About Wedding Announcements
If you announced your engagement to be married, you will probably want to make a wedding announcement after the ceremony as well. In this case, you could have your wedding announcements printed with the wedding invitations. Not only does this save you time, but you may also get a discounted rate on your printing expenses. Besides, if you have the wedding announcements on hand in advance, you will have one less detail bogging you down during the busiest moments of your wedding preparations.
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Identification
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Wedding announcements are found in local newspapers or received by acquaintances in the mail after a couple has gotten married. The information most typically included in a wedding announcement are the full names of the bride and the groom, and the date and location of the wedding ceremony. If either of the couple's parents paid for the wedding, their names are listed as well. Not all weddings are announced, since some couples are more private than others. If everyone whom the couple wishes to know about their new status has been invited to the wedding, there is no purpose for sending out separate wedding announcements.
Function
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Sending out wedding announcements is necessary if a couple wants to inform extended family and other contacts who were not invited to their wedding that they have made their union official. Friends and family may also be told about a couple's nuptials through a wedding announcement if the couple has opted to elope. Wedding announcements are not a necessity, but a courtesy if a couple prefers to approach their marriage in the traditional manner. In keeping with the theme of a wedding, announcements are usually printed using the same font that appeared in the wedding invitations, as well as with the same color scheme.
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Benefits
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Although a wedding announcement can serve as a sentimental keepsake, it has its practical uses as well. For instance, if the bride is changing her last name, wedding announcements are a convenient means for her to inform those who would benefit to know, such as colleagues, clients and anyone else she works with on a professional basis. A wedding announcement is also helpful for a couple with numerous friends; if the couple got married in an intimate ceremony and invited family members only, a wedding announcement saves them the time and energy it would otherwise take to make multiple phone calls.
Considerations
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If a couple wishes, they can include other tidbits in the wedding announcement, such as a photograph of themselves, and details like the location of their honeymoon and the city where they will be residing.
Since it is customary to send wedding announcements on the day after the wedding, the couple may already be on their honeymoon or just too tired to take care of more chores after their big day. If neither the bride nor the groom can drop the wedding announcements off at the post office, a bridesmaid or groomsman can be designated to take care of the task.
Misconceptions
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A couple does not--and should not--send out wedding announcements in order to solicit gifts. Upon receiving a wedding announcement, it is optional to send a present to the newlyweds. It is not rude to choose not to send a gift; if you want to be polite, but don't have room in your budget for a wedding present, you can simply send a congratulatory card in the mail. On the couple's end, the wedding-related tasks are not over after the wedding announcements have been sent. Immediately mailing a thank-you card back to everyone who sent gifts and notes is proper etiquette.
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