Posted by Darcy Miller
“My groom and I eloped and couldn’t be happier with our ceremony but our parents feel left out. How can we include them?”
Sending a wedding announcement to friends and family is a nice gesture. The wording follows what you would use on a traditional invitation.
“Mr. and Mrs. James Smith have the honor of announcing the marriage of their daughter Lori Smith to Mr. David Scott ...” If you are making the announcement yourselves, you might say: “Sally Smith and Eric Scott announce their marriage..."
Some people who have small weddings also decide to have a celebration afterwards so people feel included. If you have a small wedding away, you may even choose to play the video and display photos at the celebration. I went to a wedding celebration earlier this year where the couple had gotten married a few days earlier with just immediate family. To make guests at their celebration feel like they were a part of the ceremony, they had large blown up photos from the ceremony on the walls.
Read more about how to spread the news of your engagement or wedding ceremony.
How do you plan on announcing your wedding?
We're taping our small destination wedding and going to project it at our big at home reception. We're having the videographer just cut it down to 5 minutes or so, so people can feel included but not bored :)
Posted by: Asuka | June 19, 2008 at 03:42 PM
I need some advice on wedding invitations/announcements. My fiance and I are planning a small destination wedding where we will be limited to about 75 close family and friends. We would like to celebrate later with a large informal party at our home. My mother would also like to throw us a party in our home town (300 miles away form us) for locals. How do we handle all of the invitations without insulting anyone who doens't make the first cut? Should we invite everybody to the wedding and hope we don't get too many responses? Please help!
Posted by: Anne | October 11, 2008 at 10:31 AM