Finding the right words for your wedding inviations is extremely important in order to avoid misunterstandings. Your wedding inviations are the first hand symbol of the celebration of your love – so get them right!

Generally, wedding invitation wording should be clearly established to avoid confusions and misconception. In some cases words might have different meanings, depending in which context and where in a sentence you use them.

|Details like date, place and exact time should be clearly statet. Make sure to let your guests know whether they are invited to the ceremony or only to the reception – this is a point wich leads to confusion easily.

Take into consideration who paid for the reception: the party which paid should get the honour to invite. For example, if in case that the bride’s parents are the ones who had paid for the wedding, then, the wordings on the wedding invitation should state that it is the bride’s parent s who are requesting for the presence of the guests.

Let your guests know wether you are planning a formal wedding or if they can expect a rather laid back affair.

In general: let your guests know when to be where and what to expect. Than everybody will be happy!

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Sequence of the Toasts

The wedding toast is usually given first by the best man, then the father, the groom and the bride, and then followed by those who would like to give a toast. Versions may vary, however.

Other traditional sequences of wedding toasts also follow the best man as the first one to give the toast, followed by the groom who says a few words to his bride, parents, family, and members of the wedding party. After which, the groom is then followed by other people such as family members or friends who also want to give a toast, and then lastly, the father of the bride who thanks everyone for attending the wedding.

On the other hand, a nontraditional manner of the sequence of wedding toasts starts off with the emcee toasting the bride and groom. This is followed by the groom saying a few words to the guests and his bride, followed by the bride giving a little speech to her parents and in-laws, and finally, the father of the bride thanking everyone who shared this special day with them.

The Actual Toast

Ever since a monk named Dom Perignon invented champagne, it has since become the number one drink during wedding toasts. So before performing the wedding toast, make sure that your own glass as well as the glasses of other people (most especially the bride and groom’s) are also filled with drink.

Stand next to the bride and groom when giving your toast, and using a spoon, tap your own glass in order to get people’s attention. Raise your glass using your right hand held straight from your shoulder, and then you can begin the wedding toast.

Wedding Toast Tips

Preparing the Speech: Practice!
Giving a wedding toast, albeit a short one, in front of so many people can be quite a nerve-wracking experience. However, it doesn’t really have to be, not as long as you come prepared. Write your speech down so you would know exactly what to say. Let it come straight from your heart, so that you would be able to convey the sentiments you want to impart to the couple you are toasting. You can also try showing it to someone for comment so that you can get feedback in improving on your speech. Remember to keep on practicing until you feel confident and comfortable enough to deliver it in front of a crowd.

K.I.S.S.
Keep your wedding toast brief and straight to the point, since you wouldn’t want to divert attention away from the happy couple. Nobody wants to listen to an extremely long speech, so remember this word—K.I.S.S. (Keep It Short and Simple). A good measurement of a wedding toast is around 3 minutes.

Giving the Speech
In giving the wedding toast, speak loudly and clearly especially if you don’t have a microphone, so that people would understand what you’re going to say. Talking loudly gives you a certain presence, and now that you have the audience’s undivided attention, it’s important to hold it by not mumbling your words. So remember to talk slowly, because this is not a race to get you to finish your speech as fast as you can. Remember, people actually want to hear what you have to say.

Make Eye Contact & Smile!
Having your speech or cue cards printed out is indeed a great help in giving a wedding toast, but remember not to read it straight out from beginning to end. Make eye contact with the audience, so that they would feel that you really are speaking to them. Oh yeah, and don’t forget the most important detail of all: Smile! This is a joyous event, and your smile should actually say so!

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Funny and vulgar are two different things. A lot of people, especially men tend to think that to be funny you have to be vulgar and rude and embarrass the newly weds, this is not true. My brother recently had the honor of being best man at his best friends wedding and the night before the big day, I think he was more nervous then the groom. My brother has always been an out going guy, but when it came to making a best man speech, he just couldn’t think of what he wanted to say and he was nervous as heck having to stand up in front of all those guests and give a heart felt speech.

It’s been said that people fear public speaking more then any other one thing in life. In this article I’m going to give you a few tips I passed on to my brother that you can take and turn your speech into something memorable. With these tips, I assure you, you won’t embarrass yourself in front of the whole wedding party.

Tip 1:  Stand up while speaking

Always, always stand up when giving a best man speech or a toast. Make sure you have the gatherings attention first before you speak, and the best way to do that is to stand up and wait for quiet. Standing up is the first rule of any good public speaking and a wedding is no different.

Tip 2:  Plan what you want to say
Never try and wing the speech. Giving a best man speech needs to be planned and written down well in advance. My brother started working on giving his best man speech weeks in advance. Unless you are a really confident public speaker, this is the best way to make sure you say everything you wanted to say.

Tip 3:  Practice pays off!
Practice your speech until you know it off by heart. There is nothing worse then giving a best man speech and having to look down at your notes constantly. Fidgeting with paper is a big no no.

Tip 4:  Keep it clean
If you and the best man have known each other for a while and you’ve had some wild times together, this is not the time to air his dirty laundry. People think that giving a best man speech gives them the right to embarrass the groom and upset the bride, this is not the case. Don’t mention the trip to the strip joint or anything of that sort.

Tip 5: Keep it short
No one wants to be bored for hours with your speech. Make it short and to the point and don’t forget to add emotion when giving your best man speech. The wedding isn’t about you, it’s about the bride and groom, don’t forget that.

I hope these tips have given you some pointers on what to do when giving your best man speech. Good luck!

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It is mandatory to thank your guests after your wedding for their presents, but also for sharing your big day with you. Not everyone is a writer, so you might have a hard time searching for the right words. Why don´t borrow words of famous poets? You might use an appropriate quote and add some personal phrases. Here is a small collection of quotes that you might use:

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! ~George Elliston

I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. ~Unknown Author

I feel a very unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. ~Benjamin Disraeli

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Baptiste Massieu

Love is the way I walk in gratitude. ~ A Course in Miracles

Every time we remember to say “thank you”, we experience nothing less than heaven on earth. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

There are three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.
~ I Corinthians 13:13

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. ~ Old English Rhyme

Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same.~ Emily Bronte

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ~ Sam Keen

Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan proverb

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ~ Kahlil Gibran

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. ~ Unknown

Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure. ~ Jewish Saying

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.~ Anonymous

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.– Swedish proverb