If not, which one goes out first? How far in advance should they go out? Any other detail regarding stationery things would be wonderful! I think this confuses me the most! Thanks!
2007-01-19 15:49:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Should the two be combined or sent seperately?
2007-01-19 16:00:27 · update #1
You can't combine the two. The save the dates are sent out as 3-6 months before your wedding. This allows people to block off the date - especially if they are travelling or if it's a busy time of year. Wedding announcements are sent *after* the wedding to say that you were married. You can send these out after you return from the honeymoon.
2007-01-19 16:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. Totally different.
Save the dates go out 4-12 months before the wedding so people who will be invited reserve that spot on their calendar. )Once someone receives a save the date, they MUST also be invited to the wedding- you cannot remove them from the invitee list.) You really only do these if your wedding is over a holiday weekend or if the majority of your invitee list are people who would have to travel. Otherwise you skip them.
Invitations (obviously) invite people to the wedding and the reception.
Announcements are sent out immediately AFTER the wedding to people who you did not invite to the wedding, but who you feel would want to know about it.
Go to the library and borrow the Crane Wedding Blue Book. They've got all the answers regarding these invitation issues. A Miss Manners book would be helpful as well.
2007-01-20 18:21:08 · answer #2 · answered by Etiquette Gal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to announce your engagement, you can do so fairly informally - usually in person, by phone or email. If you're having an engagement party, you can send an invitation to that event. Otherwise, you wouldn't usually send a formal announcement - at least in my experience.
Save the Date cards are sent only to people you will invite to the wedding. You can send Save the Dates at any time. If you're having an out-of-town wedding, or will have a lot of guests attending from out of town, you might want to send them sooner so people can make sure they have vacation time, travel arrangements, etc... I would say to send these 6-12 months out (but no sooner than that). On the Save the Dates you can make a note at the bottom to say "Formal invitation to follow" or something of that nature.
The actual wedding invitation should go out no later than 6-8 weeks before the wedding. Again, if you will be getting married out of town leave more time - 8-12 weeks is preferable.
A wedding announcement would be sent out AFTER the wedding, to inform people that you are now married - it might also contain your new name, new address, and other updated information. Unless you're eloping, a lot of people don't bother with this, as your guests will know you are married and most of this information can be obtained easily (you can put your new name - if you change it - and your return address on thank-you notes).
2007-01-20 01:18:22 · answer #3 · answered by JenJen 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Save the date cards need to go out approximately 6-8 months ahead of wedding date. Wedding announcements approximately 7-8 weeks before wedding.
2007-01-20 20:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by mimegamy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Save the date cards are sent out 3 to 6 months before you wedding to remind people you are getting married. The announcement just announces you are now married.
2007-01-20 00:05:06 · answer #5 · answered by Larry 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A "save the date" card would go out pretty early, especially if you are having a destination wedding or have people coming from far away so that they can keep that day open for your wedding. Announcements are to let people know that you got married. At least that is my understanding.
2007-01-20 06:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by Dawnita 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not the same.
Wedding announcement goes to everyone who's anyone. Just to let everyone know that you're getting married or got engaged. I did mine by sending e-mails to undisclosed recipients.
Save the date goes to only those you are certain of inviting to the wedding. I did mine by email to group of friends about 6 mths before the wedding because i was not ready to print the invitation and wanted to tell the busy crowd to save their time in advance. I think you can combined the invitation and the save the date card if it goes out early enough.
I personally think it's a waste of resources to specifically distribute save the date card as these days e-mails blogs etc have taken over and this may look a bit dreamy and impractical. Tell the people who dont have email access in person and leave them a handwritten notes of the date instead.
2007-01-20 00:16:32 · answer #7 · answered by Xonja 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Save the date cards go out really early to the people you intend to invite to your wedding, so your friends and family know to save that date to attend your wedding. A wedding announcement is to let people who you are unable to invite to the wedding know you have gotten married. They go out after the wedding. It's announcing your marriage. The actual invitation goes out 6 weeks prior to the wedding to those you are able to invite, usually the same people who you sent the save the date cards to.
2007-01-20 00:35:37 · answer #8 · answered by Proud to be 59 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I kind of combined the two. I sent out announcements that announced the engagement and the date of the wedding. Then I enclosed an additional card that was addressed and stamped(like a postcard) that read "please let us know if you expect to be attending our celebration." And i put a space for them to write their name and the number of people attending. Were on a tight budget so we needed to know how many people would be attending far in advance. Then, about a month to 6weeks before the wedding, were going to send out the actual invitation. Hope I helped. Congrats!
2007-01-20 00:04:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A "Save the Date" card is a way to tell people who you want at your wedding to keep that day open. Wedding Announcements just let people know that you will be/are married.
2007-01-19 23:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋