{"id":17706,"date":"2018-06-29T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T06:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appstudio.co.in\/ucblog\/?p=17706"},"modified":"2018-06-29T12:21:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T06:51:45","slug":"indian-wedding-invite-wordings-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appstudio.co.in\/ucblog\/weddings\/indian-wedding-invite-wordings-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Invite Wording Guide: What To Say On The Wedding Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a part of the complete Invite Wordings Guide<\/a> for your Indian Wedding.<\/em><\/p>\n

You’ve finalised your wedding card design, and you’re so relieved! “My work is done”, you say to yourself with a tired but happy smile on your face. But wait, your card designer just asked you to “please send wedding invitation wording in an MS Word doc.”<\/p>\n

WHAT?!<\/p>\n

Ok ok. How hard can it be? I just need to mention my name, my future spouse’s, my parents, grandparents, the venues, timings (exact or vague?)…<\/p>\n

That does seem like an awful lot of details to figure out. You’ll soon realise, the following wordings will need to be decided by you and your family for a standard wedding card –<\/p>\n

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  1. Who will be inviting the guests on paper – your parents, grandparents or you?<\/li>\n
  2. How you will address your parents, grandparents and parents of your spouse-to-be? Salutations such as Mrs. & Mr. or Smt. & Shri, or add “ji” at the end of the names? For example, “Arpana Ji and Kamal Patel Ji”.<\/li>\n
  3. Basic function details: Name of event, date, venue, time<\/li>\n
  4. Additional function details: Dress code, Detailed or simple itinerary (do you want to simply say “Wedding 7.30 pm onwards” or include baraat\u00a0welcome, pheras, dinner and vidai timings as well), Instructions (“Bring your dancing shoes”)<\/li>\n
  5. The Map (Basic, Illustrated or Google Map location link) + “Map Overleaf”<\/li>\n
  6. RSVP Line + Best Compliments<\/a> (where you mention other family members)<\/li>\n
  7. Gifting-related<\/a> (optional)<\/li>\n
  8. Your wedding hashtag (optional)<\/li>\n
  9. Religious prayer or verse (optional)<\/li>\n
  10. Romantic, spiritual or generic quote<\/a> (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note:<\/strong><\/em> A destination wedding card will have additional\/different wording requirements!<\/p>\n

    CALM DOWN.<\/p>\n

    We’re here to help.<\/p>\n

    First, you need to know the basic structure of an Indian wedding card. It’s not that complicated (in this basic version!) so just keep reading and promise, it will be a cakewalk for you by the end of this post –<\/p>\n

    The Basic Indian Wedding Invite<\/h2>\n

    \"Wedding<\/p>\n

    1. The Host Line<\/strong> –<\/h3>\n

    The rule says that whoever is paying for the wedding is the “host” of the event. In India, we put our parents’ and\/or grandparents’ names here (and our sibling’s name on the Mehendi insert!) because we don’t exactly follow this rule as is! It’s more about who we want to pay our respects to and having “the whole family” invite guests to the affair. There are couples who are paying for their own weddings and even they might end up mentioning their parents as hosts.<\/p>\n

    2. Request \/ Invitation Line –<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This line basically “invites” your guests to your nuptials.\u00a0According to Martha Stewart, you say “request the honour of your presence” for a religious ceremony and “request the pleasure of your company” for a non-religious function.<\/p>\n

    In Indian cards, however, you’ll find you have a LOT of options of how to word this line. We’ve seen everything from “solicit the honour of your benign presence to bless their beloved daughter” to the simple “request your company at the wedding of”.<\/p>\n

    You’ll find more ideas when you get to the “Real Wedding Invites” section.<\/em><\/p>\n

    3. Names –<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Of the couple getting married, obviously!<\/p>\n