3 timeless traditional wedding invitation wording examples

Floating Jellyfish Wedding Invitations

If you're having a formal, traditional ceremony, it's important for your invitations to reflect that, as invitations set the tone for the actual event. Here are three examples of traditional wording.

- Below, note that "honour of your presence" is for a church wedding-

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Wilsenhome
Request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter

Emily Wilsenhome

to

Thomas Shelton

Saturday the twenty-third of June

two thousand twelve
at half after three in the afternoon

The Church of St. Barnabas

Falmouth, Massachusetts
Reception to follow

-OR if the wedding is not in a church-

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Wilsenhome
Request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter

Emily Wilsenhome

to

Thomas Shelton

Saturday the twenty-third of June

two thousand twelve
at half after three in the afternoon

Highfield Hall

Falmouth, Massachusetts

Reception to follow

-OR if the groom's parents are also hosting-

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Wilsenhome
and
Mr.& Mrs. James Shelton
Request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their children

Emily Wilsenhome

&

Thomas Shelton

Saturday the twenty-third of June

two thousand twelve
at half after three in the afternoon

Falmouth Yacht Club

Falmouth, Massachusetts

Reception to follow

Note that if you use the British spelling of "honour", make sure you continue to use it throughout the wedding stationery, for instance if you're using the word "favour". You can also use the American spelling. 

Feel free to take any of these for your own use, and search my blog for "wording" for more examples, and if you ever have any questions about etiquette, simply comment or email me Ruth at ConcertinaPress dot com.