Engagement announcement

Sending engagement announcements is very traditional. I love it! I get annoyed when people post stuff like that on Facebook. In hopes of controlling information regarding your wedding, sending announcements is better but keep in mind that sending engagement announcements will lock you into a guest list. If you are prepared to sit down and make a hard and fast list, announcements are the way to go. There's a risk involved with both methods of announcing. Good luck! I've heard horror stories about brides who post too much on Facebook and people assume they will get an invitation and hurt feelings abound.

We just changed our Facebook relationship statuses and our families spread the word as well. Why would people think you're hiding your engagement?

What would you do if FB didn't exist? For those closest to use we just called.

We informed the people were are closest too, then changed our fb statuses and called it a day. I don't even know what an "engagement announcement" is tbh. Is it like a letter you send to people? Or do you post it in the newspaper?

@AshleyR, it's a card that's kind of like a STD but instead of a wedding date, it has an engagement photo and says Johnny and Mary are engaged to be married or something formal like that. Very classic and very traditional. It has been very common in my hometown (which still has a cotillion) but is dwindling down a little. Some girls' families also still make newspaper announcements.

We called or told family and close friends personally, then just changed our status. No need to make a big production or overly cutesy announcement of it.

Its important to tell close friends and family directly - parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts & uncles. We told our parents and then they helped us tell extended family. Then we told our closest friends (this all happened within about an hour). Then we posted on social media!

We also did a formal engagement announcement in our local paper, after we got our engagement pictures done.

We called our closest friends and family, texted other friends that we felt like we wanted to know before seeing it on social media, then switched our relationship status and called it good. If engagement announcements are your style and, like crescent said, ready to lock yourselves into a guest list, do it that way. I think it's cute and I would have liked to do that but it took us a while to confirm our guest list

We called all family members to let them know and sent texts to all close friends. Then we waited a month to post on FB. This month buffer allowed us time to naturally run into people and tell them in person. It also allowed time for the word to spread naturally. I HATE finding out important news from social media, so waiting a month helped to ensure that everyone close to use already knew. It also allowed us time to get our engagement photos done, so when we finally did post we had those. I was advised that engagement announcements can come off as gift-grabby, so I decided against it. However if they're still common in your area that might be different.

I called my parents. Texted friends. And changed my FB status 3 days later.