60 Ways to Write Wedding Wishes for a Special Occasion
Looking for just the right words for a happy couple?
We’ve got 60 ways to write wedding wishes
in a card for their special occasion.
You’re invited to a wedding, and the day is getting closer.
The couple’s registry makes choosing a gift a cinch.
But there’s no Wedding Wishes cards on that registry. It’s up to you to find the perfect card all on your own.
So you peruse the card aisle several times, then finally make a choice.
Great. You’re all set, and you sigh happily.
And then
you sit down to sign it.
And realize your troubles are just beginning.
I don’t know the statistics, but signing cards is a nail-biting, lip-licking experience for most of us.
Almost as hard as writing that final exam essay in high school English class.
So we’re here to make life easier for you.
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Wedding Wishes for a Family Member
Famous Quotes for Wedding Wishes
Wedding Card Etiquette
What are the rules for writing wedding wishes? Is there etiquette to remember when congratulating newlyweds?
As long as your message to the new couple comes from your heart you probably won’t break any rules of etiquette.
However, if you’re invited to a wedding, you need to acknowledge the marriage with a card. Not doing so would be rude and unacceptable.
How you choose to present the card is your choice. Take it with you to the wedding, or send it in the mail. Mailing should be done, or within a few weeks after the event.
This past year, with the covid pandemic, many weddings had to be downsized. Couples now may choose to send both invitations and announcements, sometimes with a card, sometimes by word of mouth. If you get a wedding announcement card look at it the same as receiving an invitation. It’s considerate to send a card and gift either way.
When you purchase a gift through the couple’s registry you can choose to have it shipped directly to the couple. That leaves you to send a wedding card separately, or if attending the wedding, take one with you.
That takes care of the etiquette.
Now let’s get to the
50 ways to sign a wedding card.
Luckily you don’t have to worry about the go-to word “congratulations.” It used to be considered in bad taste to congratulate a bride, an insult implying “well, you finally snagged a man.”
So don’t be afraid to fall back on that word, because it covers the occasion really well, no matter who you are in relation to the wedding couple.
But let’s explore more options.
Formal Wedding Greetings
A wedding is usually considered a formal event, and traditionally the wishes would be formal, too.
Here’s our formal choices:
- Wishing you a wonderful journey through life together.
- Best wishes to a wonderful couple at this beginning of a wonderful life.
- Today is the beginning of your life together. We wish you all the best.
- The vows you exchanged today are a promise of the joy to come. Wishing you well.
- May the love and joy you feel today continue throughout a long and happy life together.
- We feel honored to share this special day with you.
- Sharing our well wishes for a long and wonderful future life together.
- This day is a new beginning to a new experience. May the wonder stay with you.
- Best wishes to a special couple beginning what is sure to be a special journey.
- May God’s love and blessings go with you through your life together.
Spiritual Wedding Wishes
A wedding usually takes place in a church, where God is invited to be a part of the day,
and a continuing Presence in the newlyweds’ future.
Young couples appreciate hearing that you have them and their future in your prayers.
Here’s a few ideas to show them your spiritual caring:
- Wishing you God’s blessings in your future journey together.
- Today, God placed His blessing on your vows. May your future be blessed, also.
- Your love is a wonderful gift from God. We pray His gifts continue in your life together.
- God led two wonderful people together. We know He will continue to bless you.
- It’s a blessing to share in the joy of your special day.
- God is great, and He brings great people together.
- Our prayers go with you as you step forth on this wonderful life together.
- Go forth in love!
- Today is the first day of the rest of a blessed life together.
- You’ve been blessed! And we wish you continued blessings.
Wedding Wishes to a Family Member
Perhaps this union brought you a new sister, brother, parent, son or daughter.
A wedding card is a great way to give them a formal welcome to the family.
Pick one of these ideas for the situation it fits:
- Son, you picked the best daughter-in-law ever. Know you are loved.
- For our daughter and her new husband. We love you both and look forward to calling you son, (his name).
- So glad (relative’s name) found the perfect one. Welcome to the family!
- (New spouse’s name), you bring so much joy to (name), and to us.
- We’re so happy you’re family now.
- When God gave YOU to (relative’s name), He gave our family a great gift.
- When (Relative’s name) made a list of “Best Qualities to look for in a Husband/Wife” you were ticked for all the points! We’re so happy for you both.
- I’m so glad you’re my (brother, sister) and so happy to call you both family now.
- (Dad, Mom), God brought you happiness once more, and we’re so thankful.
- Never forget that we’re back here cheering you on. Many happy years together!
Write Casual Wedding Wishes
If you’re close friends with the wedding couple your greetings can be more casual.
Casual usually means shorter, with airy charm.
- Congrats, you two!
- Hey, guys, enjoy the ride.
- Our best today for a future best life ever.
- This is the day! Enjoy!
- Love you guys and wish you the best.
- You two deserve the best.
- Our wishes for a long and happy life together.
- Take the joy of this day with you forever.
- Your love is the promise of a great future. Our love.
- So happy for you both.
Funny Wedding Wishes
It’s a gift to bring laughter into the lives of those we love, so puns and word-plays have a place at the bride’s table also.
Just keep it kind. No sarcasm or mean pokes allowed.
Here’s our choices:
- It just got real. Every meal across the table from the same person for life. Enjoy!
- You always wanted “happily ever after.” You just didn’t know what that would look like.
- You’re going to be the cutest old couple.
- From this day forward, you’re stuck together like gorilla glue.
- May your marriage be like cactus. Real stickery.
- A wise owl once said, “Who-o-o-o deserves each other.” Then you guys happened.
- Marriage is like a cup of coffee. You gotta start every day with it.
- Love is a mystery. May you have the best kind. One that never gets solved.
- The longest sentence formed with two words. “I do.”
- You don’t know what happiness is until you get married. Then it’s too late.
Write Quotes for Wedding Wishes
We had to add a quotes from books and poems you can use in a wedding card.
Because we love paper and words and authors and books.
Enjoy:
- Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” Maya Angelou.
- “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller
- “Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours.” Ludwig van Beethoven
- “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” Emily Brontë
- “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” Robert Browning
- “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” Charles Dickens
- “You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- “You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” Henry Drummond
- “Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one!” John Keats
- “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Matthew 19:6, The Bible.
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