A standard invitation issued by the bride's parents would read:
Mr. and Mrs. James
Joseph Miller
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Dorothy Diane
to
Mr. Alexander Jason Nelson
Saturday, the fifth of July
nineteen hundred and ninety-seven
at half after four o'clock in the afternoon
Central Presbyterian Church
125 North Sixth Street
Clinton, Illinois
If the bride's father is deceased, and the mother has remarried, the invitation should make the family relationships clear. Use the bride's full name, including
surname.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Whitney Adams
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of Mrs. Whitney's daughter
Sarah Ann Jones...
If the bride feels very close to her step-father, the invitation could say, "at the marriage of their daughter Sarah Ann Jones," but the different last names are still needed.
Many couples, especially those with complicated family relationships or those marrying later in life, choose to issue the invitation themselves.
Miss Sarah Ann Jones
and
Mr. Peter Andrew Findley
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage
Saturday, the fifth of May
nineteen hundred and ninety-eight
at eleven o'clock in the morning
Central Baptist Church
123 Saint Paul Lane
Chicago, Illinois
Parents who have divorced and not remarried can issue a joint invitation. According to the rules of etiquette, the woman's name always goes first.
Mrs. Cynthia Ann Nice
and
Mr. William Alan Nice
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Betty Lou...
Divorced parents who have remarried can also issue joint invitations. Again, the mother of the bride and her husband come first on the invitation.
Mr. and Mrs. John William Nice
and
Mr. and Mrs. Alan James Short
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Betty Lou Short...
Other relatives may issue the invitations. Just make known the relationship of the party sending the invitations to the bride.
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Ford
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their granddaughter
Susan Lynn Kolb...
Remember, your invitation should reflect the feeling of your wedding. If you're not having an ultra-formal wedding, you don't need an ultra-formal invitation.
This is the beginning of our new life together.
Please join with us as we pledge our lives
to each other
when we exchange wedding vows
and afterwards at the reception.
This great day will take place Saturday,
May 16, 1997
at 2:00 p.m., in Heritage Park
1220 Central Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
If you cannot attend, we ask your presence
in thoughts and prayers.
Sarah Ann Gambil and James Jeffrey Hall
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