Engagement Announcements and Invitations

You are engaged!  You are feeling excited, and your first thought is to share the news with everyone you know.  Then comes the first choices in a long list of wedding planning choices—do we send out engagement annoucements or do we have an engagement party?

An engagement notice is a formal notice that you send out to family and close friends.  Usually the wording announces the upcoming wedding that is planned for a specific date, it asks the recipient that they ’save the date’, and it states that wedding invitations will be sent out closer to the date.  An alternative is to send out save-the-date cards which basically has the same message.  Since you state you will later be sending out wedding invitations, be sure that the people you send this to will actually be on your wedding guest list.  For this reason, it is usually sent to family and close friends only.

Another way to announce your engagement is to put it in your local newspaper.  If there is a group of family members living in another city or town, be sure to also put the announcement in their local paper.  Usually a photo is included with a newspaper annoucement, and the newspaper has a format that they give you to follow when writing up the announcement.

Another unique way to send out your engagement announcement is to take a photo and create photo cards at your local drug store or photo store.  These can be made right at the photo kiosk from a digital picture, and there are usually a number of templates to choose from which allows you to put in a personalized message.

Sometimes, couples opt for an engagement party and announce the engagement at the party.  Although tradition states that the engagement party is hosted by the bride’s mother, and the rehearsal dinner is hosted by the groom’s parents, today engagement parties are often jointly hosted by the parents of the bride and groom.

Whether you choose to send out engagement announcements or throw an engagement party, there is a large selection of invitations to choose from that will set the tone for your wedding theme or motif.

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Source: This article was submitted by TheWeddingExpert.ca, a site specializing bridal accessories and wedding favours.