Wedding Party

Engagement party

We live out of our home town but are having our wedding there so its easier for our family and friends to come. I bought a few sets of engagement party invites can my mom use those as our wedding shower for me and him both to be there? Than me use my Bridal shower invites for my party the girls are throwing me? Also do we send out regestions with our accountments so we will get gifts than?

Re: Engagement party

  • A bridal shower and a wedding shower are the same thing (perhaps you're talking about your bachelorette party?).  It's ok to include registry information in shower invitations.

    Do not include registry information in an engagement party invitation.

    It's fine to use the same set of invitations for all of these events.

    Let other people throw these parties for you.  You shouldn't really be involved in the planning aspect.  
  • Vicki, I'm impressed you understood that.  I'm lost.



  • My mom is throwing us a engagement party but were trying to have the engagement party and wedding shower in one but i already bought the invites that say engagement party. When do we put were we registered at on those or do we just send those with with the wedding invites?
  • Why are you trying to combine the engagement party and wedding shower?   Either it's an engagement party or it's a couple's shower.  If it's an engagement party it should not have registry information on the invitations (and you should not be expecting presents).  If it's a shower it's okay for the shower host (i.e. not you) to put registry information on the invitations.  If you want this to be a shower the host will need to get new invitations that don't say "engagement party" on them.  You never put registry information on wedding invitations. 

    When are you getting married, and how long have you been engaged?  Usually engagement parties occur at the beginning of an engagement, and showers happen shortly before the wedding, so unless you're having an extremely short engagement it would be inappropriate for you to combine them anyway.




  • I would advise against putting the engagement party and shower together. They are completely different things. The engagement party is all about celebrating your coming together and doesn't involve gifts. A shower's express purpose is traditionally to help the bride set up her new home-- it is all about giving her gifts. If you want to have a couples shower, that is fine, but I wouldn't use anything that says "engagement party" on it. People will be confused and will probably be feeling a little put out.

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