Wedding Program Wording

The wedding program often serves as a first and last impression for wedding guests; for many guests, the wedding program is not only the first thing they see but often the lasting keepsake of the day. Your wedding program should serve as a guide for your guests while also reflecting the stylistic and thematic elements of your wedding day.

A wedding program is more than just an ad-hoc fan on a hot day, it’s an important informational tool and a meaningful memento. Good wedding program wording is essential to a meaningful and well-organized ceremony program. To see an example of one customer's wording, download this sample of a four part program.

The Wedding Program Cover

The cover of your wedding program, or ceremony program, often includes the names of the bride and groom, the date and location of their wedding day and, often, a special quote or sentiment important to the couple. With InviteSite programs, many designs are wrapped in a paper that cannot be printed on (except for letterpress). In this case the beauty of the paper holds it own, while the text you would think of as the cover text actually goes on the first page inside (under the wrap or cover).

For some couples, the cover of the wedding program can also be a great place for a special photograph or original artwork. Be it a formal cover format or an artistic display of your imagination and creativity, the cover of your wedding program can set the tone for your big day.

Wedding Program Wording

The core of your wedding program should outline the order of the ceremony and introduce your wedding party, orienting wedding guests to your ceremony and to its participants. The wedding program wording should include the names of those in your wedding party and their relationship to the bride and/or groom.

For many of your wedding guests, the wedding program is their first introduction to the best man, the maid of honor, bridesmaids, groomsmen, and any other members of the wedding party and family. Not only do these introductions familiarize wedding guests with members of the wedding party, they can also spare members of the wedding party from having to repetitively explain their relationship to the bride and groom.

The wedding program is the perfect place to share poems, prayers, meaningful quotes, special stories, or family remembrances. In addition, the wedding program is a great place to print your wedding vows. You’ve likely spent considerable time and energy crafting the perfect wedding vows; printing them in your wedding program can be the ideal way to share your unique sentiments with your family and closest friends.

Of course, for many guests your wedding program will provide a valuable outline for the ceremony. Your wedding program wording can help to ensure that your program is organized similarly to your ceremony and allow guests to easily follow along and, ideally, prevent guests from needing to shuffle through pages during the most important parts of your ceremony.

At InviteSite, we’re here to help you put together the perfect wedding program. We can help you not only with your wedding program layout but also with your wedding program wording. Contact us and let us show you how to build the best wedding program possible.

Almost all programs are a folded paper format. In folding a sheet of paper once, you create four pages. Often you will only want to print your information on one side, which is two pages of information, your Wedding Party on the right and your Ceremony information on the left. It's okay to leave the first and last pages blank. If you print two sides (four pages) you would want a title page printed on the front and your personal notes or a thank you on the back. When there is too much information to fit, you will have to add another sheet, giving you eight pages.

When you have eight or more pages, it can be confusing keeping your layout straight. When you are having InviteSite print for you, there is no worry about this, but when you are printing yourself, use this trick as your guide. Take two or more sheets of scrap paper and fold them together. Then number each panel and you will have a physical reference as to how your pages must relate to one another in your layout. Below is an illustration of a two-sheet program layout.