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Writing for a wedding


What to think about and include in your wedding material


Before the wedding
During the wedding
After the wedding

Before the wedding


When should you send out your wedding invitations?
We recommend that your invitations are send at least 3 months before your wedding day. If you plan to get married during traditional vacation periods such as Christmas or summer, please send out your invitations even earlier.

Invitation

A wedding invitation is actually a good way to give your guests a feeling of what to expect on your party. Would you like your wedding to be grandiose, traditional or very modern – you decide.
Click here to view templates of wedding invitations.

You always decide what text should be written but there are some rules and guidelines that you might want to consider – we have list some of these below.

Invitations are most often written without punctuation. Line breaks take the place of commas, except for city - comma - state. The "u" in "honour" and "favour" is the British spelling, used in formal and/or religious ceremonies.

The most common used line order is as follows:

1. Host line

The host line lists the names of those hosting (paying for) the ceremony. Their name should come first on the invitation and is reserved for the hosts, whoever they maybe. If the couple host the wedding, their names are listed first and "at their wedding" follows the request line.

More and more commonly, the couple wishes to have each parent's name on the invitation, no matter the host. In these cases, as the host line is still reserved for the ones paying, a "son of" or "daughter of" line appropriately follows the groom or bride's name. If both families host, the bride's parents are listed first.


2. Request line

The request line, on the other hand, is very simple. For religious ceremonies, "request the honour of your presence" is standard (with the British spelling). Informal or non-religious ceremonies should be worded, "request the pleasure of your company."


3. Bride and Groom line

The bride and groom lines have your names and usually takes three lines: one for the bride's name, another for "and" or "to," and a final line for the groom's name.


4. Date and Time line

When stating time, only write the hour (half past two or ten o'clock). Do not include "am" or "pm." If time of day is unclear, write, "in the evening," or "in the morning." The date and time line is most often spelled out (i.e., the first of April and Two thousand and six), though you may use a numeral for the year.


5. Location line

The location line gives the name, street address, if necessary, and city and state (no abbreviations) of your location.


6. RSVP line (optional) and dress code

If you wish to have a RSVP line, it is traditionally printed in the lower left-hand corner and in a smaller font.


Additional information (driving instructions, hotel information etc.)

Driving Directions: Weddings today often bring in people from different parts of your country or world. You need to carefully think through the need of road directions. Remember that guests may also need instructions for how to find hotel, directions from the ceremony to the reception and perhaps suggestions for what airport to use and where to rent a car. Be sure to include all necessary directions with your invitation. Direction should be printed separately in order to, keep your invitation as “clean” as possible. Use our direction card that uses the same design as your main wedding invitation. In order to let your guests arrive with as little stress as possible we recommend that you send these directions to all your guests

Feel free to provide any other necessary information such as an alternate location for an outdoor wedding, parking, or travel information. If many enclosures are necessary, you may choose to mail them when guests have positively responded.


Response card

More and more couples, or proud parents of the couple, chose to receive the quests’ response if they will attend or not over the phone or via e-mail. More traditional wedding invitations often include a response card that gives your guests a no-effort-needed way of informing about attending or not. A typical response card comes with the same design as the wedding invitation and a format that allows him/her to indicate if they are coming. The card may also come with a return envelope that could be stamped as a courtesy to the invitee.


During the wedding


Children seldom think a wedding is as much fun as you think. However there are ways around this, it just require a bit of preparations.
For example if you have children from a previous relationship, or have young family members, a good idea is to include them in your wedding ceremony. There are many meaningful ways for a child to be included. But since kids can be unpredictable, you'll want to make sure they are playing an appropriate part for their age, and that you've done everything you can to make them comfortable. We have listed some things to think about in order to make your younger guests feel more confident and at ease.


Wedding ceremony program

It is suggested to distribute a wedding ceremony program to the guests before the wedding ceremony begins. The program describes, participants name in the ceremony, what songs you have chosen. We will print this program with the same design as your wedding invitation.


Placecards

Place cards provide a painless way to help your guests find their table at the reception. The cards also help ensure that your guests are seated with friends and family and that nobody is left out. Print these cards in the same design as your original wedding invitation. Experience tells us that Place cards should be hand-written since there are often last minute changes.


Menu

Traditionally a menu card is placed at each table or place setting before the reception presenting the choice of entrees. These cards should be in the same style as your invitation. Please contact the catering firm or the chef responsible for making the dinner so that the correct words and phrases are applied. No commas are used and the text is kept brief and precise.


After the wedding

Should I send out wedding announcements? Traditionally, newly married couples send out wedding announcements to friends and family that were not able to attend the ceremony for one reason or another. These announcements should be sent no later than a couple of weeks after the wedding.


Thank you cards

Do not send out your Thank You cards with your gift acknowledgements to late. We will recommend you matching alternatives in the same design as your original wedding invitation. A great alternative to the more traditional style is to print the Thank You cards with a photograph of the bride and groom. Depending on how formal you wish to make the Thank You card you can print your first name or your complete married name. You can of course print your thank you card in the same design as your wedding invitation!

People to send Thank you Card


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