Wedding cards

What to write in a wedding card

Wedding card messages that sound like a friend, not a template. Examples for the couple, the bride, the groom, parents, and the people you barely know.

Wedding cards are read in a stack of fifty, often weeks after the day. Your job is to be brief, warm, and specific enough that they remember it was you.

How to write it

Examples

Real examples of wedding cards by relationship. Use them as a jumping-off point — the best card is the one with at least one specific detail only you would mention.

For a close friends
To the new Lindstroms, I keep thinking about your vows, and the part where you said 'I will keep choosing you.' That is the whole thing. So happy for you both. With love.
For a coworker
Congratulations to you both! Thank you for letting us be part of such a beautiful day. Wishing you a long, easy, very loud life together.
For a barely know
Congratulations on your wedding! Wishing you both every happiness in this next chapter.