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Announcing Your Engagement
Now that you are engaged, proper wedding etiquette calls for a
formal announcement.
Wait....Decide upon your type of wedding first!
Before grabbing the mega phone to broadcast the news of your
engagement to everyone else, it helps knowing a little bit about the
type of wedding you wish to have. Why is this important? It seems
that sensitivity levels of friends, family, co-workers, neighbors,
old family friends, people you thought could care less about you and
so forth are heightened with the anticipation of receiving a wedding
invitation. For this reason, it is a good idea to know your wedding
style/size before informing people outside the immediate family.
A Large Wedding?
Will it be a large wedding where basically everyone you inform will
be invited? Then you can tell everyone, “Brad and I are getting
married next summer and we hope to see you there!”
A Small, Informal Wedding?
Or will it be a small informal wedding with just your closest family
and friends? Then you might say, “Brad and I are getting married
next summer. It’ll be a small wedding, but we want to celebrate with
everyone when we return. It would mean a lot.”
One announcement lets the person know to look out for an invitation
while the other lets them know why they should not feel slighted
when the invitation doesn’t arrive. Traditionally the actual
engagement is announced at the party by the bride’s parents.
Engagement Announcement Cards
Another way to announce the engagement is through engagement
announcement cards. These can also be handed out at the engagement
party, or sent to those who could not attend. Visit Picture Me
Perfect, or Bridal Craft, for a free sample. You can easily make
your own announcement cards with little expense and effort on your
home computer.
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