Congratulations!

It's official! He proposed and you've accepted. This kind of wonderful news should be delivered to your families in person. If distance does not allow this, a phone call should be made as soon as possible. Next you should tell your friends and relatives followed by supervisors and coworkers. The sooner everyone knows the more time they will have to arrange their schedules for the big day.

Announcements
You may announce your engagement once you are officially engaged. An engagement ring is not necessary to publish the news, your promise to each other and telling your immediate families of your promise is all that is necessary.

• Let your parents and immediate families know first and it's best done in person

• Announcements should be sent to both of your hometown's newspapers

• Include a good quality 8x10 black and white glossy photo of you and your fiancée, for each newspaper

• Wedding announcements should be in the paper one week before the wedding date

• The wedding announcement should cover the same information as the engagement announcement plus your occupations, schooling, parents and location of the wedding (Warning: Listing the specific wedding date and your street address may invite theft)

A Newspaper Engagement Announcement Sample
Mr. and Mrs. _________ of ________ announce the engagement of their daughter, _______, to _______, the son of Mr. and Mrs. ________, of _________. A (Season/month)Wedding is planned. (Or no date has been set for the wedding yet.)

Now Bridal Fantasy offers you the opportunity to post your engagement online! Simply click here to submit your engagement announcement along with a picture of the two of you and voila! You now have a link you can email to your friends and family with all of your wedding news. Here are a couple of examples of engagement announcements to help you out.

Formal Engagement Announcement:

Mr. and Mrs. John Smith would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jennifer Smith, to Mr. Bill Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Brown. Jennifer and Bill are planning a July wedding, and invitations will be sent out closer to the date.

Informal Engagement Announcement:

July 14, 2008 is the date we have chosen for a very happy occasion – our wedding! Please mark your calendars and save this date as we want to share this momentous day with all our friends and family. See you there! Jennifer Smith and Bill Brown.

These are just ideas; you can put whatever information you want in your announcement. Congrats!