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Grammatically, I think you would need to put a comma after together with their parents and after FMIL Skeptic. The only thing is that I am not sure that I have ever seen commas used on invitations, but if it were in regular text, there would need to be a comma there.
@onyx81: Hello date twin! 
Yup, I totally agree with you that in regular text there would be commas -- but I think that generally line breaks take the place of punctuation in invitations. It makes me a little crazy not to have periods at the end of phrases either
@smyley: Those look lovely! I'll have to take that arrangement into consideration. It helps to reassure me that spacing and size really help to emphasize the bride and groom's names, no matter what order we choose. Thanks for the picture.
@village_skeptic: I'm sure the invitations are long since printed and it no longer matters, but, since you asked: you do need the commas in the sentence because there is a slight difference in meaning. Not a huge deal, but, if you're curious, you use the commas when you're giving "additional" information but omit the commas when giving "necessary" information.
For example: I have one brother and two sisters. Check out the following sentences.
My brother, John, studied psychology. (Since I have only one, as soon as I say "brother" it's obvious who I have to be referring to. The name is extra, so it gets set off by commas).
My sister Mary also studied psychology. (Since I have two sisters, I need to identify which one I'm referring to. Therefore, her name is "necessary" so you don't put commas around it).
Now, it would usually be assumed that the parents you mention on your invitations are your only parents, so the commas should be there. If you left them out, it would indicate that out of your numerous parents, it was the ones you specifically named who were issuing the invitation ... most people will figure it out, but, what with complicated family dynamics, you never know ...
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Hello lovely Bees!
I'm working on the wording for our DIY invitations, and need some help to make sure that the initial sentence is both grammatically correct and understandable.
Backstory: Although my folks are paying for the majority of the event, my mom is particularly adamant that she would like my fiance and I to be the hosts. (In her words -- "if you guys issue the invite, it feels less like we're giving you away!") But since they're paying, and my fiance's folks are also chipping in a generous amount -- including the materials for the invitations! -- we would like to honor both families by including their names on the invite.
Initially I had something along these lines:
village_skeptic and Mr. Skeptic
along with their parents
Dad and Mom Skeptic
and
FFIL Skeptic and FMIL Skeptic
invite you to witness the celebration of their marriage...
However, after a few re-reads, my mom pointed out that the second "their" made it sound like we were ALL getting married. Awkward!
So I inverted the clauses and changed the preposition and ended up with this:
Together with their parents
Dad and Mom Skeptic
and
FFIL Skeptic and FMIL Skeptic
village_skeptic and Mr. Skeptic
invite you to witness the celebration of their marriage...
Is this clear/grammatically correct? If we need to make our names stand out a bit from our folks', I figure we can make them a bit bigger or increase the space between lines a bit to draw the eye there. Also, the design on the front of our invite includes our first names -- so people shouldn't be too confused about the subject of the invite. ;-)
Thanks for any help and feedback you can provide!