Invitation Wording: Invitation To Wedding Anniversary

by Emily Post

Invitation To Wedding Anniversary

For a wedding anniversary celebration, the year of the wedding and the present year are usually stamped across the top of an invitation. Sometimes the couple's initials are added.

1898-1922

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson

request the pleasure of

Mr & Mrs. Norman's

company at the

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of their marriage

on Wednesday the first of June

at nine o'clock

Twenty-four Austin Avenue

R.s.v.p.

A wedding anniversary is an incredibly special event and the invitations should reflect just how special it truly is. Invitations should be sent out approximately six weeks in advance, but often people feel that is just too early. A good compromise is to send out “save the date” cards. These are cards that simply announce there will be a wedding anniversary celebration and give the couple’s name and the anniversary celebration date. That allows people to mark their calendars but also lets the real invitation, which should arrive about three week before the party serve as a reminder.

The invitation itself can to very informal to extremely formal depending on the whether the party will be casual or formal. The date the couple was married is often placed at the top of the invitation, which are often bordered in silver or gold. An invitation sent by the couple could read: 1970-2012, Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, request the pleasure of your company, at a reception, honoring their forty-second wedding anniversary, on Saturday, the twentieth of June, at five o’clock at Occasions in Winston, Virginia. Often it is the children of the couple that are giving the party, in that case the invitations would be worded more like: The children of Janet and John Williams, request the honor of your presence, at the forty-second anniversary, of their parents marriage, at five o’clock on Saturday the twentieth of June, at Occasions in Winston, Virginia.

Normally gifts are given at an anniversary party, however if the honorees do not want gifts then that fact should be clearly expressed at the bottom of the invitation.
Special thanks to Emily Post on her wonderful tips on etiquette and invites.
Wedding Anniversary Invitation