Wedding invitation wording-please help

[misspugs]

:hi:Hi,
I'm the mother of the groom-to-be and I have a question on the wording of the invitations:notsure::notsure:.
Both of the brides parents are deceased and she was raised by her Aunt. My husband and I are paying for the reception and the DJ. My future daughter-in-laws Aunt is paying for the flowers and the bride and groom are paying for the photographer.
How do we go about wording the invitations? Any help you could give me would be appreciated.

[WBandMe]

Well, I'm not sure how firmly you're looking for the wording to reflect who is paying for it. If that isn't an issue, you could always do something like

beautiful bride
and
wonderful groom
together with their families
request the honor of your presence...

otherwise, I'm not entirely sure. lol, sorry if im not too useful!

[misspugs]

Thanks WBandMe,
No, its not an issue who is paying for it, but since my FDIL's parents are deceased, I wasn't sure how to word it. Thanks so much. My FDIL also doesn't want the returns coming to her house. How should the envelopes be addressed? To my son or to my husband and me? Thanks

[StJohnBride]

Deceased parents should not be mentioned on the invitation since they're not hosting. That's the technical answer. The couple can (and should!) honor them in some way at the ceremony/reception. But on the invite isn't really appropriate according to the etiquette people.

But - like PP said, with their families is an alternative.

[EarlyBird]

or you can do the

HOSTING PARTIES invite you to share in the union of bride and groom (no mention of you being the parents)

[makingyoureventspecial]

Well if you want to give thanks to the person who raised the bride than you can do the following.

Mr and Mrs (Aunt's Name) and Uncle (if they are married)
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their niece (Bride's name)

or you could do the idea of the

bride and groom request the honor......

I think that it would be good either way. The first just gives honor to the Aunt whom raised her.

or you can do

The honor of your presence and pleasure of your company is
requested at the marriage of
Bride
to
Groom

I hope that gave you some great ideas.

Good Luck!:D

[bichonlvr]

We said:

Please join us (you could add along ) for a celebration of friendship, laughter, and family as....

My mom, stepdad and dad are all helping pay with us...so we thought..no one should get "credit" hee hee! But we are doing special things at the wedding!

What do the bride and groom think???