Send invitations that reflect the type of event you are holding.
Writing invitations includes adhering to certain basic etiquette. Depending upon the event, you should include different information. The wording can range from laid-back to strictly formal. In all cases, give your invited guests the information they need. Invitations inform, gather anticipation and give invitees what they need to attend fully prepared.
Instructions
1. Wedding invitations command formal verbiage.
Match a wedding's formality with formal invitation verbiage. The source of the invitation, e.g., the bride's parents, the bride and groom, changes the wording of the invitation. Alter wedding invitation verbiage to match the type of wedding to which invitees are requested to attend. Destination weddings, for example, include text not used in a hometown wedding. Generally, formal invitations spell out days, months, years and times.
If you are the bride's parents, you might write your wedding invitations in the following way.
"Dr. and Ms. Edward Warren
request the honor of the presence of
(Fill in invitee's name)
fort the marriage of their daughter
Wellsley Cameron
to
Mr. Hugh Marmont
on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth
two thousand fourteen
at eleven o'clock in the morning
Unity Church in the Pines
341 Dawson's Crossing
Evergreen, Colorado"
2. Adult birthday parties can be formally or informally announced.
Adult birthday parties can be formal or informal. When your birthday event is an informal gathering, feel free to lighten up the wording of your birthday party invitations. The website, Invitation Consultants provides lists of adult birthday invitation possibilities. For example, you may want your invitations to read
"Join Mae's, "I'm finally legal" birthday celebration
It's her 21st!
on Saturday, 19 July, 2015
Dinner at 8:00 pm with dancing following
The Polo Grounds clubhouse
South University and Alameda
Denver, Colorado
RSVP by June 1, 2015"
3. Retirement invitations announce the celebration of a retiree's career.
Retirement parties carry certain obligations. On the one hand, colleagues want to let the retiree know how much they appreciate her. On the other hand, retirement is a rite of passage often accompanied by bittersweet feelings. Let your invitations to a retirement party reflect the sensitivity and the celebration of the moment. You might write, for example,
"Mercer Management
cordially invites you to a retirement event
Join us as we celebrate the remarkable career of
Morgan Payne
Four Seasons Hotel Austin
Stone's Crossing
Saturday, June 28, 2015
8:00 pm"
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