Wedding congratulations are surprisingly hard to write well — too short and it feels like an afterthought, too long and it risks sounding like a speech. Sendly drafts a message that fits the moment: warm, specific to the couple, and sized right for a card or a quick heartfelt note, whether you're the maid of honor or a coworker who's genuinely happy for them.
Real examples, grouped by who you're writing to. Click one to open it in the composer and make it yours.
Watching you build this with someone who gets you completely — I don't have the words, just so much happiness for you both. Congratulations, I love you.
Use this one →You found the person who makes the ordinary days good too, not just the big ones. That's the whole thing. So happy for you both.
Use this one →I've watched you fall for each other for years now and it still doesn't get old. Congratulations — go be disgustingly happy.
Use this one →Of all the people I know, you deserve this kind of love the most. Congratulations, friend. Can't wait to watch the next chapter.
Use this one →You two together just makes sense, in the best way. Wishing you a marriage as good as you are to everyone around you.
Use this one →I'm not crying at your wedding, you're crying at your wedding. Congratulations — so, so happy for you both.
Use this one →Watching our family grow to include the person you love has been one of the best parts of this year. Congratulations — we love you both.
Use this one →So proud of the life you're building. Wishing you a marriage full of the same warmth you've always brought to this family.
Use this one →Congratulations! Welcome to the family properly now — we've been rooting for this for a while.
Use this one →From one couple who's been at this a while: it only gets better. Congratulations, we love you both endlessly.
Use this one →Watching you become ready for this kind of love has been such a joy. Congratulations on the wedding.
Use this one →The whole family is thrilled. Wishing you both a marriage as strong as the family you're joining.
Use this one →Congratulations on the wedding! Hope the honeymoon is everything the last few stressful months of planning deserved.
Use this one →So happy for you — congratulations to you both. The office isn't the same without you this week, in the best way.
Use this one →Congratulations! Wishing you a marriage that's a lot less stressful than wedding planning apparently was.
Use this one →Big congratulations on the wedding. Enjoy every second — you've earned the break from your inbox.
Use this one →Congratulations! Genuinely happy for you both — hope the day was everything you hoped and the honeymoon's better.
Use this one →Wishing you and your now-spouse a wonderful life together. Congratulations, see you back at the chaos soon.
Use this one →So sorry to miss the big day in person, but I'm celebrating from afar. Congratulations to you both — save me a slice of cake.
Use this one →Wish I could be there to see it, but know I'm thinking of you both today. Congratulations — can't wait to celebrate properly soon.
Use this one →Distance kept me from the wedding, not from being thrilled for you. Congratulations to you both.
Use this one →Sending all my love from far away today. Congratulations — next time I see you, I expect the full story.
Use this one →Couldn't be there, but you've both been on my mind all day. Congratulations — so happy for you.
Use this one →Missing the celebration in person is my loss, not yours. Congratulations to you both — can't wait to hear how it went.
Use this one →Congratulations to you both. Wishing you a lifetime of choosing each other.
Use this one →So happy for you two. Here's to forever.
Use this one →Congratulations! Wishing you all the love and laughter.
Use this one →To a lifetime of good days together — congratulations.
Use this one →Wishing you both a beautiful life together. Congratulations.
Use this one →Congratulations — here's to many, many happy years.
Use this one →Congratulations on finding someone willing to put up with you forever. What a catch — for both of you, honestly.
Use this one →Marriage: for when dating apps finally pay off. Congratulations, you two.
Use this one →May your marriage have fewer arguments about the thermostat than most, but if not, may you at least argue in style. Congratulations!
Use this one →You survived wedding planning without eloping out of spite, which honestly deserves its own congratulations. Also, on the marriage.
Use this one →Officially off the market and into a lifetime of shared streaming passwords. Congratulations!
Use this one →Congratulations! Here's to a marriage with great inside jokes and even better home cooking.
Use this one →Congratulate them on the marriage itself rather than trying to invent closeness you don't have — "Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness together" is sincere without overreaching. Keep it to two or three lines; brevity reads as appropriate, not distant.
Both, even if you've only met one of them. Addressing only the partner you know can read as though you're congratulating one person on marrying the other, rather than congratulating the marriage.
"So happy for you both — here's to a lifetime of choosing each other." One genuine line beats a paragraph of borrowed sentiment. If you have one true specific detail about the couple, that's worth more than extra length.
Yes, especially for save-the-date congratulations, destination weddings you can't attend, or when the couple is already overwhelmed with paper cards. A well-written email lands as thoughtfully as a card — the words are what people remember, not the paper stock.