How To Write A Wedding Announcement

Learning how to write a wedding announcement is a very important part of a wedding. While an invitation invites people to attend the events, a wedding announcement just let people know that the event will take place. The announcements are usually sent to those who cannot attend the event but not only. The distant relatives and casual acquaintances are the ones who should receive wedding announcements.  Another thing that you can do is to send an announcement to the local newspaper, in this way everybody will know that you're taken. In order to do all these you need to know how to write a wedding announcement. Keep reading and you will find some very interesting ideas.

You should know that there are some things that a wedding announcement should include:

• - The date of the wedding, including the year.


• - The location of the wedding ceremony and maybe the reception if you won't write this on the wedding program.


• - The name of both persons in the couple.

If you want to include additional information to your wedding announcement, you can add where you spent your honeymoon, a poem or a quote, a personal greeting or a small tidbit about the event. Some couples are more open and they also include a little bit of background about them: their careers, education, or even where they want to make their new home together. A wedding announcement has to be informative and opened, so write anything that you think people should know about you as a couple.

• - Don't apologize for not inviting someone. This is something that you should never do.


• - If you have wedding programs, then it's not necessary to write the location of the reception on the wedding announcement.


• - Don't include the time of the ceremony.


• - Reasoning to why you didn't invite someone. These shouldn't be seen by everyone.


• - Requests for gifts are out of the question

There is one exception to this rule and this in the case you elope, hence that you're having no guests at the wedding. It is o.k. to mention the reason of your elopement if you want to. You should know that the best advice of how to write a wedding announcement is to keep it simple. Check the example below:

With joyful hearts and fresh spirits, Bride Name and Groom Name announce their marriage on Wedding Date at Wedding Location. After a honeymoon in Place the couple now resides at Address.

This is an option: making the text generic, worded in second person, as if it's coming for you and your new husband and another option would be to word it as it would come from your parents. Wedding announcements can be written by the couples or by the parents, so it's your choice which way you chose to go.

If you need more help of how to write wedding announcements, you should go online and Google: wedding announcements wording sample. There are a lot of ideas available online. You can buy or download pre-printed announcements cards and just fill in your personal details, it's very easy.

While sending a pretty plain text is fine, you can also like images. Some couples do this. A picture of the two of you can give more credibility. This should be done especially for those wedding announcements which will go in the local newspaper. The people who will read the newspaper will surely like to see some faces too.  You can also add romantic and pretty images like hearts, wedding rings, and doves, everything that seems romantic for you. Just don't forget what I've said before, keep it simple. Don't go overboard with too many decorations and sophisticated cards, a simple wedding announcement will be much more appreciated. An important thing you should know is that you shouldn't spend too much money on your wedding announcements in comparison with what you should spend for your wedding invitations. So be careful and calculate your budget ahead.

Another important part of how to write wedding announcements is when to send it or post it. This is crucial. The wedding announcements need to be sent until after the wedding has taken place. In this way you will prevent hurt feelings among those who weren't invited and you will also avoid any potential wedding crashers. Usually the best time to send them is after you've came back from your honeymoon or mailing them in the same day of the wedding. Anyway you shouldn't wait longer than one month after the ceremony because then it's going to be a little bit too late. If you end up having a delay in sending them it would be nice of you to let people know which the reasons of this delay are.

Knowing how to write a wedding announcement properly can help you gain some time and also spread the word very easy. Wedding announcements are the most polite way to tell people about your wedding nuptials and about your present status.