Engagement Announcements

Our daugther is now engaged to be married next summer.
What is the proper ediquette in sending out engagement announcements. We can not afford to throw a big engagement party, as we are doing our best to pay for most of the wedding.
Can we can announcements to those who we do NOT intend on inviting to the wedding? Don`t want to hurt anyone`s feelings or lead anyone to think they will be invited, when in fact most I send to will NOT be invited.
Posted by Debbie Valentine; updated 08/06/04

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Hi! you can just invite a few close friends & family for a small dinner at your home to celebrate the engagement. Or have a fun barbecue out in the backyard in the afternoon. That would be nice!
Posted by Candice; updated 08/06/04

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Our close friends had an engagement party for us....nothing fancy just a house party, with only very close friends about 10 couples. We weren`t even planning on having one. I don`t think that there are any etiquette rules concerning them.
Posted by RecentBride; updated 08/06/04

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You can send a engagement card in the mail to all of your friends and family announcing the engagement.
Posted by patty; updated 08/07/04

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If your local newspaper has an area for you to place the announcement ad, you can do that but for those that you are inviting to an announcement dinner, you can send out the a formal announcement to them.
Posted by Mika; updated 08/08/04

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