Wedding Etiquette: Invitations

Some couples think that wedding invitations are not that important. They think that a wedding invitation it is just a piece of paper that they give out to their wedding guest which will be forgotten afterwards.



This is wrong. In fact there is a wedding etiquette even on invitations. This is because wedding invitations give your guests a preview on how your wedding will be celebrated. They will know through wedding invitations what they would wear so they would not commit a violation in wedding etiquette for clothing and dress, and they would know how formal or informal the event may be so they wold know what to expect in the wedding reception.



Also, well made wedding invitations will give a lasting impression on your wedding. Your guests will remember you even through your just your wedding invitation.



Here are some information on wedding etiquette on invitations:



-- Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 1:



What should be the wordings on your invitation?



You can go as formal as you like or as informal as you like. Formal wordings are those that we often see on wedding invitations such as:



(centered)

Mr. and Mrs. John Bates

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Rachel Anne Bates

to

Mr. Matthew James Phoenix

son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix

...



You can replace the wordings of the above example and apply your own wordings most especially if it is the couples who will do the inviting. Wedding etiquette on invitations don't prohibit to go as poetic as they want themselves to be or go funny to please their guests as they read the invitation.



-- Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 2:



Who should be inviting? Wedding etiquette on invitation is not very rigid. Before, if the father of the bride hosts the wedding, he should be the only person who would do the inviting. But today, couples honor their parents and let them do the inviting and if the couples themselves will fund their own wedding.



Wedding etiquette can now be bent on this matter.



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When to send invitations?



Wedding etiquette on sending out of invitations must be done four to six weeks before the wedding day. But for couples who prepare their wedding one or two years ahead. Then can send out a save a date invititation since many things will be changed along the way. This is also true for couples who want a wedding with wedding destination theme. Wedding etiquette makes it clear that invitations must be sent out earlier than four to six weeks, in fact even six months ahead, so that the guests can make their own hotel reservations ahead of time



But remember, the save a date card is not yet the proper invitation. It is a violation of wedding etiquette to replace a proper wedding invitation with a save a date card. Save a date card just serve as an initial announment about your upcoming wedding. You should give your guests the courtesy to inform them of the exact venue of wedding celebration and reception, the attire and the date and time.



-- Wedding Etiquette On Invitations Fact 3:



Remove the tissues that come with engraved invitations. These tissues ar meant to protect the paper from getting ink smudges before the invitation are delivered at your doorstep. It is a wedding etiquette no-no to include them in your invitation. It will ruin the look of your wedding invitation.



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On the issue of registry cards, wedding etiquette on invitation is very clear that registry cards should not be included in the invitation. You may indicate that you have an online registry if you have any and you can ask your guests to visit your online registry. But its a wedding etiquette on invitation blunder if you insert your wedding registry cards. Remember that gifts should always come as a surprise, pleasant or not?



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Forget RSVP cards. Your guests are adults and should know how to respond to an invitation. There is also wedding etiquette for guests in anwering invitations. They should respond to a formal or informal wedding invite as soon as they get them and response should not be later than two weeks before the wedding.

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Wedding Etiquette: The Name Order on Invitations

Planning a wedding is one of the most stressful but fulfilling event in a person's life. While you are considering which venue your wedding reception should be held, you should also consider wedding etiquette along the preparations to avoid seeing raised eyebrows and hearing snide remarks from your wedding guests.



Since a wedding won't start without invited guests, you should learn the wedding etiquette on invitations' name order. Yeah, you might say, do I still need to bother with wedding etiquette on invitations' name order when I need to accomplish more pressing matters such as how should my wedding party be celebrated?



I hate to say this, but you should give your wedding invitation a great deal of time. It is the very first thing that guests would see before the wedding itself and it may be the cause of not so nice confrontation with relatives who believe in traditional way of celebrating wedding ,which includes old fashioned wedding etiquette and even invitations' name order.



Don't be a hard head on this matter. Even if you claim you are the bride of the new millenia, pay for your own wedding, and know how to arrange your own wedding without the help of your old fashioned relatives, you still need to consider the feelings of an old grandmother, or an ailing aunt who wants to have some billing on your wedding invitation.



All you have to do is to learn the basis wedding etiquette and invitations' name order. This way, you will be headache free from demanding but loveable relatives.



What you should know about wedding invitation and announcement etiquette? You should learn the following:



* Wedding Etiquette on Wedding Invitations' Name Order

* Wedding Etiquette on Wedding Invitations' Wording and Addressing

* Assembling My Own Wedding Invitations

* Wedding Etiquette on the When and the How of Sending Out My Wedding

Invitations

* Wedding Etiquette on the How of Mailing Wedding Invitations



You could learn all this by reading Emily Post's book on Wedding Etiquette. It is available in Barnes and Nobles and Amazon stores. It is the best primer for everything that has got to do with wedding etiquette.



We have some few suggestions below about wedding etiquette on wedding invitations' name order if you are now preparing for your wedding invitations.



* Wedding Etiquette on Wedding Invitations' Name Order



Wedding etiquette on wedding invitations' name order dictates that whoever is the host of the wedding -- he, she or they -- should be on the top of the billing and is or are the person requesting for the presence of the guests.



*** Here's a wedding etiquette on wedding invitations' name order the traditional style when it is the bride’s parents who are hosting:



(centered)

Attorney and Mrs. John Bates

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Rachel Anne Bates

to

Mr. Matthew James Phoenix



....



*** What's the wedding etiquette on wedding invitations' name order when the bride’s parents are hosting and the bride wants to include the groom’s parents in the billing?



(centered)



Mr. and Mrs. John Bates

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Rachel Anne Bates

to

Mr. Matthew James Phoenix

son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix

...



*** If both the parents will pay for the wedding, here's the wedding etiquette on the invitations' name order:



(centered)



Mr. and Mrs. John Bates

and

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of

Rachel Anne Bates

to

Mr. Matthew James Phoenix



...



*** If the bride or groom wish to honor and add on the invitation the name of a deceased parent, below is the wedding etiquette on invitations' name order:



Mrs. John Bates

requests the honour of your presence

at the marriage of her daughter

Rachel Anne Bates

also daughter of the late Mr. John Bates

to

Mr. Matthew James Phoenix

son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix

(son of Mr. Robert Phoenix and the late Mrs. Sarah Phoenix)



...



Or, in the alternative,



Rachel Anne Bates

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bates

(or daughter of Mrs. Julia Bates and the late Mr. John Bates)

and

Mr. Matthew James Phoenix

son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix

(son of Mr. Robert Phoenix and the late Mrs. Sarah Phoenix)

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