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We&#8217;ve answered a few questions and listed some common scenarios to help you decide your invitation wording.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine who is hosting the wedding \u2014 bride&#8217;s parents, groom&#8217;s parents, bride and groom, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Will the wedding be formal or informal?<\/li>\n<li>Spell out all wording. Abbreviations are not used in wedding invitation wording except for Mr., Mrs., Ms., and Miss.<\/li>\n<li>Traditional and\/or formal wedding invitations are issued by the bride&#8217;s parents.<\/li>\n<li>If the bride&#8217;s parents issue the invitations, Mr. goes in front of the groom&#8217;s name<\/li>\n<li>If the groom&#8217;s parents issue the invitations, Miss. goes in front of the bride&#8217;s name.<\/li>\n<li>The bride&#8217;s name always goes before the groom&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Traditional Wording from Bride&#8217;s Parents (Most Common):<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ernest Ellingson<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of their daughter<br \/>\nJillian Lee<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nMr. Steven Charles Millings<br \/>\nSaturday, the twelfth of June<br \/>\ntwo thousand fourteen<br \/>\nat half after four o&#8217;clock<br \/>\nVillage Lutheran Church<\/p>\n<p><strong>Traditional Wording from Groom&#8217;s Parents:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. and Mrs. Kent George Millings<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of<br \/>\nMiss Jillian Lee Kraft<br \/>\nto their son<br \/>\nSteven Charles Millings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invitation Wording from the Couple. <\/strong>(An invitation from the couple is considered informal.)<br \/>\nMiss. Jillian Kraft<br \/>\nand Mr. Robert White<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat their marriage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If the bride or groom has parents that are widowed or divorced, here are appropriate wording options. (The following options are based on the traditional practice of the bride&#8217;s parents issuing the invitations. Any option can be modified to accommodate the groom&#8217;s parents issuing the invitations.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the bride&#8217;s mother is widowed or divorced:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mrs. Traxler Ellingson<br \/>\nrequests the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of her daughter..<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the bride&#8217;s father is a widower or divorced:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. Jonathan Ernest Ellingson<br \/>\nrequests the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of his daughter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the bride&#8217;s mother is remarried and both are hosting:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Casie Smith<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of her daughter<br \/>\nJillian Lee Ellingson&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the bride&#8217;s father is remarried and both are hosting:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ernest Ellingson<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of his daughter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the bride&#8217;s parents are divorced, but both are still sponsoring the wedding. <\/strong>(Listing parents on separate lines indicates divorced. This format may also work if the mother has remarried and taken a new name or uses her maiden name.)<br \/>\nMrs. Lillian Ernest Ellingson<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nMr. Jonathan Ernest Ellingson<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of their daughter<br \/>\nJillian Lee Ellingson&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the bride&#8217;s parents are divorced, both are remarried, and all are sponsoring the wedding. <\/strong>(This is necessary if both sets of parents are contributing to the wedding.)<br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. Aaron Casie Smith<br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ernest Ellingson<br \/>\nrequest the honour of your presence<br \/>\nat the marriage of<br \/>\nMrs. Smith and Mr. Ellingson&#8217;s daughter<br \/>\nJillian Lee Ellingson<br \/>\nto&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For additional wording ideas, visit our etiquette section on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invitationsbydawn.com\/content\/wedding-stationery-wording-ideas\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Invitations by Dawn<\/a>. 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