance, in the first example it could be Mr John Reynolds, John Reynolds or Mr J Reynolds. Whatever format you use, use this format for all names.
The invitation is sent from the bride's parents, who are married:
Mr and Mrs John Reynolds
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of their daughter ...
The invitation is sent from the bride's parents, who are divorced:
Mr John Reynolds and Mrs Sandra Phillips
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of their daughter ...
(if both parents still have the same surname it would be Mr John Reynolds and Mrs Sandra Reynolds)
The invitation is sent from one of the bride's parents:
Mrs Sandra Reynolds
requests the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of her daughter ...
The invitation is sent from the bride's mother/father and step-parent:
Mr and Mrs Stephen Reynolds
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of her daughter
The invitation is sent from both sets of parents:
Mr and Mrs John Reynolds and Mr and Mrs Stephen Hobland
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of ...
The invitation is sent from someone other than the bride's parents:
Mr Joseph Taylor
requests the pleasure of the company
at the wedding of his niece ...
The invitation is sent from the couple themselves:
Elizabeth Reynolds and Mark Hobland
request the pleasure of your company
at their wedding ...
or
Together with their families/parents
Elizabeth Reynolds and Mark Hobland
request the pleasure of your company
at their wedding ...
I hope this information is helpful. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email The Leaf Press.
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