What is a good wedding reception invitation headline for a reception days after the wedding ceremony?

What is a good wedding reception invitation headline for a reception days after the wedding ceremony?
My fiance and I are planning to have a courthouse wedding ceremony this May with close family and friends. Then a few days later we are planning to have a huge wedding reception for everyone to come and celebrate our union.

The problem is, I don't know that 'correct' words or phrase to use on the wedding reception invitations without sounding offensive to those who may have not been invited to the ceremony.

So, what is a good way to word my wedding reception invitations?

This is sometimes not a popular answer, but I'm just the messenger. Per wedding etiquette, this is a no-no. Part of it is the reason you mentioned yourself - that you're inviting people to a wedding reception who were not considered A List enough to be invited to the most important part of the wedding - the actual ceremony - but from whom you'll happily accept gifts. Even if you don't mean it that way, that's what it is. Also, a wedding reception, by definition, is hosted by the bride and groom (or their parents) to thank those who participated in their big moment.

You'll find places online that say this is ok (like about.com) and you're obviously free to do it if you want. But it's not wedding etiquette and that part is fact, not opinion.

do what you want.

what if you had a renewing of the vows?

FH and i are prob doing this too but we're not inviting anyone to the courthouse :)

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Posted by sjr385

Wedding etiquette aside (everyone has their own reasons for how they do things), you certainly aren't the first or last bride to do things this way.

You could use wording along the lines of:

(Parents)
request the honor of your presence
at a reception celebrating the marriage of their children
(you)
and
(your FH)
...

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ita