Wedding announcements??

[JCJD]

How late is too late to be sending out wedding announcements? It''ll be 6 months post-wedding soon, is that too late?

Also, would it be tacky to put our new address on the announcements? Could they double as Christmas cards?

TIA!!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Wasn''t everyone who you would want to announce your wedding to invited to your wedding in the first place? I guess I am confused. We just got a Christmas card from a friend that was married in June (like you!!!) and it had a wedding picture of the two of them on it. I thought that was cute.

 

[ellewoods]

I think you should definitely incorporate it as a Christmas card instead of a wedding announcement. Six months is a long time, and if I received a wedding announcement I would kind of view it as a solitication for gifts -- and a late one at that. I''m not trying to be negative, I''m just saying how I''d feel if I got one 6 months after the wedding. If it was around Christmas I would definitely think it was appropriate to include it in a Christmas card instead of by itself.


I think it makes perfect sense to send them as a Christmas card/Address update card. You can have a nice weddinng picture in the Christmas card, since that was probably the biggest event in your life this year and many Christmas cards update friends/family on such things. And it is a sensible thing to include something like "As we start our new life together we also have a new address..."

 

[JCJD]

Thanks for the replies, that''s what I was thinking, too late to send announcements.

Tacori - no, they weren''t invited. We kept it really small (120 invited) and left out a ton of relatives (both parents are divorced, 3 of the 4 are remarried with large families, so nobody past the level of grandparent, 1st cousin, and stepsibling were invited, shaving off at least 200 people).

Elle - no offense taken, that''s what I wanted to hear! And I like the Christmas card ideas!

Thanks!

 

[ChargerGrrl]

JCJD: I would probably incorporate your announcement as a Xmas card, or even a Happy New Year greeting. It has been some time since your wedding, so I vote that this is the best bet!

I will probably be doing the same thing next year. I''m planning an October wedding, which will only include very close friends and family . My mom seems to not get the difference between an invitation and an annoucement. Her invite list is WAY long- she included family that don''t live in the U.S, and that we KNOW would not be able to come. She seems to think that EVERYONE should get an invite. I''m gently but firmly putting my foot down on that one.

OK, I''m rambling now- I think you get my point.