Moving announcement wording: how to share a new address
A moving announcement is the most practical card you will ever send. The news is the address, and the card's job is to get it into the hands of the people who mail you things, so put the address where it cannot be missed.
Here is what to include, how to lay it out, and wording to copy. On our moving cards you give us your family name, the new address, and an optional move date, and we set the type for your proof.
What to include
- Your name or family name, so the card can be matched to the right people in an address book.
- The full new address, on its own lines, with the zip code.
- The date the new address takes effect, if mail should not go there yet.
- Optional: a new phone number or email, if those changed too.
- Optional: 'Come say hello' or an open invitation to visit.
Do not print the old address. People only need the new one, and a card that carries both tends to be filed under the wrong one.
Plain and clear
We have moved.
The Nguyens
123 Main Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
New address
Sam and Priya Ortiz
4410 Cedar Run, Austin, TX 78731
Effective March 1
Find us here.
The Carters have a new home
88 Lakeview Drive
New Braunfels, TX 78130
Moved.
Maya Brooks
205 Elm Court, Denver, CO 80205
Warm
We found home.
The Reyes family
16 Orchard Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Come see us.
New zip code.
Same us, new place
The Parks · 7 Harbor Street, Portland, ME 04101
Our door is open, and it is a new one.
Elena and Marcus
930 Vine Street, Chicago, IL 60614
Playful
We finally unpacked the last box.
The Bennetts
12 Prairie Way, Boise, ID 83702
Please update your records.
Jenna and Michael Scott
301 W San Antonio St, San Marcos, TX 78666
Visits encouraged.
New digs.
The Whitmans
55 Ridge Road, Asheville, NC 28801
Come say hello
A new city, a first home, a big change
We moved to Nashville.
Sofia and Marco Reyes
2208 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212
Guest room ready.
Our first home.
Hart and Cole
71 Birch Street, Portland, OR 97214
Housewarming to come
Smaller house, same welcome.
Bob and Linda Avery
9 Mill Pond Circle, Wimberley, TX 78676
Three time zones away, still family.
The Nguyens
402 Pine Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
When to send
Mail the cards in the first few weeks after the move, once you are sure of the address and have a mailbox to receive replies. If the move is scheduled, you can send them a week or two ahead with the effective date on the card.
Our moving cards come in sets of 25 to 150 with white envelopes included. Every order gets a free digital proof first, so the address prints exactly as you typed it. Order about three weeks ahead of when you want them mailed.
