Wording on wedding invitations      

Wedding invitations are supposed to give your guests a sense of the wedding theme you have planned. There are several options for providing a memorable wedding invitation, whether you want a custom made invitation that will range from artistic to sophisticated invitations or do-it-yourself creations. If you have chosen the wedding invitation card design, then you can explore ways for expressing your wedding plans and relationships through creative wordings on wedding invitations. Some couples select a special poem or quotation and others write some personal thoughts that come straight from their heart. If you are planning to have a casual and fun wedding then you can play around with the wordings on wedding invitation like using a nice rhyme.  

The common interest of a couple, the unusual or exotic location of the wedding, the wedding theme like fairytale or Disney or the design of the invitation design can act as a major inspiration for some creative wordings on wedding invitations. Traditional wedding invitation wordings include a gracious request for the “honor” of the presence of the guest. Honor is reserved for wedding services that are held in synagogue or a church. In case of wordings that are not so formal, you can request for the pleasure of the presence or company to an invitation, to celebrate the joyous occasion with the couple. You can either seek some expert wedding invitation etiquette or you can follow your own personal style. No matter which option you choose, it will depend on whether you are having a formal wedding or casual. Regardless, there are some true and tried traditions that you can examine.

A traditional mailing will include a response card, a wedding invitation along with a reception card. There can be some optional inserts like information related to registry, direction card/map and at-home cards that will inform the guests about your new residence. If you are planning a traditional or formal wedding then there is an exquisite array of invitations to choose from. Before beginning to visualize and scan all the possibilities, you will have to familiarize yourself with invitation designers and language of printers. Understand the tri-fold, z-fold, French fold and various other folds along with terms like thermography, embossing, die cutting and die-cutting for saving your money and time. If you are an adventurous couple then you can explore various wedding invitations like a homespun feel of custom portrait boxed with rose petals or a DVD/CD presentation for couples that are tech savvy. There are some points you need to remember for wordings on wedding invitations: 

·        Never use nicknames, use full names of the guests  

·         Never use abbreviations for dates, address and time.  

·        Wherever you find it appropriate use courtesy titles 

It is essential to have proper wordings on your wedding invitation, whether you are having a home wedding, church wedding a second marriage. You can send wedding announcement cards in case there was no invitation issued. These cards are often sent to friends who stay far away and cannot be present at the ceremony. Invitation to a church wedding needs to be worded more formally as compared to the invitation for a home wedding. It requires no written acknowledgements except in cases of requests. These invitations should be sent out to guests six to eight days before the wedding takes place.  

You don't need to be getting married on a beach to have a tropical themed wedding.