I am trying to get my invitations together. At first I wasn't going to mention parents but my fiance' parents wants to be mentioned on the invitations so I must mention mine. My parents are divorced, but my mother kept her married name.. The space on invitation is limited and i wanted to include a saying at the top here is what i was thinking:
Their lives have been blessed
by their love for each other
and by their faith in the Lord
(Brides name)
and
(Groom Name)
together with their parents
Mr. Dad & Ms. Mom samelastname
and
Mr. & Mrs. Grooms Parents
invite you to witness the vows
that will join them together as one
on date
two thousand and seven
at place

The problem: The parents are taking up more space then bride/groom name, parents seem to be in the center of the invitation and eye goes their, and is this correct for Mr. Dad & Ms. Mom samelastname - can i do this.. I know it would be perfect to separate it but can not b/c of space..

Advice is appreciated.. Not sure what to do but want to keep the saying at the top (i love that)

I think you came up with a great way of getting around your parents name situation. I LOVE the saying at the beginning of the invitation. I don't really have a suggestion for moving the parents names to another location without the invitation wording sounding a little weird. I really like it the way it is.. KUDOS to you.

Happy Planning,

6 Weeks to Mrs. Kleine

I think it's great. The beginning is so nice. I love it. I would just center it on the invite it might take more space or you could center your parents like this
Mr Dad and Ms. Mom
same last name
Like that then it would'nt look so long. I've seen invites where the parents took up two lines before and it still looked great.
Go to your wordperfect or whatever one you have and center it and type it up and then print it so you can see what it looks like before the invites and you can play around with it till it looks perfect to you.

Why not bold your names so that the eye goes straight to the bride and groom. We had the same problem with my family and we are only using "and their parents" since it seemed a little crazy with other people's names. Bolding does help though! Or, make your names bigger!

I think the Ms. can be missleading because there are women who use Ms. when they are married. Ms. is the term that is uses because it is like Mr. (you dont know weather the women is married or not). I go by Ms. and I am not married yet. At versethis.com they have lots of great ideas. Also remember the names on the invite are those that are hosting the wedding so if you are paying for all of it then it is not nessicary to put any other names on it.

I know what you are going through becasue not only are my parents divoriced but they are both also remarried so there are tons of people to mention, so we are also going with and their parents as well.