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These are the relevant facts, and you should stick to them. Anything more (like mentioning the four-star resort you stayed at or including your home address on the announcement) may come off looking tacky and/or like a request for cash.

If this seems far too simple for your taste, there are ways to jazz things up a little:

  • Include a romantic verse or lyric
  • Include a wallet-sized wedding photo
  • Choose colorful or unusual stationery

Feeling Artistic?

So you and your new husband are quite artsy and you want to make the announcements yourselves to give them a truly personal touch. Is that all right? Are you within the bounds of post-wedding etiquette?

Sure, as long as you aren't planning on making your announcements from pipe cleaners and construction paper. As happy and lighthearted as you're feeling right now, you might feel as though you could write your announcement on notebook paper -- it would still capture everything you're feeling. True enough.

Remember though, the folks on your mailing list aren't living in a newlywed haze. Mailing out an announcement that looks like the artistic brainchild of a third grader is going to send several unintended messages: You're silly, you're taking the institution of marriage lightly, and you have really bad taste.

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