Wording Suggestions

Here are some phrases and quotations to give you ideas for your custom invitation or announcement.

–See our product samples for wording format suggestions, and to get an idea what is commonly included.

– Use our Invitation Checklist to make sure you have not missed any invitation details

–Limit your text to the approximate number of words you see on our sample. Too much text will make the invitation look less attractive. Additional details can be included on an enclosure card.

Jump to your occasion by using this index:

• Birth | Birth Multiples | Adoption | Naming Ceremony
• Child's Birthday
• Baptism-First Communion-Confirmation
• Bar/Bat Mitzvah
• RSVP
• Shower
• Wedding and Anniversary
• Holliday
• Moving
• Engagement | Save the Date
• Irish Blessing

• We welcome with love
• Our tiny miracle arrives!
• We are delighted to introduce
• We happily announce the birth of
• His/Her first breath took ours away
• (fill in sibling name) would like to introduce
• Our prayer answered, our dream come true
• A tiny hand to hold, the greatest love we know
• We welcome with love our gift from above
• Every good and perfect gift is from above (James 1:17)
• Behold, children are a gift of the Lord (Psalm 127:3)
• From the fullness of His grace, we have received one blessing after another (John 1:16)
• Come see what God has done, how awesome his works (Psalm 66:5)

• We have been doubly blessed
• It's twins!
• Good things come in threes

• Our family is complete!
• We joyfully announce the adoption of
• Placed in our loving arms (from country, on date)
• Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children
  from the east and gather you from the west. (Isaiah 43:5)
• An ancient Chinese belief states: "An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstance. The tread my stretch or tangle, but never break" ... [name] ...placed in our loving arms (from country, on date) and has wrapped her red thread around our hearts forever.

• Come see how much I've grown!
• Please join us to celebrate the first birthday of
• Join me for some fun as I turn one!
• Cuddly, cute and so much fun, our little (peanut)* is turning one!
• Our little (monkey)* is turning one! His party will be lots of fun!
• *Insert your nickname, i.e. missy, princess, tiger, pumpkin

• I have held them in the palm of my hand (Isaiah 51:16)
• We can do no great things, only small things with great love. (Mother Teresa)
• May the Lord give His angels charge over you, to guide you in all your ways. (Psalm 91:16)
• Behold, children are a gift of the Lord (Psalm 127:3)
• For the Lord your God blesses you (Deut 15:6)
• Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:14)
• And he took the children into his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. (Mark 10:16)

• Please join us at the Hebrew Naming Ceremony of our daughter/son
• We invite you to share our joy at the Hebrew Naming Ceremony of

• We invite you to share our happiness as our son/daughter (name of child) is called to the Torah as a Bar/Bat Mitzvah
• Please join us for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah of our son/daughter
• Please join us in worship as our son/daughter (fill in name) celebrates his/her Bar/Bat Mitzvah

• The favor of a reply is requested by November 7
  M/M ___________________________
  ____ Accepts ____ Regrets
  Please select an entrée for each person attending:
  ____ Salmon ____ Filet Mignon ____ Vegetarian
   
• Please respond on or before April 7, 2012
  M/M ____________________
  ___ Accept with pleasure
  ___ Decline with regret
  Number of persons _____
  
  
• Please respond by December 14, 2012
  M/M ___________________________
  ____ Accept your kind invitation
  ____ Regret they are unable to attend
  Number attending ____
  

• Please join us at a baby/bridal shower for
• Let's shower her with love!
• Please join us for a shower honoring
• You're cordially invited to attend a baby/bridal shower honoring
• Please help us welcome Jim and Donna's baby girl at a baby shower

• I have found the one whom my soul loves. (Song of Solomon 3:4)
• All you need is love. (John Lennon)
• What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder. (Matthew 19:6)
• Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. (Robert Browning)
• I hold you in my heart for we have shared together God's blessings. (Philippians 1:7)

• Wishing you all the joys of the season
• Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
• Celebrate the warmth of the season
• Happy Hanukkah from the (fill in name) family
• Wishing you all the joys of the season as seen through the eyes of a child
• Season's Greetings from all the elves in the (fill in name) family
• The joy of brightening a child's heart creates the magic of Christmas (W.C. Jones)
• Happy Holidays from our home to yours
• May the magic of the season fall softly around you
• CORPORATE
• Wishing you a joyous holiday season and health and prosperity in the new year.
• Thank you for your contribution toward our success this past year.
  Warm wishes for a happy holiday season.
• We appreciate your business!
  Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season and a healthy and happy new year.
• Wishing you a season of joy, hope and prosperity.
  Thank you for your continued business and support.
  We look forward to a continued partnership.
• Thank you for your business. We wish you a festive holiday season and happiness and security in the new year.
• Happy Holidays! Thank you for the opportunity to serve you in 2011 and into the new year.
• Wishing you and yours all the best today, tomorrow and into the new year.
• Thank you for your patonage this past year. We hope the new year brings you peace, joy and happiness.
• Have a joyous holiday season and a happy new year!

• A Christmas gift truly worth waiting for
• Happy Holidays from our new Christmas elf
• We welcome with love our Christmas gift
• Our little angel has arrived just in time for the holidays

• Home, sweet home. Our new address is
• Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. (Noel Langley)
• The (fill in name) family is now residing at
• Happy is the home is where love resides and good friends visit often.
• We've moved!
• Come visit us at our new address!

• The future Jason and Ashley Brown are pleased to announce their upcoming wedding planned for December 2005.
• The future Steve and Tina Smith are pleased to announce their engagement. No date has yet been set.

• Please save the date! We will be getting married (date) in (city)
• Please reserve the date (insert date) for a wedding uniting (names)
• Please reserve (insert date) to celebrate our wedding. Invitation and details to follow.

• May the sound or happy music, and the lilt of laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after. (Irish Blessing)
• In thanks for the fullness of days spent together, The friends that we pray will be with us forever, The feelings we've shared, the food & good fun, with faith that God's blessings have only begun. (Irish Blessing)
• May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, And my trouble avoid you where ever you go. (Irish Blessing)
• May golden sunlight guide your way, And renew the joy of your wedding day. (Irish Blessing)
  
• May you always feel as close to Jesus as you do today May you always count on Him to gently guide your way. (Irish Blessing)
• May God grant you always a sunbeam to warm you, A moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel so nothing can harm you. (Irish Blessing)
• We swear by peace and love to stand, Heart to heart and hand to hand. Hark, O Spirit, and hear us now, Confirming this our Sacred Vow. (Irish Unity Vow)
• May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. May the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, May the Lord hold you in the palm of His hand.