Wedding announcements are sent shortly after a wedding if there was no formal announcement of the nuptials before. Some people send wedding announcements instead of wedding invitations to people who lived too far away to attend the wedding. It is customary for the recipients of a wedding invitation to send the couple a note of congratulations. Recipients of wedding announcements are not required to give a gift, although to do so would be appropriate. Wedding announcements can be created on the same type of material used for wedding invitations.
Instructions
1. Send a single announcement to married couples who reside together, and follow the etiquette for addressing wedding invitations. Usually the format would be: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King. If the wife has not taken her husband's last name, the format would be: Mr. Joseph King and Mrs. Jane Queen. Another option for this situation is to address the announcement to Mr. Joseph King and Ms. Jane Queen.
2. When one member of a couple has a title, put that name first. For example: Dr. and Mrs. Joseph King; Dr. Jane Queen and Mr. Joseph King; Major and Mrs. Joseph King or Colonel Jane King and Mr. Joseph King.
3. Follow the same address formatting for couples who live together but are not married.
4. Address announcements to couples of the same gender alphabetically by the last name. For instance: Miss Lisa Long and Miss Lauren Love or Mr. Franklin Fun and Mr. Victor Victorious. Use "Ms." in lieu of "Miss" if you wish.
5. Address an announcement to a widow using her late husband's name. For instance, "Mrs. Louis Taylor." For a divorced woman, use her married last name unless she has changed it back to her maiden name.
6. Send one announcement to adult siblings living together. Use "misses" to address the women and "misters" to address the men. A family where four adult siblings live together may get an announcement that reads: Misses Tamara and Tara Terrance and Misters Taylor and Tyler Terrance.
7. Avoid nicknames when addressing formal announcements. Save these names for informal announcements and invitations.
8. Make sure that you have the proper address. If you are not sure about a ZIP code, check it on the United States Postal Service website
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