For the celebration that announces it — however your families mark the moment two people are promised to one another.

Description

An engagement party is usually the first time two families are in a room together. That’s what makes it harder than it looks, and it’s what this planner is built around.

Page one asks the questions that decide everything else: are both families hosting together or separately, how formal is this, who announces it, and are rings, gifts or documents exchanged. Settle those early and the rest follows. Leave them vague and you’ll be negotiating them by phone the week before.

There’s a full speeches and blessings page — who speaks, in what order, roughly how long, and whether anyone’s told them. It includes the things that actually keep an evening on time: a time limit agreed out loud, nothing that would embarrass anyone present, and translation for guests who don’t share the language.

Plus the practical spine — budget, guest list, suppliers, dietary needs, run of day, décor — and a seating note about arranging the room so the two families mix rather than divide down the middle.

The 14 pages Cover · How to Use · The Essentials · Vision & Style · Countdown: Early Plans · Countdown: The Final Stretch · Budget Planner · Guest List · Suppliers & Contacts · Food & Dietary Needs · Run of Day · Décor & Atmosphere · Speeches & Blessings · Notes