Step 1: Who is hosting the Wedding?
Your guests will see the names on your Wedding Invitation at first sight are those who will host the wedding. If the bride’s parents will host wedding, so it read:
Mr. and Mrs. Jordon Smith
Or Law and Jordon Smith

If the bride and groom are hosting, then the line reads
Katharine and Irving Smith
Or
Together with their families,
Katharine and Irving Smith

Step 2: The Request
The next line in wedding invitation is to invite your guests to attend. If your ceremony is at a place of worship, then the line should read:
Request the honour of your presence
At the marriage of their daughter
Note the word honour, it is the formal British spelling of the word honor. The word daughter is used as an example and should be the gender of the person whose parents are hosting. If, on the other hand your ceremony is at home or other secular location, then the line should read:
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
If the brides is hosting:
invite you to join us at the celebration of our marriage
Step 3: The Happy Couple
Etiquette says that the bride should be listed first, using first and middle names only. Then the groom should be listed, using both title and middle name.
So for example:
Katharine Hunter and Irving Smith
to
Mr. Irving Jack Smith
A more modern alternative is simply, just write the couple’s names.
Some couples, especially Jewish couples, may choose to use and instead of to.
Step 4: Date and Time
Traditionally, these are read:
Subday, the once of July
two thousand and eleven
at five o’clock in the afternoon
Note that the month and day are capitalized. If it were a 4:30 ceremony, the time would read at half after four o’clock in the afternoon.
But for a less formal ceremony, you can also write
Sunday, July 10, 2006
at 4 p.m.

Step 5: The Location
If the ceremony is at a famous location, you needn’t include the address, but for smaller locations, or your home, you’d want to write out the address.
Step 6: Time for the Reception
Let your guests know there is going to be a party afterward. This can either be included on the wedding invitation or on a separate reply card.
If you’re not serving a full meal, it is nice to let guests know.
A separate reception card is often good to use if the ceremony and reception are in different places, or the reception doesn’t immediately follow the ceremony.
Step 7: Get Them to RSVP
Traditionally, R.S.V.P. was written on the Wedding Invitations, and guests knew to reply on their own stationary. Now, most couples find that they get responses more promptly if they include a separate reply card.
















