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title: 'Invitation wording'
description: 'How to word an invitation line by line, with wording you can use as it is for every kind of celebration.'
source: 'https://envelope.love/blog/wording'
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# 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.

This is the plain markdown copy of https://envelope.love/blog/wording, published by Love Envelope for machine readers. The page itself carries the same words.

- [Invitation wording when parents are hosting](https://envelope.love/blog/parents-hosting-invitation-wording.md): The 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.
- [Anniversary party invitation wording](https://envelope.love/blog/anniversary-party-invitation-wording.md): Wording 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.
- [Adults only wording that nobody takes badly](https://envelope.love/blog/adults-only-wedding-wording.md): How to say no children without sounding cold, where to put the line, and what to do about the guest who asks anyway.
- [Vow renewal invitation wording](https://envelope.love/blog/vow-renewal-invitation-wording.md): You are not getting married, you are saying it again on purpose. Wording for ten years, twenty five, and the ones that follow something hard.
- [Reception only invitation wording](https://envelope.love/blog/reception-only-invitation-wording.md): Inviting somebody to the party and not the ceremony, without it reading as a second tier. The wordings that work and the ones that sting.
- [Destination wedding invitation wording](https://envelope.love/blog/destination-wedding-invitation-wording.md): You are asking guests for money, time off and a flight. The wording has to do more work, and it has to arrive much earlier.
- [Invitation wording for a second marriage](https://envelope.love/blog/second-marriage-invitation-wording.md): Nothing about a second wedding needs to be smaller or quieter. The wording, the etiquette that no longer applies, and how to include children.
- [Registry office and civil ceremony wording](https://envelope.love/blog/civil-ceremony-invitation-wording.md): A room that holds twelve, a legal appointment, and a party for everybody else. How to word each part without anybody feeling ranked.
- [Elopement announcement wording](https://envelope.love/blog/elopement-announcement-wording.md): You got married without them. How to tell everybody in a way that reads as joy rather than as an apology.
- [Plus one wording, and saying exactly who is invited](https://envelope.love/blog/plus-one-wording.md): Half 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.
- [How to word a change of date or venue](https://envelope.love/blog/change-of-date-or-venue-wording.md): The message nobody wants to write. How to say it clearly, who to tell first, and why the old invitation must stop being true.
- [How to ask for money instead of gifts](https://envelope.love/blog/asking-for-money-instead-of-gifts.md): Nobody wants to write this line, and every couple has to. Wording that asks plainly without sounding like an invoice.
- [Engagement party invitation wording](https://envelope.love/blog/engagement-party-invitation-wording.md): It 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.
- [Dress code wording, and what each one actually means](https://envelope.love/blog/dress-code-wording.md): Black 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.
- [Wedding invitation wording, line by line](https://envelope.love/blog/wedding-invitation-wording.md): The 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.

## Other subjects

- [Invitation etiquette](https://envelope.love/blog/etiquette.md): Whose name goes where, who has to be invited, and how to say no kindly.
- [Planning the invitations](https://envelope.love/blog/planning.md): When each piece happens, and what has to be decided before it can.
- [Sending the invitations](https://envelope.love/blog/sending.md): Getting it into a hundred hands without a trip to the post office.
- [Replies and head counts](https://envelope.love/blog/replies.md): Head counts, dietary needs, and the guests who never answer.
- [Invitation design](https://envelope.love/blog/design.md): How an invitation looks, and what that is quietly saying.
- [Invitations by occasion](https://envelope.love/blog/occasions.md): The other days that need an invitation, from the engagement to the fiftieth.

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