Weddingbee Blog

Emily Post is probably rolling over in her grave right now as I write my own engagement announcement. Traditionally, the mother of the brides writes the engagement announcement, but Mama Meerkat has enough going that on she doesn’t need to have one more thing on her plate. So, I wrote ours:

I really had no idea what I was doing when I started, but after a bit of research I found out there were four main parts.

1. Introduction

This part is very similar to the start of a wedding invitation. There are a few different ways to do this. The bride’s parents can announce, groom’s parents can announce, the bride and groom can announce, or a family member of bride or groom can announce.

2. About the bride

Typically you list your educational background but this can be omitted if you have been out of school for a long time. List your occupation and/or employer. You can include any other information that is relative about you.

3. About the groom

Same as #2, but about the groom.

4. Wedding Information

Most of the time just a date is listed. You can list the location and time too, but just remember that you might have some unexpected guests show up.

Not all papers will have you write your own announcements. We submitted a total of three and only one of the papers had us write it. The other papers just collected the information above on a form so they could write it.

If you submitted engagement announcements, did you have to write your own?