There are details out wedding cards that get lost on us. For most of us, what we pay attention to are the parties involved and the dates. Few notice the colors and designs. Fewer still pay attention to the words used and how they are placed. What we do not realize is that there is a right and wrong way to write out wedding invitations. Let’s shed some light on this.

Basic Flow

The wedding invitation starts with the couple hosting the wedding. In the traditional American context, the bride’s family hosted the wedding. In such a case, the card will start off with the name of the bride’s parent’s names. Of course, now, we have blended families where two separate families host the wedding, or in some cases, the groom’s family hosts depending on the family’s culture. This is followed by the groom’s name. This is then followed by the bride’s name and then the dates and venue come thereafter with any other details.

Dos and Don’ts

Wedding invitation etiquette dictates that no punctuation is used in the entire card, apart from in titles such as Mr. and Mrs. You only notice the beginning of a sentence by the presence of a capital letter. All numbers in the invitation are required to be spelled out not written in figure. So for instance, a date like 11/06/2017 will be represented as the say Saturday the eleventh of June the year twenty seventeen. You should also be cautious about the tense used in the invitations. Only third person tense should be used as it makes it clear that the card is a representation of the people inviting the guests.

There are a few other factors that you might need to put into consideration but with these main ones in place, you can be sure that your wedding invites are good to go!