Popular Ways To Announce Your Engagement
Author: Pamela Kazmierczak

There are numerous ways to announce your engagement. Some
of the more traditional ways to announce your happy news
include submitting a formal announcement to a local
newspaper, having an engagement party, or sending out
formal engagement announcements. Of course you can also
choose to use more modern methods of announcing such as
using a simple email, creating a wedding website or using
social sites such as facebook or myspace. We will discuss
each way in the following article.

The Newspaper Announcement

Submitting a newspaper announcement about your engagement
is one of the most traditional ways to announce to a large
audience. Even if this does not personally appeal to you or
your fiancée, you may consider using this method for
grandparents or any other older family and friends who
would appreciate seeing this in the paper, and instantly
creating a keepsake for them to enjoy. The first step would
be to contact the paper you want to submit to (or papers if
there is more than one) and ask for submission guidelines
including timelines, photo requirements and cost. If the
newspaper does not have formal requirements you should
include information such as the bride and grooms names,
parent's names and hometown. Since engagement announcements
occur almost immediately after acceptance of the proposal a
specific wedding need in unnecessary.

The Engagement Party

If you do decide to have an engagement party you will be
able to announce and celebrate your engagement with many
people at once. Make sure that there is no one invited who
will not be invited to the actual wedding. An engagement
party can be a memorable experience for all invited if done
right. A typical engagement party is formal with either a
sit-down dinner or a buffet, the official announcement is
made and the future bride and groom are toasted by the
father of the bride or some other person close to the happy
couple.

Traditional Engagement Announcements

One of the more traditional ways to announce an engagement
is through engagement announcements sent through the mail.
Sending announcements is a nice touch and for some people
they want to do everything they can do when planning a
wedding. Engagement announcements are nice, especially if
you can afford the added expense. Like wedding invitations,
they are a piece of your wedding that you will have
forever. One consideration that does have to be made is
that if you send formal engagement announcements you are
pretty much forced to have a final wedding guest list at a
very early stage in the engagement. Everyone who is sent an
engagement announcement must be invited to the wedding and
if you decide at a later date to add more people to the
invitation list the people who are added at the last minute
may feel like you did not originally intend to invite them
or that you do not value your relationship with them.

Announcing With a Simple Email

If you are part of the modern fast paced world you may not
have time to stop and contact your paper, attend a party or
choose engagement announcements and instead you may use the
internet to let your family and friends know that you are
getting married. If your email address book is used
frequently and everyone in your life is used to getting
important updates in your life through this method you may
want to construct a detailed email to let everyone know of
the happy news. It is the simplest way to let everyone
know, albeit a little casual.

Wedding Websites

There are plenty of websites out there that you can join
and setup a cheap account to keep your family and friends
updated throughout the wedding process. You could sign up
for a service and email the address to your family and
friends. This is a great way to keep everyone involved. You
can post your progress in the planning stages, post where
you are registered, create a wedding planning blog or post
pictures.

Social Networking Sites

Many people these days belong to one or more social
networking sites and this is how a lot of people keep in
touch with their family and friends. If you belong to one,
like myspace or facebook, you may choose to announce your
engagement there and keep your family and


About the Author:

Pamela Kazmierczak runs Our Perfect Wedding Guide, an
online informative website covering wedding topics from the
engagement through the honeymoon. She also offers
suggestions on where to shop online for all your wedding
shopping needs such as wedding gownms, wedding jewelry,
wedding invitations and wedding favors.
http://www.ourperfectweddingguide.com