CEREMONY INVITATIONS |RECEPTION CARDS

EVENING INVITATIONS | RESPONSE CARDS

Following are a number of examples of how to acknowledge the various possible hosts for your wedding, as well as a variety of alternatives for wording the description of the wedding ceremony and reception details.

Of course I am happy to help you craft the perfect wording for your wedding invitation as part of the bespoke/custom design service.

BRIDE’S PARENTS HOSTING
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Downing-Turner
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter

Anita Margaret
to
Adam James Vincent

Southwark Cathedral
Montague Close
Southwark
London

and afterwards at
One Great George Street
Westminster

DIVORCED PARENTS HOSTING
Mr. Theodore Charles Pringle
and
Mrs. Madeleine Jane Powell

request the pleasure of your company as their daughter

Fiona Meredith
marries
George Colby Finnerton

Saturday the second of August
two thousand and eight
at three o’clock in the afternoon

30 Pavilion Road
Knightsbridge
London

Reception to follow the ceremony

PARENT AND STEPPARENT HOSTING
Jonathan and Isabelle Armstrong
would be delighted for you to join them at the marriage of Isabelle Armstrong’s daughter

Emma Kathryn
to
Sean Thomas Harvey

Saturday the sixth of October
two thousand and seven
at four o’clock in the afternoon

West Lodge Park Hotel
Cockfosters Road
Hadley Wood
Herts

Cocktails, dinner and dancing to follow

BOTH SETS OF PARENTS HOSTING
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Andrew Marks
and
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Alexander Brooks
invite you to share their joy at the marriage uniting

Kathryn Elizabeth Marks
and
Matthew William Brooks

Saturday the twenty-second of March
two thousand and eight

Eltham Palace
Court Yard
Court Road
London

Reception to follow the ceremony

BRIDE’S PARENTS HOSTING; ACKNOWLEDGING GROOM’S PARENTS
(JEWISH/CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN-STYLE)
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Xavier Quinn
are delighted to request your company
at the marriage of their daughter

Hannah Claire
to
Robert Vaughn

son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Anderson Cole

Saturday, the fifteenth of September
two thousand and seven
at half-past three in the afternoon

Syon Park
Brentford
Middlesex

Celebration to follow the ceremony

BRIDE AND GROOM HOSTING, WITH THEIR FAMILIES
Together with their families
Bethany Lander and Brendan Riley
invite you to share in the ceremony and celebration of their marriage

Saturday the twenty-sixth of July
two thousand and eight
at half-past four in the afternoon

The Dairy
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire

Merriment to follow the ceremony

BRIDE AND GROOM HOSTING
Abigail Rose Bradshaw and Christopher William O’Neill
request the honour of your presence
as they exchange marriage vows

Saturday the tenth of November
two thousand and seven
at four o’clock in the afternoon

St. Paul’s Church
32a Wilton Place
Knightsbridge
London

and afterwards at
Kent House
Rutland Gardens
Knightsbridge

**********************

Audrey Paige Fitzgerald and Nicholas Jackson Lynch

would be delighted for you to celebrate with them
as they join together in marriage

Saturday the twenty-first of June
two thousand and eight

Chiswick House
Burlington Lane
Chiswick
London

Dinner and dancing to follow the ceremony

**********************

Sabrina Hunt Mackenzie
and
Alexander Paul Mackenzie

would be honoured for you to join them
at the blessing of their marriage

Saturday the first of December
two thousand and seven
at half-past four in the afternoon

Christ Church Mayfair
Down Street
Mayfair
London

and afterwards at
The Arts Club
40 Dover Street
Mayfair

The options are many, depending upon the tone of your wedding and the specifics of your reception. Here are but a few examples.

Reception
One Great George Street
Westminster
Transportation will be provided from the ceremony

Wedding Breakfast
Beauberry House
Gallery Road
West Dulwich

Merriment following the ceremony
Bluebird Restaurant
350 King’s Road
London SW3

Cocktails, Dinner and Dancing
Kent House
Rutland Gardens
Knightsbridge

Dinner Reception
seven o’clock
The Arts Club
40 Dover Street
Mayfair

Dinner and Dancing
at half past seven o’clock
Westminster Boating Base
136 Grosvenor Road
Pimlico
London

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James Sullivan
request the pleasure of your company
at an evening reception celebrating the marriage of their daughter

Siobhan Grace Sullivan
to
Benjamin Watts Paley

son of Mr. and Mrs. Cole Bernard Paley

Saturday the seventh of June
two thousand and eight
at half-past seven in the evening

Westminster Boating Base
136 Grosvenor Road
Pimlico
London

Response cards can be worded in a way that is quite formal or more relaxed, to reflect the tone you choose to set for your stationery suite and your wedding. Some brides choose to request responses by a certain date. Here are but a few examples.

R.S.V.P.
___________________________________
____ Accept
____ Regret
The favour of a reply is requested by 10 April.

I/we ______________________ say...
____ Yes, with pleasure!
____ No, with regret

_______________________________
______ will gladly attend
______ so sorry, cannot join you

_______________________________
________ accepts with delight
________ declines with regret

_______________________________
________ can't wait!
________ can't come.

The favour of a reply is requested (by 10 April).
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Kindly reply by 10 April.
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Please reply by 10 April.
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