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Announcing your elopement is your opportunity to share your perfect wedding joy with everyone you love. Elopement announcement ideas serve to give you a little inspiration to really get those creative juices flowing. On crisp personalized stationery, your announcement cards should represent the magic of your wedding day as well as the magic you share every day as a couple.
Just Married!
Short, simple, and with one of your favorite memories sitting front and center, these photo cards are perfect for announcing a fun and low-key elopement.
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We’ve Eloped!
If you’re looking for a way to frame your elegant rustic wedding or beach wedding, this style of elopement announcement really knows how to frame the natural beauty of your unique wedding venue.
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Just Married
A floral wedding never goes out of season and it never goes out of style. On personalized stationery, your wedding details and favorite photo are enveloped by elegant branches of wild flowers in this elopement announcement example.
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We Eloped!
Simple and sweet, announcing your beautiful wedding keeps love at center stage. Whether you’re tying the knot on a sunny beach in San Diego, or amongst the glittering lights of the Las Vegas strip, it’s an announcement card design that works with any celebration of love.
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We Tied The Knot
With complete elegance in card design, this wedding announcement card keeps things short and sweet without ever skimping on style. Your favorite photo remains the focal point on the card, while the eye travels naturally from the top to the bottom for your wedding details.
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Our Love Couldn’t Wait
The modern design and sandstone colored accents on this photo card are perfect for celebrating an elopement where the natural beauty of the landscape sets the stage for your wedding atmosphere.
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We Got Married!
Share the news of your rustic wedding with elopement announcement ideas that trigger those warm feelings of pure wonder and nostalgia. The front of the card showcases your photo and details, while the back has your special message on a watercolor forest backdrop.
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Tied The Knot
Romantic, modern and moody, this is an announcement card idea that really embraces the intimate and exciting nature of an elopement. Plush peonies rest on a deep violet backdrop while your details are showcased in a stylish vintage font.
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We Said Yes
Tell everyone how you said “Yes!” with an elopement announcement that keeps things simple and elegant. Not only for elopement announcement ideas, this is a design that also works beautifully for an engagement announcement as well.
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Tied The Knot
Using your favorite wedding photo, show your loved ones the bliss you felt when you tied the knot in your intimate elopement. With the photo on top, the bottom border holds your elopement details.
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Got Married
Whimsical, fun, and perfect for a good old fashioned rustic wedding, this announcement card uses classic sleek fonts and an adorable heart detail to celebrate a favorite moment from your big day.
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Happily Ever After
Keep your elopement announcement simple and timeless with an announcement idea that focuses on the message you want to send. With space on the front and back for text, this is an excellent announcement card example for also including an upcoming reception save the date.
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And
The deep, lush, and dramatic printing style of this elopement announcement design is perfect for showcasing those destination elopements taking place in breathtaking landscapes. Front and back space for photos and text let you really let your stunning wedding photos shine.
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Simplicity
There is beauty in simplicity, and this simple design is proof of that. With a blush backing that includes plenty of space for your announcement text, the front features a bordered wedding photo alongside your date and stylized initials.
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Eloped
Drop the link to your elopement photo album with a simple announcement card on quality cardstock. This elopement announcement idea has the simple message of “Eloped” up top, your elopement details on bottom, and a space to place your photo album link. Your full size chosen photo serves as the all-over backdrop for the card.
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Unfolding Romance
Elegant and sweet, your wedding photo stands alone on the front of this elopement announcement card while your details rest against a background of a delicate mauve rose on back. With a modern design, it serves as a simple and sophisticated way to share in your special day.
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Mr. and Mrs.
Hazy and romantic, this flat card elopement announcement is perfect for showcasing one of the delightfully romantic moments of your elopement ceremony. Your names, date, and location, along with Mr. and Mrs. are showcased in an art-deco inspired vintage font.
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Touch of Glam
With an elegant rose gold foil ampersand, this wedding elopement announcement card combines simplicity with a touch of glam. Sitting at the bottom left of the card is your chosen wedding photo, while the top and right sides feature a white border with your details. Another photo adorns the back of the card with your personalized message or reception to follow details.
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Merry & Married
If your elopement takes place in a winter wonderland, show your loved ones just how merry you are. This Merry & Married elopement announcement card combines the magic of your nuptials with the magic of the season.
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Just Married
Simple and sophisticated, give your elopement announcement an elegant frame in shining gold foil against a matte black background. Perfect for incorporating a black and white wedding shot, your photo takes up the left side of the flat card.
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Love is Patient
For a little whimsy and fun, turn your favorite elopement photo into a polaroid on this cheeky elopement announcement card. Your details rest at the bottom of the “polaroid” while a message of “Love is patient, we were not” sits above.
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Earthy Waves
An artistic and refined choice perfect for a different sort of interpretation of a beach or outdoorsy wedding, this elopement announcement choice leaves plenty of text space for your personal message, details, and even a reception to follow announcement.
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We Could Not Wait
Let them know that you just couldn’t wait another moment with a simple “We could not wait!” elopement announcement flat card. Your photo takes up the entire card, while the message and details are displayed primarily at the bottom right.
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We Eloped!
Your photo takes up the entire space of the flat card along with a simple thin white border. The message “We Eloped!” sits at the top of the card while your details rest at the bottom. The all-over print of your photo lets you really give your love center stage on each announcement card.
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You & Me
With space on the front and back of this elopement announcement card, your love is framed by a refined design featuring an ampersand and your details in soft gold. The front of the flat card shows your elopement details, while the back has plenty of space for a personalized message or reception to follow announcement.
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Whether you’re planning to elope overlooking a mountain vista, amongst the hustle and bustle of Las Vegas, on a breezy beach or in another favorite destination, the perfect way to announce your nuptials is out there. For more ideas, you can visit some of our Cactus Collective Weddings favorites like Paper Culture, Minted, and Basic Invite.
McKenzi Taylor is America’s go-to elopement and micro wedding expert, often featured in small and major media outlets, such as the New York Times. With over 15 years of wedding photography experience, it was after planning her own Las Vegas elopement in 2016 that McKenzi felt her purpose shift into elopement coordination. She started Cactus Collective Weddings soon after in 2017. Since then, she’s become a WIPA board member, and has helped well over 1000 couples get hitched in style around Las Vegas, San Diego and Black Hills.
