// Formal Invitation Wording//

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording Depending on Host:
Bride’s Parents Host:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Isabella Marie
to
Mr. Edward Jonathan Callahan
on Saturday, November 27
at half past eight o’clock in the evening
153 North Rosewood Street
Wisteria, California

Bride’s parents, divorced:

Mr. Charles Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Dwyer
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Isabella Marie
to
Mr. Edward Jonathan Callahan
on Saturday, November 27, 2004 
at half past eight o’clock in the evening
One Nob Hill
San Francisco, California

Bride and groom’s parents:

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith
and
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Callahan
invite you to share in the ceremony
uniting their children
Isabella Marie
to
Edward Jonathan Callahan
on Saturday, November 27, 2004 
at half past eight o’clock in the evening
One Nob Hill
San Francisco, California

Bride and groom’s parents, divorced (example 1):

Mr. Charles Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Dwyer
together with
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Callahan
invite you to share in the ceremony
uniting their children
Isabella Marie
to
Edward Jonathan Callahan

Bride and groom’s parents, divorced (example 2):

Mr. Charles Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Dwyer
request the honor of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Isabella Marie
to
Edward Jonathan Callahan
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mason

Bride and groom’s parents, divorced (example 3):

Please join our families
on this special occasion
when our children
Isabella Marie
and
Edward Jonathan Callahan
will be married

Bride, groom, and parents hosting (example 1):

Together with their parents
Isabella Marie Smith
and
Edward Jonathan Callahan
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage

Bride, groom, and parents hosting (example 2):
Isabella Marie
and
Edward Jonathan
together with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith
and
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Callahan
invite you to share in the joy
when they exchange marriage vows
and begin their new life together

Bride and groom hosting:

Miss Isabella Marie
and
Mr. Edward Jonathan Callahan
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage

Bride, groom, and children hosting (example 1):

Miss Isabella Marie Smith
and
Mr. Edward Jonathan Callahan
along with their children
Anne and Peter
invite you to join in the blending
of their families through marriage

Bride, groom, and children hosting (example 2):

Anne and Peter
invite you to the ceremony
that will make them brother and sister
and that will make their parents
Isabella Marie Smith
and
Edward Jonathan Callahan
husband and wife