When is a good time to submit an engagement annoucement to newspaper and how is it done usually?

Wedqueen12

Hi, I have been engaged since October 6,2012 and was just wondering the proper way as to how to submit an engagement annoucement to a newspaper? I'm getting married in Parkersburg where I grew up but i also have friends in Marietta Ohio area. 

KatWAG

You have been engaged for almost 6 months already. I think you missed the boat.

MuppetFan

Just submit it without the timeframe you got engaged

Summer2011Bride

People run e-announcements in our paper in a variety of time frames. Some come out right after the engagement, and others I have seen run a week or two before the wedding. We got engaged in the month of Oct. and ran the announcement in early Jan.

I think it's fine to submit it now. Go to your newspaper's website and they usually have a form for you to fill out with all the info.

libby2483

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[QUOTE]You have been engaged for almost 6 months already. I think you missed the boat.
Posted by KatWAG[/QUOTE]

<div>Not necessarily.  In the paper where we did our engagement announcement, they typically run 1-3 months before the wedding.  We got engaged in August 2011, put our announcement in June of 2012, and got married in August of 2012.</div>

thejucheidea

... people still announce their engagements in newspapers?

libby2483

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[QUOTE]... people still announce their engagements in newspapers?
Posted by ahstillwell[/QUOTE]

<div>Definitely.  I think that it varies based on circle, but I've had three sets of close friends and three cousins get married in the last couple of years, and all of them have done engagement announcements in the newspapers.  I wouldn't have cared that much either way about doing one for our wedding, but my mom really wanted it.  My mom, my grandma, and my ILs all commented on how X and Y and Z saw the announcement in the paper and want to wish us well.  I think that it is a tradition that is important to a lot of people, especially in older generations.</div>

MayberryAfterMidnight

FI and I got engaged in January 2012 and are getting married this June, but we didn't put the engagement announcement in the local paper until a few weeks ago. If you got to the newspaper's website, they'll have a form and a place to submit text and a picture. For some old-fashioned local papers, you may have to call the office directly. I don't think there's any timeline for doing it (at least in the announcements I've seen, very rarely does it mention when the couple actually got engaged). IMO, it should be at least a few weeks before the wedding, though. Otherwise, why not just not do one and just do a wedding announcement?

In answer to people still doing this: I don't want to generalize, but I'm wondering if it's a regional thing? My family is from the South, while FI's family is from NY/NJ, and my family is way more into newspaper engagement/wedding announcements than his is (in our family, it's practically tradition to sit around on Sunday afternoons and discuss the announcements - as in, "Ooh, look at this dress!" or "That's interesting, it says here that the bride is a doctor AND a lawyer.")

thejucheidea

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[QUOTE]In answer to people still doing this: I don't want to generalize, but I'm wondering if it's a regional thing? My family is from the South, while FI's family is from NY/NJ, and my family is way more into newspaper engagement/wedding announcements than his is
Posted by MayberryAfterMidnight[/QUOTE]
Half of my family (and all of his family) is from the South and my grandpa was the ad editor for The Tennessean for many years, but we're not doing an engagement announcement in the newspaper. We're even keeping it on the down low with everyone who isn't a close friend or family member. We've already been burgled once and I don't want it to happen again because someone saw our engagement announcement in the paper and knew we'd be away from our house all day on our wedding day.

MaggieandJake

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: When is a good time to submit an engagement annoucement to newspaper and how is it done usually? : Half of my family (and all of his family) is from the South and my grandpa was the ad editor for The Tennessean for many years, but we're not doing an engagement announcement in the newspaper. We're even keeping it on the down low with everyone who isn't a close friend or family member. <strong>We've already been burgled once and I don't want it to happen again because someone saw our engagement announcement in the paper and knew we'd be away from our house all day on our wedding day.</strong>
Posted by ahstillwell[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>This is a really good point!</div><div>
</div><div>I didn't care about a newpaper annoucement, but my MIL really wanted to do one.  We were engaged in March and I think it went in the paper in October or November.  We didn't include the exact date of our wedding for the reasoning quoted.  We put, "will be married in Minneapolis in June 2011". 

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JoanE2012

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[QUOTE]You have been engaged for almost 6 months already. I think you missed the boat.
Posted by KatWAG[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>I remember someone posting a link to engagement announcements one time for somewhere out midwest.  These announcements went out right before the wedding and frequently gave out registry information, gave the ceremony/reception time and location and invited people.
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</div><div>I just googled, and one says:  If we have missed you in all of our excitement, please consider this your invitation.  </div><div>
</div><div>This would never happen in NJ.</div><div>
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teachmegs1

Where I am from, it doesn't really matter when it goes into the paper, and usually the parents of the Bride will put it in there.  My mom did ours. I knew she was getting ready to put it in the paper, because she was asking about some specifics.  A lot of announcements here will mention where the bride and groom went to college, or their current place of employment. It can be as specific or as vague as you want it to be. 

Yellobat

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[QUOTE]Hi, I have been engaged since October 6,2012 and was just wondering the proper way as to how to submit an engagement annoucement to a newspaper? I'm getting married in Parkersburg where I grew up but i also have friends in Marietta Ohio area. 
Posted by Wedqueen12[/QUOTE]

You didn't "miss the boat" at all.  All the announcements in my local paper are months after the actual engagement.  I know this because most of the weddings are happening in just a few months, and most people take at least a year to plan, and because they all have professional engagement photos accompanying them, and no one sets that up within just a few weeks of getting engaged.  So submit whenever you want!

Ella and Pedro

Around the Washington D.C. area, from what I have seen, the announcements vary.  Some couples are short and sweet, but some put in mini bios and relationship histories, especially those who have a rather special story. 

If I was you, I'd buy a few weeks' worth of papers and read how they format them and what people say.  I'd also be mindful of the PP who mentioned break-ins.  You would not want to make your home a target, with all your wedding gifts just waiting to be stolen? 

Congratulations!

NYCMercedes

Two months , give or take a week, is the norm.