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When you receive invitations and announcements what's your next step? You may not have to do anything in response. |
Is There A Difference Between Invitations And Announcements?
Receiving Wedding Or Other Invitations
Invitations and announcements are crucial correspondences that people use from time to time. These notes are commonly placed on quality stationary or card stock paper.
These popular items are well-used but they are often confused with each-other. Following are some of the major differences between invitations and announcements.
An announcement usually requires no response from the person who receives it. I can’t tell you how many times I have received invitations and announcements and I wasn’t sure whether or not a response was in order. What makes the whole thing confusing is the wording chosen in the cards.
For example, a friend of mine was getting married. She sent a wedding announcement that had no enclosure. After the wedding, she sent a note saying that she was sorry that I couldn’t make it to the occasion. She didn’t realize that there is a significant difference between invitations and announcements.
I sent a wedding present to the couple’s home address with well-wishes. Of course, not everyone can be invited to a wedding considering the costs. I just figured that they were on a tight budget and that they had to have a cutoff limit. Some just invite family to these kinds of events.
How To Determine Whether You Need Announcements Or Invitations
If you are expecting the person to attend the event or party, then you need invitation products. These items commonly contain a response card. Just place a stamp and your address on the enclosed card in order to get your response.
This will help you plan your event. It does help immensely to know how many people will be in attendance.
So why would you need an announcement? This correspondence does not commonly require a response from the receiver. This is the major difference between invitations and announcements. You want others to know about your special event but you are not having a ceremony that they can attend.
Announcements are commonly reserved for graduations and births but some choose to use them for weddings as well. This is especially true if the wedding ceremony is very small and the couple can’t invite everyone that they want.
A Personal Story About Invitations And Announcements
My mother has always been a stickler for details. We lived on a farm and did not have a fancy house, yet every Sunday dinner was made fancy and special by mom.
Many times on Sunday’s we would have relatives come to eat with us. It did not matter if there were fifteen or five around the table, Sunday was the day that the china and linens were used.
On Saturday evenings before mom went to bed she would bring out the china, good silverware and cloth napkins and set the table. She always made sure that the table settings were properly done and that each of us kids knew how to set a proper table. Mom made sue we knew all about the social graces.
Everything from setting a table to invitations and announcements were very important to mom. I find that many of her lessons still influence the way I do things.
I still send out invitations and announcements for different events that occur. Some of my coworkers laugh at me.
They say that this is what email is for. It is true I have received several emailed invitations and announcements, but to me they are not as special as receiving the cards in the mail.
For the birth of each of my children, for each of their birthday parities and for their engagements and weddings I have saved all of the invitations and announcements that were sent out. These are wonderful memories for them to have in their scrapbooks. They can physically touch them and show them to their children and grandchildren.
This may seem unimportant, but I know that now that my mother has passed away I get a great deal of comfort out of touching the invitations and announcements that she sent out regarding the special events in my life.
Having the cards that she touched and saved for me is allowing me to keep her memory alive. She is the one that taught me about placing things in scrapbooks.
She did not always have the time to paste things in the books in a timely fashion, but she kept everything together and periodically she would bring out the books and we would go through the things that she had kept and we would secure them in the pages.
Mom had a book that had mementos of her life with my father. Along with invitations and announcements she had ticket stubs from concerts and plays as well as newspaper clippings of events that had impacted their lives. I am glad that I am keeping this tradition going with my children.
Final Thought ...
The difference between invitations and announcements are commonly taken for granted. However, it is important to really think things through before sending any correspondence through the mail.
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