OK my fiancee and I are heading down the isle once again...meaning my 2nd and his 3rd....not forgetting I was in a 5 year engagement prior to him. We have no children between us and we are in our mid 30's, so the cost of this splendid affair is all on us. How the h**l to I word these invitations? Both of our parents are divorced and re-married. Im starting to think Vegas???
2007-10-26 11:32:49 · 14 answers · asked by Nurse Blondie 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Hi. That is easy. Etiquette states that the invitation comes from those HOSTING the event (paying for)....so that would be you and your fiance!
Megan Lynn Smith
and
Thomas Robert Johnson
invite you to join with them
as they exchange marriage vows on
[date]
at [time]
[place]
[city,state]
I would definitely do something very small! You don't even need invites if you don't want, unless you are having a big wedding/reception. Simply call your family and friends.
Vegas is an option too!
2007-10-26 12:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by iloveweddings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many different ways to word an invitation. When I got married I went to some stores that sold invitations and looked at they way wording was done on a lot of different of wording of invitations. Some quick ideas I found are:
Two lives, two hearts
joined together in friendship,
united forever in love.
It is with joy that we,
BRIDE and GROOM
invite you to share in a
Celebration of love as we
exchange our marriage vows
OR
Love fills a lifetime
and a lifetime begins this hour
when the two of us
________________
and
________________
begin a new life together.
We invite you to share
this day of happiness
OR
Happily we two
_________________
and
____________________
have chosen the first day
of our new life together
Also you might look online for some more ideas. These were a couple I came up with a quick google search.
Genessa
2007-10-26 11:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by keetonsmom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you are paying for the wedding yourselves there is no need to mention your parents in the invitation. So keep it simple. You can choose a contemporary invitation that has some sort of poetry and then we request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of your name and his name.
If it is a church wedding it should be "the honour of your presence is requested at the marriage of..." or "we request the honour of your presence at the marriage of..."
Other wording such as pleasure of your company is used for non church wedding per invitation etiquette.
Good luck!
One more thing you can honor your parents by mentioning them in the program instead.
2007-10-26 13:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by Reba 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You just issue the invites from the two of you. Lots of couples do this, regardless of the number of times married.
Here are some examples:
Jane Ann Smith
and
John Mark Jones
request the pleasure of your company
at a celebration uniting them in marriage.......
or
The honour of your presence is requested
at the marriage of
Jane Ann Smith
and
John Mark Jones
Saturday the ...........
2007-10-26 13:36:28 · answer #4 · answered by valschmal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this, "_____ and I would like to invite you to attend the beginning of our lives together. All members of our extended families are cordially invited." That way no one will feel left out. It's hard blending families and divorced parents attending the ceremonies can be tough. When my son got married It was confusion central. See if you can follow along. My 1st ex and her husband, my 3rd wife and I and my youngest step daughter! On top of that, his grandmom's 1st husband and his wife. His grandmom and her 2nd husband.
Gee and you thought you had it bad. All the best to you and you new husband!
2007-10-26 11:45:28 · answer #5 · answered by Steven D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be completely honest, as long as I know who is getting married, I don't care about your prior marital history or that of your parents, or even who your parents are for that matter.
You're both adults... just put your names on the invite and call it a day
2007-10-26 13:42:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maximum wedding ceremony invites that I honestly have considered do not say everywhere on them "This wedding ceremony is being funded by..." so i'm no longer effective what you assert. do you go with human beings to carry close you and your fiance contributed to the marriage? How about we are getting hitched and we paid 0.5.
2016-10-23 01:12:26 · answer #7 · answered by kaspari 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you two are footing the bill for the event your parents don't need to be mentioned int he invitations at all. A great resource for invitation wording ideas is www.verseit.com. Best of all, it's free!
2007-10-26 12:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by bobo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you are both adults, there's nothing wrong with YOU (not your parents) inviting the guests.
___ and ____ request the honor of your presence...
Vegas works, too. It certainly saves on postage!
2007-10-26 19:33:40 · answer #9 · answered by Asked and Answered 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr. (your Fiance) and Ms. (your name) would like to invite you ..... etc.
Since you two have been married prior and are throwing the celebration all on your own it is appropriate that the invitation be stated as such.
2007-10-26 11:42:42 · answer #10 · answered by Poppet 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋