How to Word Invitations to Renew Your Vows
Renewing your wedding vows is a wonderful, romantic way for couples to reaffirm their love and commitment to one another in front of friends and family. Just like the first wedding, the renewal ceremony is a special life event. When you invite others to participate in such an important occasion, the wording on the invitations should reflect your personalities as a couple as well as the tone of the ceremony. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to word invitations when you renew your vows.
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Decide who will be announcing your vow renewal ceremony. Like a wedding invitation, this is an important detail because it will determine how you word your vow renewal invitations. The announcement could be from the bride and groom themselves, the couple's parents, or even the couple's children.
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Determine the mood and style of your vow renewal ceremony. If you are planning a large, formal ceremony, then your invitation wording should be formal. If you are planning a more intimate or an unusual ceremony, you can write your invitations informally or even with humor.
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Begin the invitations with the name of the person announcing the event. If the couple is hosting the ceremony, you would write "Pamela and Gregory Smith request the honor of your presence as they reaffirm their vows." If the couple's parents announce the event, you would write "Mr. and Mrs. Jones request the honor of your presence at the reaffirmation of vows for their daughter Pamela Jones to Gregory Smith." If the couple's children are announcing the ceremony, begin the invitation with their names. For example, "Samantha Michaels and John Walker request the honor of your presence at the reaffirmation of vows for their parents, Pamela Jones and Gregory Smith."
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Change certain terms of your vow renewal invitations based upon the formality of the event. For example, you would use "request the honor of your presence" for a formal ceremony. For a more informal event, you could use "request the pleasure of your company."
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In the following line, enter the full date and time of the vow renewal ceremony. Write out the date and time without using numbers. For example, the invitation could state "Thursday, the tenth of March, two thousand and nine at eleven o'clock."
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Enter the complete address and location of where the renewal ceremony will take place.
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Tips & Warnings
Like traditional wedding invitations, be sure to include a self-addressed and stamped reply card as a courtesy to your guests.
