Hooray! The time has come to put together the wording for your wedding stationery.

But where on earth do you start? Our answer is... right here! We've seen a lot of wording in our 12 years as wedding stationers, so take a look below for our suggestions of the best way to word your wedding invites, save the dates and favours.

INVITATIONS

So you obviously need the basics... like this:

Karen & Ben

are getting married

2pm, Saturday 10th May 2025

Lovely Hotel / Church, Beautiful Street, Pretty Village, L00 VEE

But then the main wording... hmmm, what to put... how about?

Karen & Ben, together with their families, would love you to join them as they celebrate their marriage. Dinner & dancing will follow the ceremony.

Or maybe this:

Karen & Ben, together with their families, would be delighted if you'd join them as they become man & wife. Dinner, drinking and awkward but enthusiastic dancing will follow the ceremony (... at venue address if different to the ceremony).

We love these ones below for a little bit of fun:

• Together with our amazing families, we would love you to join us as we celebrate our marriage. Fizz, food, funky dancing and a free bar* to follow the ceremony. We would love to see you there! *only joking! We aren’t completely mad!

• Karen & Ben, would love you to join them on their next big adventure as they celebrate their marriage.

• Karen & Ben, together with their families, would love you to join them as they (finally!) tie the knot. What's that we hear? You wouldn't miss it for the world? Fantastic!

• Join us for beers, bow ties and bad dancing as we would love to celebrate our big day with you!

• We would love you to join us as we celebrate our marriage. An afternoon of bubbles, beers, BBQ & cheers! Followed by an evening of shenanigans... dancing shoes required!

Fancy something a little more traditional:

Mr & Mrs Wilson request the pleasure of your company to celebrate the wedding of their daughter, Karen Mary Patricia, to Benjamin Anthony Brown. A reception will follow at Grand Venue.

RSVP to Mr & Mrs Wilson, Mum Road, Dad Town, PAR 3NTZ

Got kids:

Archie, Lola & Hettie would be so excited if you would join them as their mummy and daddy get married. We'd love to see you there!

Let Mum & Dad know if you can make it by emailing karen@weddingteatowels.co.uk

Remember to add a little RSVP note at the bottom:

Please RSVP by 14 February to {address} or {email / phone number} / using the enclosed card

For more information and to RSVP, please go to {wedding website}

Carriages at midnight

Please RSVP or bring a sandwich and a chair!

RSVP sooner than immediately please but no later than {insert date}

Don't forget your dancing shoes!

Bring wellies!

SAVE THE DATES

Yay! We're getting married and whilst we sort out the details, we want to make sure you've got the date free, so put it in your diary!

Whilst we sort out the details, hang this in your kitchen and look forward to celebrating love, laughter and our happily ever after.

Yay! We're getting hitched and we want you to be there. No RSVP required... with this much notice, you're coming!

We'd be delighted if you'd join us on our special day, so please save the date. Invitations with full details will follow in the Spring.

FAVOURS

Our day was perfect and we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for your gift and your company, we'll treasure the memories forever.

Thank you for celebrating our wedding with us. It's been the best day ever!

Words cannot express how grateful we are to have such loving friends and family to support and encourage us as we begin this journey together.

And don't forget to sign off with your lovely new married names - Love Mr & Mrs Brown / Love Karen & Ben xx

So there you go!

Announcing your big day to your loved ones is as easy as that.

Our main advice though it to make it sound like it's coming from you, make sure you get all the facts in there... and SPELL CHECK IT!

Hopefully this gives you a few ideas of where to start, either go straight ahead and copy it from here or use this as inspiration to make it your own. Remember, you can put any wording you'd like on your stationery - it's your day after all. If you've got your own ideas, we'd love to hear them!