Wedding Announcements to Family/Friends not invited to Wedding?

They will still know the OP got married!

Do people still do newspaper announcements? lol

I like wedding announcements and I plan to send some because my dad's side of the family is huge and my FH and I wanted to fund our own wedding so we were unable to invite everyone. We planned to send wedding announcements with a professional photo of the two of us. It's not like you are sending them a run down of what they missed or anything and you do not have to explain. My friend did it because she and her hubby did not have the budget. They only had their immediate families at their small wedding. She gave me a beautiful photo of them and I loved it. I bought her a gift simply because I wanted to and I was proud they did it their way rather than her and her husband struggling to pay for a huge wedding. They ended up getting a beautiful house instead of the huge wedding and buying themselves new cars that were more reliable for their commutes.

If you don't know them well enough that they'll eventually find out....well....who cares about the Christmas cards?

Yes, Kristy, some people DO still do newspaper announcements. Some people on this forum have even mentioned doing them.

My god people, wedding announcements are not tacky, gift grabby or inappropriate. It's like a more formal way of changing your FB status and I'm sure her older relatives would much rather receive the more formal announcement. It's not a faux-pas.

I know this post is old, but just curious what you decided to do here? I am in the exact same situation and very conflicted about what to do. Any advice would be appreciated!!

"just text them"

"Just post it on Facebook"

"They'll get over it soon enough"

Good lord this is a wedding!!! Not a 3 week of the day we met anniversary. ???? Wedding invite, wedding shower invite, etc those are invitations to events where gift giving is a thing.

Wedding announcements are no different than a wedding announcement in the newspaper. If you see one in the newspaper do you feel obligated to send a gift? No! Wedding announcements are just a polite, respectful, and elegant way of simply notifying people you care about that you got married. They aren't gift grabby. They are also a way of send people a picture of your happy day...

I’m going to do announcements for groups of people, not individuals. For instance, my childhood church to post on the bulletin board or my father in law’s alumni group. I do feel uncomfortable sending to individuals.

I was just reading about this. It is actually very traditional to send announcements the day after to those who were not invited to an j Tomate wedding. Family who can’t travel, elderly grandparents. It isn’t rude or gift seeking, it is actually a nice gesture to let them know you think they matter, there were just other circumstances.

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I totally agree. Send your announcement after the wedding is the right thing to do and announce it on social media w/ photos, My question is should the mothers of the couple send the announcements to family members not on the guest list? And no mention of a gift is necessary In my option.