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it's up to you, but i say, "ladies first!" and, i've only ever seen bride's name and groom's name...blah, blah, blah....on wedding invites. if you put groom's name and bride's name....blah, blah, blah......you guys would be pioneers!
According to the few etiquette books I have the bride's name goes first. Of course I messed up our STD's and my fiance lovingly pointed it out...after they were printed.
On all pre-wedding stuff the bride's name goes first, then after you're married your husband's name will go first.
Technically the bride's name is supposed to go first. =D I think it's the wedding industry's way of giving us a "last shot" at coming first, since after we're married our name is technically supposed to come second.
The invitations/program/save-the-dates/monograms I've seen have listed the bride's name first. Good luck! 
I have always seen the bride's name listed first and then after you are married, he is always first. Good luck!
I put my name first, but didn't really think about why! I think our names sound better as My Nam & His Name, but it wasn't really a conscious decision. Maybe I did it because I felt like i deserved to be selfish if I was making the invitations! Haha.
According to my bridal book, the bride's name goes first...and I'm agree with ladybug..ladies first :D
But, if it's going to bring up a heated frustration/argument: I would just put his name first because I wouldn't want to argue about sometime that fickly. (I hate arguing..)
Tradition says that the woman's name goes first. But it is not a breach of etiquette, as some people believe, if you put the man's name first instead.
Do you ladies think it makes a difference if the bride's parents are NOT paying for the wedding? We are paying for it ourselves.
I agree, floridabeachbride, it's not really worth arguing about. My concern is that if his name goes first on all the invites, STDs, ribbon, website, etc. and that is improper, people will say nasty things.
Ladies first in my opinion. I've seen it done both ways, but mostly with the woman's name first (like 90% of the time).
SoontobemrsC, I hope that no one who comes to your wedding will be so vicious and small-minded as to say nasty things about the order of your names on invitations and favors! The traditional way is one way of doing things but it isn't the only way and there's nothing tacky or crass about doing thing differently. Putting the names in a non-traditional order is NOT on par with demanding that guests bring you extravagant gifts, or pay for their own meals or whatever.
:)
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So, FI and I have been working on invitation wording and he is insisting that his name goes first. I'm not sure whether I should be peeved about this or not, frankly. When I asked him why, he just said, "It looks better."
I didn't say anything when we designed the STDs or the favor ribbon to say "FI & Me" but I thought it would be reversed on the invitations.
I noticed when perusing invitation sites and even other stationery, the bride's name goes first. Is that the proper etiquette, or is it only that they figure brides are the ones doing the shopping?
TIA for your input.