Guides
Invitation wording.
Every line of an invitation, from who is doing the inviting to the reply-by, with wording you can take exactly as it is.
15 guides
- Invitation wording when parents are hostingThe host line is the first sentence of an invitation and the one that causes the most family conversation. Every version of it, including the awkward ones.6 min read
- Anniversary party invitation wordingWording for a fortieth, a sixtieth, one thrown by the children, and a quiet one for two. Including the line that gets the older guests to reply.5 min read
- Adults only wording that nobody takes badlyHow to say no children without sounding cold, where to put the line, and what to do about the guest who asks anyway.5 min read
- Vow renewal invitation wordingYou are not getting married, you are saying it again on purpose. Wording for ten years, twenty five, and the ones that follow something hard.5 min read
- Reception only invitation wordingInviting somebody to the party and not the ceremony, without it reading as a second tier. The wordings that work and the ones that sting.5 min read
- Destination wedding invitation wordingYou are asking guests for money, time off and a flight. The wording has to do more work, and it has to arrive much earlier.6 min read
- Invitation wording for a second marriageNothing about a second wedding needs to be smaller or quieter. The wording, the etiquette that no longer applies, and how to include children.5 min read
- Registry office and civil ceremony wordingA room that holds twelve, a legal appointment, and a party for everybody else. How to word each part without anybody feeling ranked.5 min read
- Elopement announcement wordingYou got married without them. How to tell everybody in a way that reads as joy rather than as an apology.5 min read
- Plus one wording, and saying exactly who is invitedHalf of all guest list arguments come from an invitation that was vague about who it meant. How to be precise without sounding like a bouncer.6 min read
- How to word a change of date or venueThe message nobody wants to write. How to say it clearly, who to tell first, and why the old invitation must stop being true.5 min read
- How to ask for money instead of giftsNobody wants to write this line, and every couple has to. Wording that asks plainly without sounding like an invoice.6 min read
- Engagement party invitation wordingIt is the first thing you will send as a couple, and it sets the tone for everything after it. Wording for a dinner, a garden, a pub, and a surprise.5 min read
- Dress code wording, and what each one actually meansBlack tie, cocktail, festive, garden party. What guests hear when they read each one, and the sentence to add when the two words are not enough.6 min read
- Wedding invitation wording, line by lineThe six lines every invitation needs, in the order a guest reads them, with wording you can lift for a cathedral or a Tuesday in a garden.7 min read
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Start an invitationOther subjects
- EtiquetteWhose name goes where, who has to be invited, and how to say no kindly.6 guides
- PlanningWhen each piece happens, and what has to be decided before it can.9 guides
- SendingGetting it into a hundred hands without a trip to the post office.9 guides
- RepliesHead counts, dietary needs, and the guests who never answer.7 guides
- DesignHow an invitation looks, and what that is quietly saying.6 guides
- OccasionsThe other days that need an invitation, from the engagement to the fiftieth.5 guides
