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The same considerations that apply to guest lists and attendants hold true with your wedding invitations. You will want your announcement to the world that you're going public with your love to be a reflection of your relationship's uniqueness. There's always the conventional “Mr. and Mrs. So and So request the honor of your presence,” but what do you really want to say? Do you like the standard black on white formal invitation, or would you prefer to write out your invitations in your own hand? Do you want professional calligraphy? or a cellophane Technicolor collage?

More and more couples feel that since they are not stepping directly out of their parents' homes and into marriage—they're over twentyone, they've been out in the world for a while, been through a relationship (or even a marriage) or two—they want this reflected in their invitations. Some examples: “Donna and John invite you to witness their wedding and to share in a celebration of marriage”; “Don and Mary Jane invite you to participate in a ceremony to celebrate ‘the unfolding of love’”; “Stan and Barbara ask you to stand in the sacred circle of witness as they recite their wedding vows.”

On the other hand, perhaps your families have been so supportive that you want to mention both sets of parents in your invitation: “Mr. and Mrs. X and Mr. and Mrs. Y invite you to celebrate the marriage of their children . . .”

Once again, my suggestion is that you follow your heart and express what is true for you, rather than routinely following the customary form. This goes for the design of the invitation as well. There's more than white vellum for a wedding invitation; be creative. One couple I know sent theirs in paper-covered mailing tubes, another in seed packets. Still others have used beautiful handmade papers, a photograph of themselves, or replicas of antique Valentines. Let yourself go! The ambiance you create with the invitation will carry over to the ceremony itself.