Announcing Your Engagement

Announcing your engagement brings the news of your new commitment to your family and friends. There are a myriad of ways to form your engagement announcement such as cards, e-mails, phone calls or parties. By looking online you will find many free samples of engagement announcements and what to say when you announce your engagement.

If you decide to have cards sent out when announcing your engagement you can buy them or make them yourself using Photoshop on your computer to enhance the detail of your personalized announcements. Etiquette is very basic when it comes to wedding engagement announcement. Emily Post recommends a hand written letter or a dinner party with the most intimate of family members to get started. You should include the basics in the letter you send such as who is engaged to who and include a party invitation when announcing your engagement if you are having one. An engagement party announcement may also be sent later by the bride’s mother to the groom’s mother to help introduce the two ladies over tea. Announcing your engagement is a very exciting thing for a couple and you probably want to get your family informed as soon as possible.

If you go the local library you may find archives of engagement announcement samples from such famous ladies as Princess Grace, Princess Diana or Audrey Hepburn. You may like the way they versed their announcement and borrow the style when you craft your wedding engagement announcement. You could also look in great works of literature and find out how J. Gatsby invited people to a party. If you look in the popular wedding magazines of today you may find more up to date announcements like those of Eva Longoria or Amanda Chesser. When you know what you want your engagement announcement to look like it will help you down the road to designing the rest of your wedding.

Announcing your engagement is the first step into wedding planning. If you already have an idea of the style or theme of wedding you can incorporate that into your engagement announcement letter. If you know you love roses or birds begin with that. If you have no idea what to do for a design then you could go to your local card store and flip through one of their books until you get inspired. Formally announcing the engagement will also give you the start of a general head count for your actual wedding. Enjoy the excitement and this first step of a long process to the walk up to the alter.