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ADSigMel

05-13-2006, 08:24 PM

My husband and I were married almost 6 months ago, and we didn't want to send in newspaper announcements until we got our wedding pictures back. Looking back, I'm kicking myself, because, duh, we should have just ordered several small prints of one picture to send to papers in the meantime. But I didn't think to do that, so our 6-month anniversary is next Friday and we haven't done announcements in the papers.

It's not really a big deal if we don't do newspaper announcements, since I'm pretty sure everyone knows we're married by now, but I thought we would at least put an announcement in my in-laws' hometown paper since a lot of their acquaintances didn't get invited. Should I go ahead and do it now, or just forget about it?

maplekitty

05-13-2006, 11:14 PM

Yup, why not? I've seen announcements in the paper for weddings that were a few months prior!

:)

jennylou

05-14-2006, 12:53 AM

You should check out the newspapers policy. I've seen them listed right along with the wedding announcements. I know ours is six months - if it's longer than that, they charge a "late" fee.

tlew12778

05-14-2006, 03:20 AM

Yeah it really depends on the newspaper. The NY Times, for instance, only announces the weekend after your wedding and you need to send that announcement in 6 weeks or more before your wedding to try to get accepted.

For my parents' local paper, you had to send in the announcement with your payment 2 weeks before the wedding.

ejs

05-15-2006, 08:36 PM

I wouldn't do it. I have to admit that I roll my eyes when I see an announcement printed months after the wedding. It makes me think the couple is just trying to get attention and ask for more gifts.

longislandlolita

05-15-2006, 08:42 PM

Ask for more gifts????? That is hilarious! I realize the fact that my FH and I are putting announcements in several local papers makes us attention whores (guilty as charged), but it never occurred to me that people might think we were trying to solicit gifts from perfect strangers!

Hey, if our wedding makes the Times, I'm going to have to start a whole new registry! Then I'll just sit back and wait for the presents to roll in . . . or do you think they'll send checks? ;)

ejs

05-15-2006, 09:22 PM

Janey

05-15-2006, 09:28 PM

It varies from paper to paper. We were married Sept. 24. We didn't get our pictures back until just before Christmas, and due to the craziness of the holidays, we didn't get them submitted to the paper until the end of January. My husband's hometown's paper accepted our announcement, and it ran Valentine's day weekend. My hometown's newspaper said, "sorry; our policy is 3 months" and wouldn't take it. I was bummed -- I was actually hoping that some of the HS friends I'd lost touch with might see the announcement and look me up. Owell.

We never submitted our wedding to the Seattle Times. I don't even know if they do that.

ADSigMel

05-16-2006, 04:57 AM

None of the places we've considered submitting ours have time limits, but the more I think about it, the more odd I think it would be to put in an announcement six months after the wedding. I think I've decided not to do it...as much as I would like to post one of our beautiful wedding pictures for the world to see! ;) Thanks for all the advice, girls!

BTB

05-16-2006, 06:55 AM

I think you chose wisely. :)

Chimichanga

05-16-2006, 06:59 PM

Our local paper accepted annoucements up to a year after the wedding; my parents was up to 9 months. We couldn't get it into my childhood paper (where most of my family lives) because we didn't live in the area any more.

Definitely check the paper guidelines. it should be printed in the paper. If not, call the celebration/wedding editor and ask for their guidelines.