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Writting Engagement Announcements
By: Alyssa Kelly
There are a numerous ways you can announce your engagement. One of the more traditional and popular ways is to mail out engagement announcements. Sending out engagement announcements is more voluntary these days, but it is a nice touch, a reminder of more formal times. If you do decide to use formal announcements there are some things you need to keep in mind. Sending engagements is an added expense and should only be done if you are sure you can afford to do so. Another thing to remember is that if you do choose to send engagement announcements you pretty much need to have a completed wedding guest list at a very early stage. Everyone who will be invited to the wedding must get a formal announcement, if later you decide to add people to the wedding invitation list these people could be hurt or angry they did not get an announcement as it will look as though you did not originally intend to invite them to the wedding. If someone is not sent an engagement announcement but is later invited to the wedding they may feel slighted like they were an afterthought. Engagement announcements can be formal or informal. However engagement announcements can be formal or informal. If you are planning a formal announcement you would include the names of both the bride and grooms parents in the announcement. An April Wedding is planned at St. An October Wedding is planned at St Paul’s Church, Lewisville.
Or:
Mr and Mrs Timothy Smythe and Mr And Mrs Stefan Adele are pleased to announce the engagement of Annabelle Ann Smythe to Jememy Mason Adele. An October Wedding is planned at St Paul’s Church, Lewisville.
However, informal announcements are becoming more and more popular, especially when the bride and groom are older or they are paying for the wedding themselves. Informal announcements do not mention the parents.
For instance:
Melanie Adams and Gary Hubert are thrilled to announce their engagement. A March Wedding is planned.
Or:
We are ready to spend forever together. We are excited to announce our engagement.
~~Carla and Xavier~~
Keep in mind that you may also need to use alternative wording if the parents are divorced.
For instance:
Instead of using Mr and Mrs Jared Masterson you would use Mr Jared Masterson and Ms Heather Rumble.
It is also okay to include step parents as long as they are labeled as such. Finally there is no reason not to mention a diseased love on such as saying Mrs Ursula Tasks and the late Peter Tasks are pleased to announce….
Finally please remember to send out the announcements promptly after the engagement is announced and do not forget to be careful with the words you do choose, make sure people understand this is an engagement announcement, not a wedding invitation.
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