You can also write out familiar names for close family ... Should parents’ names go on a wedding invitation? The names of the wedding hosts should be issuing the invitation, and their names ...

Coming up with the perfect wedding invitation message can be a bit challenging. Read on to discover some amazing formal, casual, and hilarious invitations.

Now, if you want to decline an invitation to be part of the wedding party — whether a bridesmaid or groomsman — that may be a tougher and more awkward conversation to have, Lowry said.