Paperless Wedding NZ: What to write?!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

What to write?!

The rain is pouring down outside and I am sat here thinking just that, what to write?! I have done lots of research into writing that perfect invite. There are so many ways phrasing your wedding invitations. I will try and cover as many as I can. I think the most important thing to remember is that the phrasing should match the theme and feel of the day you are planning.

Paperless Wedding is new exciting way of inviting people to your wedding. It breaks the traditional mould so maybe the wording should reflect that. We have made it as flexible as we can so you can style it exactly the way you want.

• Add additional lines
• Include only certain events on each invite type (evening only for example)
• Make sure you put in an RSVP deadline as well.
• Add a quote at the bottom

The possibilities are endless. Below is the view you will see when entering in all your details.

To start the invitation text you usually have your names. Your website names can match the invite, so if you only want just first names that is not a problem.

Tradition says that whoever is contributing towards the cost of the wedding should have their names included on the invitation. If both sets of parents are contributing to your wedding financially you may with to think about adding their names to your invitations. There is enough room. You need to check the preview to make sure the layout it OK.

Informal example:

Jim & Emma
together with their parents/families
invite you to join them in celebrating their marriage

Jim & Emma
together with their parents
Geoff and Sue Taylor and Alan and Lynn Gosling
invite you to join them in celebrating their marriage

More formal example:

Mr & Mrs G Taylor and Mr & Mrs G Gosling
invite you to join them in celebrating the marriage of their children
James & Emma

If your parents are divorced you can separate the names, this example if the brides parents are hosting the wedding:

Mr Alan Gosling and Ms Lynn Wight
invite you to join them in celebrating the marriage of their daughter
Emma Gosling to James Taylor

If one of your parents has passed away and you want to include their name you could have "Mr Alan Gosling & the late Mrs Lynn Gosling together with..."

Here are a few other traditional wording options that you could use.

• request the presence of ...
• request the honour of the presence of ...
• request the pleasure of the company of ...
• invite you to share in their joy as ...

• to join them in celebrating their wedding
• to join us in celebrating our marriage
• to join them in celebrating their union of marriage
• to join them in a celebration of love

There are a lot of good websites to get more detailed information on but I hope I have inspired you to get cracking and start your invites. The best thing about Paperless Wedding is that as soon as you have typed in your words you can see exactly how it will look to your guests. Here is one I made earlier…