Wedding Announcement or Not

I personally wouldn’t want to spend twice the money on cards and postage within two months, but if it’s in your budget, I don’t see why not.

View Quoted Comment It is in the budget, but we are trying to cut back on some things and this seemed like something we could easily cut.

Send announcements after the wedding to close friends/relatives who were not invited. Send holiday cards in mid-December. Do not send pictures with either the announcements or the cards.

View Quoted Comment The picture was going to be on the card not separate printed photos. Should I do a plain card ?

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I would send a plain card. I would never send pictures unless someone specifically asks for them.

If I had the budget, I would do both! If you feel uncomfortable bc of what your fiance said, I probably wouldnt include a wedding pic on the December Christmas cards, however, maybe a different picture from this year could work. I personally love receiving pictures of my friends and family!

I think if you are looking to cut down on the budget this would definitely be an easy and sensible thing to cut. I’m getting married at the end of October and was definitely thinking wedding photos on the Christmas cards this year. I agree that sending out similar things within a month of each other seems redundant and a waste of money in printing/stamps.

Send announcements. And on them, put your full names and titles , and how you prefer to be addressed, as well as contact info. As well as info like when and where married . If wedding pictures are going to be a while, have your announcements, just a small card, ready to go immediately after your marriage, before you go on your honeymoon. That is the traditional time. And send pictures with your Christmas Cards. People use your wedding announcement card to update their address books. And people like to think they are important enough to you, that even if not invited, they hear about your wedding from you, not the grapevine. ... Like most people planning weddings, you likely have gone through the process of finding out addresses and SO, educational degree titles, who likes Ms. Or Mrs. , Same names or new ones, in order to issue invitations. So as one of the first acts of your married social life, indicate you want to stay in touch, by making it easy. If you do not want to spend much, copying the same card you have made onto individually addressed emails is fine. Announcements are an informal communication. And lots of people will copy your announcements directly to their phone or computer. Save postage of announcements, then spend on Christmas cards with pictures only .