There are countless stores and websites that offer wedding and engagement invitation cards. Zazzle.com has a wide variety of design choices for engagement invitations for a reasonable price.
The biological parents should be on the engagement announcement whether they are divorced or have remarried.
There are a lot of sites online that sell both quality and affordable engagement announcement cards. They are as follows; vistaprint.com and cardchef.com.
A good online source of inspiration for the wording of a wedding announcement would be punchbowl.com which gives tips and advice on how to word the announcement to both friends and family.
Engagement is when two people make it public knowledge that they intend to marry. It also refers to the period of time between the announcement and the wedding day.
You can try contacting the local newspaper's advertising department and inquire about placing a wedding announcement. Alternatively, you can visit the newspaper's website and check their submission guidelines for wedding announcements. Often, newspapers have specific sections or forms dedicated to announcing weddings.
Banns
I believe you are asking if you can give just the engagement ring and not the whole wedding set. Please clarify the question, if this is not the case. Yes, you can give just an engagement ring. Usually the man proposes with an engagement ring and then the wedding band is worn after the wedding along side the engagement ring.
The wedding ring goes behind the engagement ring, closest to the heart.
Sometimes the engagement ring and wedding band come together, but whether or not it does or doesn't you can certainly show her the wedding band.
No, there is no tradition requiring an engagement present in addition to the wedding gift. Just check out her wedding registries and get her something within your budget that is on the registry.
* No wedding rings or bands shouldn't cost more than an engagement ring in most cases. Often the engagement ring may come with the wedding ring. With the way the economy is going now you should have no problem getting a fairly good deal on an engagement and wedding ring.