Wedding Invitiation Wording Reception Only
Wedding invitations for a private party or a family only reception are often difficult to find the correct wording.
Wedding invitations are just that… invitations to the wedding. If you are having a party or reception that has a different guest list than the wedding, then the solution is to separate the wedding invitations from the reception invitation.
photo credit: Voila Panache
Have an insert created for the private party or family only reception.
Only Invited to Reception
You are cordially invited to attend
the post-nuptial dinner and celebration
for
Mary and Jim Smith
on the Tenth of May
Two thousand eight
at seven o’clock in the evening
at Valley Civic Center
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Blanke
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding reception of their daughter
Mary Louisa
and
Mr. John Victor Reynolds
on Thursday, the twenty-seventh of April
at four o clock
Fourteen, Neville Terrace
In event of a very large wedding, the invitations are prepared so that some of them request the attendance of acquaintances at the church only.
It is customary to invite general acquaintances to a church wedding and to limit the number of guests for the reception, but the point is to be careful in drawing the line, because it may give offence to invite some and omit others.
Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette
