Bride .net» wedding invitation http://www.bride.net your bridal site for all things wedding and beyond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:44:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wedding Entertainment: Caricatures for all! http://www.bride.net/2009/wedding-entertainment-caricatures-for-all/ http://www.bride.net/2009/wedding-entertainment-caricatures-for-all/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:36 +0000 dena http://www.bride.net/?p=796 As an alternative to the traditional guest book, Wedding Dates wedding blog suggests a caricature signing board of the bride and groom. You can mount it on poster board or in a custom matting, put it in your reception foyer, and ask your guests to sign around it.  He suggests Irish artist Allan Cavanagh of Carcatures Island, but for those of us in the U.S. or other countries, I’m sure there are other amazing caricature artists available for this project.

You can also use a caricature on your wedding invitation. Or have caricatures drawn of your guests to add something different to the wedding fun. Put the bride and groom’s names and wedding date at the bottom to commemorate the occasion, and you’ve got personal wedding favors too!

Here are some pointers on using a caricaturist at your wedding, from caricatures-uk.com.

In my experience, caricaturists can be a fabulous idea; they break the ice, create talking points and put your guests on a light footing for the rest of the day. Not to mention the great mementoes your guests will have of your big day. Hire the right artist and they can make your day that bit more special, but as with any wedding supplier, make sure you choose the best or (like a mardy photographer) they could put a blot on your most treasured memories.

In general caricaturists work during your wedding lulls; after the ceremony, Pimms on the lawn and wedding photos, while people are standing around or after the wedding breakfast, as guests relax and unbutton their waistcoats, as new guests arrive and the venue is turned around for the evening’s entertainment. You’ll usually book an artist for 2 hours at your wedding, as there is so much already happening.

Whatever you do, don’t book a wedding caricaturist to draw either during your wedding breakfast or during the Disco; The meal is full of interruptions (waiting staff, line up, speeches) and wedding guests cannot be drawn while eating. The disco is dark, crowded and noisy, the worst possible drawing conditions for an artist… plus they’ll end up drawing random strangers and gatecrashers, instead of family and head table.

Here are some drawings from Allan Cavanagh:

So, what do you think of having caricatures drawn at your wedding? The ones above are amazing, but maybe I’m just vain… who needs caricatures that are unflattering? By definition: Caricature: to ape, imitate with derision. comic exaggeration – (the art of making) a drawing, description, or performance that exaggerates somebody’s or something’s characteristics for humorous or satirical effect. When you’re all dressed up and trying to look your best, do you really need to be reminded that your nose is slightly pointier than the average nose, you have big ears, or that you could seriously use a good night’s sleep? Um, no thanks…mine would go into a dark drawer somewhere. But I’d love to see what he can do with the rest of you!

I prefer something like this, from Give A Caricature, at least for the bride and groom… a little more glamor, a lot less ghastly:

As the disclaimer on caricatures-uk.com goes: George may offend the frail, vain, or ugly!

…See what I’m saying??

For wedding favors that WON’T offend the frail, vain, or ugly, check out American Bridal!

]]> http://www.bride.net/2009/wedding-entertainment-caricatures-for-all/feed/ 3 Wording your Wedding Invitation http://www.bride.net/2008/wording-your-wedding-invitation/ http://www.bride.net/2008/wording-your-wedding-invitation/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:00:58 +0000 dena http://www.bride.net/?p=685 Wedding invitation wording can get kind of tricky. Are his parents divorced? Were you raised by your grandmother? Are your aunt and uncle paying for most of your wedding? Big-wedding-tiny-budget will tell you how to appropriately and properly word every possible family situation and scenario.

The wording examples below are fairly standard depending on which category your wedding falls into. The examples below are given so you can get an idea of what it would most commonly look like. You can feel free to modify it wherever suitable.

Wedding Invitation Wording – Bride and Groom with Family Hosting:

Together with their parents

Julie Ann Jacobs

and

Charles Cameron Monroe

request the honour of your presence

at their marriage

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

***

Julie Ann Jacobs

and

Charles Cameron Monroe

together with their parents

invite you to join them

in celebrating their marriage

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Bride and Groom Hosting:

Julie Ann Jacobs

and

Charles Cameron Monroe

request the honour of your presence

at their marriage

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Both Sets of Parents Hosting:

Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs

and

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Monroe

invite you to share in the joy

of the marriage uniting their

children

Julie Ann

and

Charles Cameron

on

Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Bride’s Parents Hosting:

Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Julie Ann

to

Charles Cameron

son of

Mr. and Mrs. Bradey Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Groom’s Family Hosting:

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Monroe

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of

Julie Ann Jacobs

to their son, Charles Cameron Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Children Hosting:

Max, Peter, Jake and Emma invite you to celebrate

the marriage of their parents

Julie Jacobs and Charles Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Deceased Parents of Bride-Relative Hosting:

Mrs. Alice Daniels

and her husband, Michael

request the honour of your

presence

at the marriage of her niece

Julie Ann Jacobs

to

Charles Cameron Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording -Deceased Parent of Bride:

Julie Ann

daughter of Lynn Jacobs and the late John Jacobs

and Charles Cameron Monroe

invite you to join them

in celebrating their marriage

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

***

Mrs. Lynn Jacobs

requests the honour of your

presence

at the marriage of her daughter

Julie Ann

to

Charles Cameron Monroe

son of

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Deceased Parent of Groom:

Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs

request the honour of your

presence at their marriage

of their daughter

Julie Ann

to

Charles Cameron Monroe

son of Mr. Bradley Monroe

and late

Mrs. Anne Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Divorced Parents:

Mrs. Lynn Jacobs

and

Mr. John Jacobs

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Julie Ann Jacobs

to

Charles Cameron Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording -Divorced Parents – Remarried:

Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs

requests the honour of your

presence

at the marriage of his daughter

Julie Ann Jacobs

to

Charles Cameron Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

***

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Andrews

request the honour of your

presence

at the marriage of her daughter

Julie Ann Jacobs

to

Charles Cameron Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following


Divorced Parents (Parents of Bride and Groom Divorced not remarried)

Mr. John Jacobs and Ms. Lynn Jacobs

and

Mr. Bradley Monroe and Ms. Ann Monroe

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their children

Julie Ann Jacobs

and

Charles Cameron Monroe

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording – Second Marriage:

Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs

request the honor of your

presence

at the marriage of their

daughter

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

***

Julie Jacobs

and

Charles Monroe

request the honor of your presence

at their marriage

on Friday, the sixth of July

Two thousand and ten

at six o’clock in the evening

St. James United

416 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

Reception Immediately Following

Wedding Invitation Wording: Professional Titles

Most couples today include professional titles on all names, if applicable. Mr., Mrs. or Ms. should not be used with a title. Note that if you add a title to the bride’s name, you should include her last name also

For example:

Doctor: Dr. Julie Jacobs

Lawyer: Julie Jacobs, Esq.

Judge: The Honorable Julie Jacobs

Clergy: The Reverend Julie Jacobs (Christian); Father Charles Monroe (Catholic); Rabbi Julie Jacobs (Jewish)

Military: Captain (Commander or Major) Julie Jacobs or Charles Monroe

Related Articles:
Wedding Invitation Etiquette
DIY Wedding Invitations
Discount Wedding Invitations

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