Invitation Etiquette and Samples

WORDING ETIQUETTE
* Full names are used (not nicknames or abbreviations), and dates, times and addresses are spelled out
* Each line of the wedding invitation is centered, for a balanced look
* Courtesy titles (Mr., Miss, Ms., Mrs.) are used. When appropriate, professional titles should be used. Doctor may be abbreviated as Dr. A priest or minister is called "The Reverend", and the judge is called the "Honorable". The Rabbi is called "Rabbi".
* Military titles are handle by rank. Enlisted people and noncommissioned offers may include their branch of service underneath their names. Titles for officers precede their name, and the branch of service appears on the line below.

When the bride's parents host the wedding:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flintstone
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble
on Saturday, the nineteen of April nineteen hundred and ninety seven at three o'clock in the afternoon
Stoneridge Hotel
1200 Stoneridge Road
Bedrock, California

If one parent is deceased, and mother is not remarried:
Mrs. Fred Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

Father not remarried:
Mr. Fred Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

Mother remarried:
Mrs. and Mrs. Richard Slate
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Pebbles Marie Flintstone
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

Father remarried:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble
Note: There is no need to add Pebble Marie's last name, since it's the same as her father's

Bride and Groom may host their own wedding:
Miss Pebbles Marie Flintstone
and
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage

If the bride's parents are divorced:
Divorced mother issuing invitation - not remarried)
Mrs. Wilma Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

Divorced father issuing invitation:
Mr. Fred Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

Divorced parents both issuing invitation:
Mrs. Wilma Flintstone
and
Mr. Fred Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Pebbles Marie
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

When both the bride's and groom's parents issue the invitation together:
Divorced father issuing invitation:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flintstone
and
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Rubble
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children
Pebbles Marie
to
Bam Bamm

When the groom's family hosts the wedding:
Divorced father issuing invitation:
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Rubble
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of
Pebbles Marie
to their son
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble

When the invitation is for a second wedding:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flintstone
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Ms. Pebbles Marie Jones
to
Mr. Bam Bamm Rubble