Planning a wedding is one of the most stressful but fulfilling event in a person’s life. While you are considering which venue your wedding reception should be held, you should also consider wedding etiquette along the preparations to avoid seeing raised eyebrows and hearing snide remarks from your wedding guests.

Since a wedding won’t start without invited guests, you should learn the wedding etiquette on invitations’ name order. Yeah, you might say, do I still need to bother with wedding etiquette on invitations’ name order when I need to accomplish more pressing matters such as how should my wedding party be celebrated?

I hate to say this, but you should give your wedding invitation a great deal of time. It is the very first thing that guests would see before the wedding itself and it may be the cause of not so nice confrontation with relatives who believe in traditional way of celebrating wedding ,which includes old fashioned wedding etiquette and even invitations’ name order.

Don’t be a hard head on this matter. Even if you claim you are the bride of the new millenia, pay for your own wedding, and know how to arrange your own wedding without the help of your old fashioned relatives, you still need to consider the feelings of an old grandmother, or an ailing aunt who wants to have some billing on your wedding invitation.

All you have to do is to learn the basis wedding etiquette and invitations’ name order. This way, you will be headache free from demanding but loveable relatives.

What you should know about wedding invitation and announcement etiquette? You should learn the following:

* Wedding Etiquette on Wedding Invitations’ Name Order
* Wedding Etiquette on Wedding Invitations’ Wording and Addressing
* Assembling My Own Wedding Invitations
* Wedding Etiquette on the When and the How of Sending Out My Wedding
Invitations
* Wedding Etiquette on the How of Mailing Wedding Invitations

You could learn all this by reading Emily Post’s book on Wedding Etiquette. It is available in Barnes and Nobles and Amazon stores. It is the best primer for everything that has got to do with wedding etiquette.

We have some few suggestions below about wedding etiquette on wedding invitations’ name order if you are now preparing for your wedding invitations.

* Wedding Etiquette on Wedding Invitations’ Name Order

Wedding etiquette on wedding invitations’ name order dictates that whoever is the host of the wedding — he, she or they — should be on the top of the billing and is or are the person requesting for the presence of the guests.

*** Here’s a wedding etiquette on wedding invitations’ name order the traditional style when it is the bride’s parents who are hosting:

(centered)
Attorney and Mrs. John Bates
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Rachel Anne Bates
to
Mr. Matthew James Phoenix

….

*** What’s the wedding etiquette on wedding invitations’ name order when the bride’s parents are hosting and the bride wants to include the groom’s parents in the billing?

(centered)

Mr. and Mrs. John Bates
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Rachel Anne Bates
to
Mr. Matthew James Phoenix
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix
…

*** If both the parents will pay for the wedding, here’s the wedding etiquette on the invitations’ name order:

(centered)

Mr. and Mrs. John Bates
and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of
Rachel Anne Bates
to
Mr. Matthew James Phoenix

…

*** If the bride or groom wish to honor and add on the invitation the name of a deceased parent, below is the wedding etiquette on invitations’ name order:

Mrs. John Bates
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Rachel Anne Bates
also daughter of the late Mr. John Bates
to
Mr. Matthew James Phoenix
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix
(son of Mr. Robert Phoenix and the late Mrs. Sarah Phoenix)

…

Or, in the alternative,

Rachel Anne Bates
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bates
(or daughter of Mrs. Julia Bates and the late Mr. John Bates)
and
Mr. Matthew James Phoenix
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phoenix
(son of Mr. Robert Phoenix and the late Mrs. Sarah Phoenix)

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The task of selecting the Maid of Honor is one of the most difficult decisions that has to be made by the bride. The complexity is due to the fact that the duties of the Maid are normally not defined and typically poorly addressed. Every bride actually has her own opinion on what how a Maid of Honor should act. However, communicating these ideas are difficult.

The Main of Honor is commonly perceived as a ceremonial figure that walks behind the bride down the aisle before the bridesmaids. In another light, the Maid of Honor can act, as the one that will help calm a nervous bride, helps in sending out invitations, making sure the registry is properly sent, gives tips on the how the wedding gown should look like and acts as the manager of the bridesmaids.

The Maid of Honor can also host the bridal shower or the bachelorette party. To sum it up, the Maid of Honor is the bride’s closest friend or ally in preparing for the wedding and will always be there during times of need and frustration.

The following are certain etiquette in choosing a Maid of Honor to help minimize stress and maximize pleasure.

The Maid of Honor does not have to be a family member.

It is not a requirement to make a sister or a female cousin the Maid of Honor. A best friend who has been there through thick and thin will likely deserve this distinction.

The bride should instruct the Maid of Honor on her responsibilities.

Brides should communicate what they expect from the Maid of Honor such as making a speech during the reception. Open communication between the two should happen frequently.

Choosing more than one Maid of Honor is not illegal.

The bride should make sure that Maids of Honor have different responsibilities in order to avoid jealousy between them.

The Maid of Honor needs to attend all-wedding activities such as showers and parties for the bride. She will also be tasked to plan and be financially responsible for any bachelorette party and assist in organizing invitations and always be open for favors.

The Maid of Honor’s emotional support is one her integral responsibilities. As the so-called “maid” she is expected to give her full attention to the bride during the wedding day. She should also make sure that the bride is looking almost perfect before they troop down the aisle and constantly check on her condition during the middle and end of the ceremonies up until the start of the reception.

Upon choosing the Maid of Honor, she should be treated out by the bride to a nice dinner or spa to make her feel she is a very important part of the wedding. The Maid of Honor could have a dress designed differently from the other bridesmaids to make her stand out in the entourage.

Etiquette also dictates that the Maid of Honor will wear the groom’s ring on her finger in the absence of a ring bearer. She is also part of the group that will decorate the bridal car and help the bride in wearing the bridal dress.

A wedding ceremony adhered to certain etiquette to make the occasion flow seamlessly and orderly.

- In a semi-private wedding, groomsmen and bridesmaids are given certain responsibilities in helping the bride and groom during the wedding day.

- The bridesmaids should be younger than the bride and their dresses should match. Bridesmaid dresses can include more ornaments and should be composed of light and graceful material. Flowers should functions as the chief decoration.

- The wedding dress should be simple but can be attached with small jewels or ornaments. The garland and veil should be the most eye-catching.

- Bridesmaids should stay at the bride’s left side during the actual wedding ceremony. The first bridesmaid should hold the bouquet and gloves.

- Bridesmaids can be positioned from the shortest to the tallest in order to be symmetrical. A bridesmaid and groomsman with similar height can be paired.

- The groomsmen are assigned to guide the clergyman and then show him to the couple. The groomsmen should stand at the groom’s right side during the wedding ceremony.

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