Wedding announcements and invitations have different purposes and some thought needs to go into determining who receives which. One of the most important things that a bride-to-be needs to understand is the difference between wedding invitations and wedding announcements. Here are some helpful tips for you to decide when each one should be used.

There is a lot of difference and specific wording between wedding invitations and announcements. Wedding invitations are always sent before the wedding and are only sent to the people you’d like to have attend the ceremony itself. Wedding announcements are sent out around the time you get married, or around the time you get engaged.

Wedding Invitations are sent to friends and family members you would like to invite to attend the wedding ceremony. Wedding Announcements are sent to notify friends and family of your marriage if they did not receive wedding invitations.

Wedding Invitations wording sample

Together with their parents

Julia Esabella Sanmeters

and

Nicholas Kristoff Demett

request the honour of your presence

at their marriage

on Sunday, the fourth of October

two thousand fourteen

at six o’clock in the evening

Mount Zion Church

11890 Leaf Avenue

Chicago, Illinois

Wedding Announcements wording sample

Mr. and Mrs. Esabella Sanmeters

have the pleasure of announcing

the marriage of their daughter

Julia Esabella Sanmeters

and

Nicholas Kristoff Demett

on Sunday, the fourth of October

two thousand fourteen

in

Mount Zion Church

11890 Leaf Avenue

Chicago, Illinois