Wedding welcome sign wording (free printables)

A wedding welcome sign needs three things: a greeting, both names and the date. “Welcome to our wedding” with the names and the date under it is the classic, and every other wording on this page is a variation on it.

Below are 45 lines sorted by style, the sizes that work and six free signs to print and frame.

What to put on a welcome sign

Keep it to a few lines that can be read from across a lawn:

1. A greeting, such as “Welcome to our wedding”.
2. Both names, in the biggest letters on the sign.
3. The date.
4. One short line, if you want it: the place, or a sentence that sounds like the two of you.

A wedding guide on Joy makes the same point from the other side: a sign can say only “Welcome”, and names and the date are a nice extra. Leave the timeline, the hashtag and the seating for their own signs.

Wedding welcome sign wording ideas

Swap in your own names and date. “Maya and Daniel” stand in for yours.

Classic

• “Welcome to our wedding”
• “Welcome to the wedding of Maya and Daniel”
• “Maya and Daniel. September 12, 2026”
• “Welcome, family and friends”
• “Together with their families, Maya and Daniel welcome you”
• “Welcome to the celebration of our marriage”
• “The wedding of Maya Ortiz and Daniel Reed”
• “We are so glad you are here”

Simple and modern

• “Welcome”
• “Hello, and welcome”
• “Maya + Daniel”
• “This way to the wedding”
• “Welcome to day one”
• “The Reeds, est. 2026”
• “You are here. So are we. Welcome”
• “Today is the day”

Romantic

• “Happily ever after starts here”
• “Welcome to our beginning”
• “Welcome to our forever”
• “Two hearts, one very good party”
• “Today two families become one”
• “All because two people fell in love”
• “Welcome to the first day of the rest of our lives”

Funny

• “Pick a seat, not a side. We are all family once the knot is tied”
• “Welcome to the best day ever. No pressure”
• “You made it. So did we”
• “Free drinks, great food and one short ceremony. Welcome”
• “Welcome to our wedding. Yes, there is cake”
• “It took us ten years. Thank you for waiting”
• “Trust us, the dance floor is this way”

Religious

• “Welcome. What God has joined together, let no one separate”
• “We love because he first loved us. Welcome to our wedding”
• “Welcome to the wedding of Maya and Daniel. To God be the glory”
• “With joy and thanks to God, we welcome you”
• “Love never fails. Welcome”

For the reception

• “Welcome to the reception”
• “Eat, drink and be married”
• “Welcome to the party. Find your seat and stay a while”
• “Dinner, dancing and happily ever after”
• “The Reeds welcome you to dinner”

With an unplugged ceremony

• “Welcome to our unplugged ceremony”
• “Welcome. Please turn off your phones and enjoy this moment with us”
• “We want to see your faces, not your phones”
• “Our photographer has this one. Please put your phones away”
• “Be here with us. Phones off until the reception”

The sizes that work

The right size depends on how far away guests are when they first see the sign. Wild Bloom Design Studio, which makes wedding signs, gives a simple rule in its size guide: 24 by 36 inches when guests are more than 10 feet away, and 18 by 24 inches when they walk right past.

Size	Where it works
8 by 10 inches	A frame on the welcome table or beside the guest book. Our printable size
16 by 20 inches	Our printable enlarged to 200 percent, on a tabletop easel
18 by 24 inches	Indoor venues and weddings under about 100 guests, per Wild Bloom
24 by 36 inches	Outdoor and large venues, on a floor easel, per Wild Bloom

The six free signs

The download has six signs. Each one is 8 by 10 inches and sits in the middle of a Letter or A4 page with crop marks, so it fits a ready-made frame.

1. “Welcome to our wedding”, with lines for your names and the date.
2. “Happily ever after starts here”, with a line for your names.
3. “Pick a seat, not a side”, with the rhyme under it.
4. A names-first sign: “The wedding of”, your names, then “Welcome, and thank you for coming” and the date.
5. “Welcome to our unplugged ceremony”, asking guests to turn off phones and cameras.
6. “Welcome to the reception. Eat, drink and be married”.

Write the names with a thick pen, or ask a friend with good handwriting. The text in the PDF is sharp at any size, so a print shop can enlarge a sign to 16 by 20 inches, which has the same proportions.

Where to put it

The sign belongs where guests see it first. Wild Bloom’s guide lists the spots: outside the ceremony space, in the foyer or lobby, at the entrance to an outdoor area, or near the gift and card table. It also warns that glossy prints glare in direct sun, and that an easel outdoors needs weight on it. Joy’s advice is plainer: buy a sturdy easel.

A framed 8 by 10 works best on a table, next to the things guests stop for anyway. If the guest book is one of them, our guest book sign wording guide has six matching signs, and the wedding guest book ideas guide helps you pick the book itself. For paper, print our free wedding guest book pages. A wedding that remembers someone can add a second small table, and our memorial table ideas cover its sign.

For guests who could not come, we make a free online wedding guest book: its QR code fits in a small frame beside the welcome sign.

Quick answers

Do you need a welcome sign at a wedding? No. It helps when the entrance is hard to find or the venue hosts more than one event, and it makes a good first photo.

What do you write on a welcome sign for a small wedding? The same three things, in fewer words: “Welcome”, your first names and the date.

Are the signs free? Yes. Print and copy as many as you need.