Question

Process writing of wedding card

Answer 1

Understand the parts of an invitation. A formal wedding invitation is often divided into several lines, all of which provide pertinent information about the ceremony, reception, and those involved. The lines of a wedding invitation include the:[1]Host line, where the names of the people hosting the wedding open the invitationRequest line, where the invitation is formally put forward to the guestRelationship line, where it’s indicated how the hosts are related to the coupleName of the coupleDate lineTime lineVenue lineAddress line, which states the address and location of the ceremony venueReception line, which explains what type of reception or party will take place afterward and where2Determine the host. Traditionally, the host of a wedding was the person paying for it, but today, this is an honor that the couple can bestow upon any chosen loved one.[2]When you look at a wedding invitation that says something like “Emily and John Gordon request your presence at the marriage of their children,” Emily and John Gordon are the hosts who are extending the invitation. The wedding host is most often:A bride’s parentsA groom’s parentsThe couple and their parentsThe couple alone3Use the bride’s or groom’s parents as the host. When a bride or groom’s parents host a wedding, their names are the first to appear on the invitation.Typically, you will use courtesy titles followed by the surname (Mr. and Mrs. Gordon), or courtesy titles followed by the husband’s full name (Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon).4Use both parents as the host. If it’s a bride and groom getting married, the first line will typically have the name of the bride’s parents (Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon). The second line will begin with “and” followed by the name of the groom’s parents (and Mr. and Mrs. James Burrows).If two brides or two grooms are getting married, the formatting will be the same, but you will have to choose whose parents come first. However, you can also put all the parents on the same line.5Use the couple and their parents as the host. When the couple and both sets of parents are hosting the wedding, it is customary to open the invitation by saying something that indicates everyone is involved, such as:[3]Together with their parentsTogether with Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. James Smith6Use the names of the couple as the host. When the couple themselves choose to host their own wedding, their full names appear at the very beginning of the invitation.The names are often on separate lines, with the bride’s name traditionally coming first when there is a bride and groom.[4]Even when the couple are the hosts, wedding invitations are still generally written in the third person.[5]7Use the names of children to invite guests to a second marriage. In the instance of a second marriage, it’s not uncommon to open a wedding invitation with the first names of the children—instead of the hosts—from the new couple’s previous marriages. [6]

Answer 2

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Understand the parts of an invitation. A formal wedding invitation is often divided into several lines, all of which provide pertinent information about the ceremony, reception, and those involved. The lines of a wedding invitation include the:[1]
Host line, where the names of the people hosting the wedding open the invitation
Request line, where the invitation is formally put forward to the guest
Relationship line, where it’s indicated how the hosts are related to the couple
Name of the couple
Date line
Time line
Venue line
Address line, which states the address and location of the ceremony venue
Reception line, which explains what type of reception or party will take place afterward and where