Informal Wedding Invitation Wording

Many people are choosing a non-traditional wedding and tossing all the traditional formalities to the wayside.  Even though you are letting your creativity shine through, don’t forget to mention 1) who is sponsoring the event, 2) what the invitation is for, 3) what day the event will take place, 4) what time the event will take place, 5) where it will be held, and 6) if there is a reception following and at the same location or someplace else.   Here are a few suggestions for less formal invitations:

We're getting married!

You're invited to attend
our wedding event
On Saturday, September 2, 2011
Sunrise 7am
Wild Park
Yellowstone, CA

John & Lisa

Or

Our marriage will be a fairy tale…

Jeri Lynne
And
Ben Scott

Invite you to share in the joy
when they exchange marriage vows
and begin their new life together
on Sunday April 16, 2009
at 4:00 in the afternoon
etc.

Or

Please join us as
Lucy Jane
and
Larry Marcus
Follow their dreams together in marriage
October 11, 2009 at 1:30 pm
etc.

Or

The stars & heaven
brought us together.

Katie Ann and Jimmy

Invite you to join us
for a wedding under the stars
to celebrate the beginning
of our marriage
on December 1, 2009
etc

Or

Hear ye, Hear ye.
Let it be heard that
on the 29th of June, 2013
Sylvia Anne and Barry James
will be united in Holy Matrimony.

Your presence is requested
by the parents of the bride
Sam & Diane Tilton
to join in this celebration of love
at 2 pm in the afternoon
etc

Or

Please join us
For a celebration of love, friendship, laughter, and family
as
Margarite Salida Romerez
and
Robert Scott Titus
Join their hands in holy matrimony
Friday, June 28, 2017
etc

Some people want to acknowledge that this is there second wedding, with wording such as:

Please join us
As we celebrate new beginnings, new dreams, new love
at the marriage of
Brad Alex Beck
and
Lola Anne Zigler
Sunday, April 4, 2008
5 o'clock in the afternoon
Salinas Botanic Garden, CA
Dinner and dancing to follow

Second weddings with children, may want to honor their children by mentioning them in the invitation.  Here are a couple examples:

Please join
Janelle Anna Marie
and
Matthew Luke Perry 
as they exchange marriage vows
and together with their son, Quinn, celebrate their family
etc.

Or

Please join us
At a celebration
Of the marriage of
Linda Peters
and
Peter Zigler Friedman
And
The family of
Molly, Ned, Lindley, and Elise
Etc.