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Vow renewal invitations

Vow renewal invitations.

Ten years on, or forty. An invitation that says plainly what the day is, and gathers the replies while you get on with it.

Make an invitation

A vow renewal is the occasion where the invitation has the most explaining to do before anybody even reaches the date. A guest needs to know that this is not a wedding, that they were most likely at the first one, and what is expected of them this time.

That is a short paragraph rather than a line, which is exactly what an invitation on a page can hold and a printed card cannot without a second sheet tucked in behind it.

The rest of it is the easiest invitation of the four to write, because the reason for the day is already known to everybody reading it. You are not announcing anything. You are asking the people who were there to come back.

What changes

What a renewal has to make clear.

Four things, and the first of them is the one every couple forgets to say out loud.

  • That it is a renewal

    Use the word in the first line. "Renewing our vows" stops a guest arriving with a wedding present, stops an aunt telephoning to check, and sets the tone of everything underneath it.

  • Who is hosting it

    Often the couple themselves, sometimes grown up children arranging it for their parents. Either reads warmly as long as the invitation says which, because that is who a guest will reply to.

  • The number of years

    If the day marks a particular anniversary, put the number at the top. It is the reason the room is full, and burying it in the last line wastes the best thing the invitation has to say.

  • What to do about presents

    You have had a home together for decades and you do not need a toaster. One line asking for nothing, or pointing at something worth giving to instead, is kinder than leaving fifty people to guess.

Wording

One that works.

It says what the day is in the first three lines, which is the whole job.

Twenty five years later

Margaret and David Ellery

are renewing their vows

Saturday the sixth of June at three in the afternoon

St Bride's, Milton Combe

Lunch afterwards. No gifts, please, only your company.

The designs

Six to choose from.

Every one of them is a real invitation you can open, not a picture of one. Change the colours, the paper and the type on any of them.

We are getting married
Nora&Elias
SaturdayJune 19, 2027at 17:30
The Glasshouse · Copenhagen

There is a day coming that we would rather not spend without you. Come early, stay late, and help us start the whole thing properly.

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Frederiksberg Have 4, 2000 FrederiksbergView on the map

The order of the day

  1. 15:30ArrivalDrinks in the orangery, whatever the weather is doing.
  2. 16:00Ceremony
  3. 17:00Photographs and canapés
  4. 19:00DinnerOne long table. You will be sat with people you like.
  5. 21:30Dancing
  6. 01:00Carriages

What to wear

Garden formal

The lawn is real grass, so bring shoes you can stand on it in.

Getting there

Frederiksberg station is a ten minute walk. Parking on site is limited, so a taxi is easier late.

Somewhere to stay

We have held rooms at Hotel Nimb under our names until the end of April.

Gifts

Your being there is the whole of it. If you would like to give something anyway, we are putting a little towards the honeymoon.

Questions

Can I bring my children?
Yes, and please do. There is a room set aside with beds in it from nine, and somebody looking after it all evening.
Is any of it outside?
The ceremony and the drinks are, the dinner and the dancing are not. There are blankets and there is a marquee.
What time should I actually arrive?
Any time from half past three. The ceremony starts at four and we will not wait.

Who to ask

Freja, sister of the bride+45 20 11 44 08For anything at all, before the day or on it.

Dinner, dancing, and far too much cake.

Together with our families
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
19 · 06 · 2027N&E
Open the invitation
AtelierSee it live
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
SaturdayJune 19, 2027at 17:30
The Glasshouse · Copenhagen

There is a day coming that we would rather not spend without you. Come early, stay late, and help us start the whole thing properly.

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Frederiksberg Have 4, 2000 FrederiksbergView on the map

The order of the day

  1. 15:30ArrivalDrinks in the orangery, whatever the weather is doing.
  2. 16:00Ceremony
  3. 17:00Photographs and canapés
  4. 19:00DinnerOne long table. You will be sat with people you like.
  5. 21:30Dancing
  6. 01:00Carriages

What to wear

Garden formal

The lawn is real grass, so bring shoes you can stand on it in.

Getting there

Frederiksberg station is a ten minute walk. Parking on site is limited, so a taxi is easier late.

Somewhere to stay

We have held rooms at Hotel Nimb under our names until the end of April.

Gifts

Your being there is the whole of it. If you would like to give something anyway, we are putting a little towards the honeymoon.

Questions

Can I bring my children?
Yes, and please do. There is a room set aside with beds in it from nine, and somebody looking after it all evening.
Is any of it outside?
The ceremony and the drinks are, the dinner and the dancing are not. There are blankets and there is a marquee.
What time should I actually arrive?
Any time from half past three. The ceremony starts at four and we will not wait.

Who to ask

Freja, sister of the bride+45 20 11 44 08For anything at all, before the day or on it.

Dinner, dancing, and far too much cake.

Together with our families
N · E19 · 06 · 2027
We are getting married
NoraElias
Open the invitation
NoirSee it live
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
SaturdayJune 19, 2027at 17:30
The Glasshouse · Copenhagen

There is a day coming that we would rather not spend without you. Come early, stay late, and help us start the whole thing properly.

––days
––hours
––minutes
Frederiksberg Have 4, 2000 FrederiksbergView on the map

The order of the day

  1. 15:30ArrivalDrinks in the orangery, whatever the weather is doing.
  2. 16:00Ceremony
  3. 17:00Photographs and canapés
  4. 19:00DinnerOne long table. You will be sat with people you like.
  5. 21:30Dancing
  6. 01:00Carriages

What to wear

Garden formal

The lawn is real grass, so bring shoes you can stand on it in.

Getting there

Frederiksberg station is a ten minute walk. Parking on site is limited, so a taxi is easier late.

Somewhere to stay

We have held rooms at Hotel Nimb under our names until the end of April.

Gifts

Your being there is the whole of it. If you would like to give something anyway, we are putting a little towards the honeymoon.

Questions

Can I bring my children?
Yes, and please do. There is a room set aside with beds in it from nine, and somebody looking after it all evening.
Is any of it outside?
The ceremony and the drinks are, the dinner and the dancing are not. There are blankets and there is a marquee.
What time should I actually arrive?
Any time from half past three. The ceremony starts at four and we will not wait.

Who to ask

Freja, sister of the bride+45 20 11 44 08For anything at all, before the day or on it.

Dinner, dancing, and far too much cake.

Together with our families
June 19, 2027
We are getting married
NoraElias
CopenhagenOpen the invitation
VerdureSee it live
We are getting married
NoraElias
SaturdayJune 19, 2027at 17:30
The Glasshouse · Copenhagen

There is a day coming that we would rather not spend without you. Come early, stay late, and help us start the whole thing properly.

––days
––hours
––minutes
Frederiksberg Have 4, 2000 FrederiksbergView on the map

The order of the day

  1. 15:30ArrivalDrinks in the orangery, whatever the weather is doing.
  2. 16:00Ceremony
  3. 17:00Photographs and canapés
  4. 19:00DinnerOne long table. You will be sat with people you like.
  5. 21:30Dancing
  6. 01:00Carriages

What to wear

Garden formal

The lawn is real grass, so bring shoes you can stand on it in.

Getting there

Frederiksberg station is a ten minute walk. Parking on site is limited, so a taxi is easier late.

Somewhere to stay

We have held rooms at Hotel Nimb under our names until the end of April.

Gifts

Your being there is the whole of it. If you would like to give something anyway, we are putting a little towards the honeymoon.

Questions

Can I bring my children?
Yes, and please do. There is a room set aside with beds in it from nine, and somebody looking after it all evening.
Is any of it outside?
The ceremony and the drinks are, the dinner and the dancing are not. There are blankets and there is a marquee.
What time should I actually arrive?
Any time from half past three. The ceremony starts at four and we will not wait.

Who to ask

Freja, sister of the bride+45 20 11 44 08For anything at all, before the day or on it.

Dinner, dancing, and far too much cake.

Together with our families
We are getting married2027
NoraElias
19.06.27The Glasshouse, Copenhagen
Open the invitation
PosterSee it live
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
SaturdayJune 19, 2027at 17:30
The Glasshouse · Copenhagen

There is a day coming that we would rather not spend without you. Come early, stay late, and help us start the whole thing properly.

––days
––hours
––minutes
Frederiksberg Have 4, 2000 FrederiksbergView on the map

The order of the day

  1. 15:30ArrivalDrinks in the orangery, whatever the weather is doing.
  2. 16:00Ceremony
  3. 17:00Photographs and canapés
  4. 19:00DinnerOne long table. You will be sat with people you like.
  5. 21:30Dancing
  6. 01:00Carriages

What to wear

Garden formal

The lawn is real grass, so bring shoes you can stand on it in.

Getting there

Frederiksberg station is a ten minute walk. Parking on site is limited, so a taxi is easier late.

Somewhere to stay

We have held rooms at Hotel Nimb under our names until the end of April.

Gifts

Your being there is the whole of it. If you would like to give something anyway, we are putting a little towards the honeymoon.

Questions

Can I bring my children?
Yes, and please do. There is a room set aside with beds in it from nine, and somebody looking after it all evening.
Is any of it outside?
The ceremony and the drinks are, the dinner and the dancing are not. There are blankets and there is a marquee.
What time should I actually arrive?
Any time from half past three. The ceremony starts at four and we will not wait.

Who to ask

Freja, sister of the bride+45 20 11 44 08For anything at all, before the day or on it.

Dinner, dancing, and far too much cake.

Together with our families
19 · 06 · 2027
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
Open the invitation
ArchSee it live
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
SaturdayJune 19, 2027at 17:30
The Glasshouse · Copenhagen

There is a day coming that we would rather not spend without you. Come early, stay late, and help us start the whole thing properly.

––days
––hours
––minutes
Frederiksberg Have 4, 2000 FrederiksbergView on the map

The order of the day

  1. 15:30ArrivalDrinks in the orangery, whatever the weather is doing.
  2. 16:00Ceremony
  3. 17:00Photographs and canapés
  4. 19:00DinnerOne long table. You will be sat with people you like.
  5. 21:30Dancing
  6. 01:00Carriages

What to wear

Garden formal

The lawn is real grass, so bring shoes you can stand on it in.

Getting there

Frederiksberg station is a ten minute walk. Parking on site is limited, so a taxi is easier late.

Somewhere to stay

We have held rooms at Hotel Nimb under our names until the end of April.

Gifts

Your being there is the whole of it. If you would like to give something anyway, we are putting a little towards the honeymoon.

Questions

Can I bring my children?
Yes, and please do. There is a room set aside with beds in it from nine, and somebody looking after it all evening.
Is any of it outside?
The ceremony and the drinks are, the dinner and the dancing are not. There are blankets and there is a marquee.
What time should I actually arrive?
Any time from half past three. The ceremony starts at four and we will not wait.

Who to ask

Freja, sister of the bride+45 20 11 44 08For anything at all, before the day or on it.

Dinner, dancing, and far too much cake.

Together with our families
We are getting married
Nora&Elias
19 · 06 · 2027The Glasshouse, Copenhagen
Open the invitation
HorizonSee it live
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Written for the questions people actually type, with wording you can take as it is.

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What it costs

$100, once.

No subscription, no charge per guest, and nothing to cancel. Publish it free for 24 hours first, and only pay if you keep it.

Make an invitation
Questions

Asked and answered.

What changes when the marriage the invitation is about is already years old.

Name the occasion first, then the two of you, then the date and the place. The line that matters most is the one saying it is a renewal, because everything a guest assumes afterwards follows from it.

Whoever the day is genuinely for, which is usually a smaller and more deliberate list than the original wedding. Children and grandchildren who were not there the first time are the guests who tend to matter most.

Six to eight weeks is right for something local, and longer if the family is spread across the country or has to book a night somewhere. A renewal rarely needs a save the date.

They will if you do not say. Most couples ask for nothing, and a single warm line on the invitation is enough to settle it for everybody at once.

Other occasions

The same invitation, worded for a different day.

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