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Unique Ways to Announce Your Engagement
14Aug2009 Filed under: Engagement Advice, Engagement Announcements Author: tanya
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In my last article, We’re Engaged! Engagement Announcements I talked about two modern ways to announce your engagement.
The first was to create customized animated announcements at designhergals.com which could be sent out as e-cards, via mail, or as save the date magnets.
The second was to register at an event or wedding site that allows you to have a wedding website or blog (and send out engagement announcements too!).
Since then, I’ve been thinking of more unique ways to make the announcement and I’ve scoured the net, so here’s what I found:
Spell it Out For Them
If you’re all fans of board games you could have a family (or family and friends) game night. Start off with the Game of Life and then try to give out clues with the words you and your fiance put on the board for scrabble. Finish off with a game of charades or pictionary – when it’s your turn ignore the word or phrase given to you and act out “We’re getting married” instead.
Send guests home with a personalized chocolate bar from Hershey’s as a memento of the occasion.
Surprise! We’re Engaged!
Throw a party or invite your key family and friends to dinner at a restaurant and pop the news! Don’t forget to bring photos of the proposal if you have any. This event can double as your engagement party if you like, just make sure you’re confident about who will be in your wedding party and make sure everyone is there (if not, keep the guest list restricted to immediate family and you and your fiance’s very best friend – i.e. the maid of honor and best man).
The Cover Story
Buy a bridal magazine but replace the cover with a picture of yourself and plant it at your event – someone will recognize you and then you can pop the news! This would be great if you’re making an announcement at a girl’s get together at a spa or any event where a coffee table is handy! If you’ve got the computer skills you can make up a shot like this yourself. You can also order a fake magazine cover for yourself online (check out www.magmypic.com for example).
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If you have some unique ideas for engagement announcements, or stories to share, I’d love to hear them!
Please leave them in the comments below and I might feature your idea in a later post. Oh, and don’t forget to hide your engagement ring if you’re trying to surprise people – the sparkling finger is always a give-away!
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Amanda
March 19th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
My boyfriend proposed via a cryptogram, so I sent a picture of the cryptogram to my mom by email and asked her if she could figure out the riddle. When she couldn’t, I sent a picture of my ring and told her that the picture might help her figure it out. She did.
tanya
May 4th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Wow what a fun and unique way to propose! Willing to share your cryptogram with us? Please send me a picture or scan of it (and the secret message in case I can’t figure it out either!) and I’ll feature it in a post. Send me a photo of you and your boyfriend, too, if you like!
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