Addressing Wedding Envelopes

Addressing your wedding invitations can seem a bit confusing at first. We hope this guide will help you easily understand how to process and assemble your wedding invitations.

Addressing Etiquette

The outer envelope must indicate the name and complete address of the recipient while the inner envelope only lists names. No abbreviations should be used to treat wedding invitations, with the exception of Mr., Mrs., Ms., Jr. State names should be specified.

Type of mobility

Married
outer envelope: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jones
inside envelope: Mr. and Mrs. Jones

If you are invited children under 18 for marriage, the outer envelope must be addressed to parents, as indicated above. The inner envelope should list the names of the children of the first (in order from oldest to youngest) on a line below the parents' names, such as:

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jones Charles, Michael and Samantha

Children over 18 should receive their own invitation, even if they still live with their parents.

Single Male
outer envelope: Miss (or Ms.) Susan Smith
inner envelope: Miss (or Ms.) Smith (and client)

Single male
outer envelope: Mr. Thomas Lipton
inside envelope: Mr. Lipton (and client)

Le "and guest" is optional when inviting friends to your wedding unique. However, if the person is in a serious relationship, it is proper etiquette to allow him to bring a guest.

Unmarried couples who live together should receive one invitation, where their names are entered on separate lines in alphabetical order. Unmarried couples who live apart should receive an invitation to the host that is closest to you on the outer envelope. On the inner envelope, both names must be entered on separate lines in alphabetical order.

Physician (married)
outer envelope: Dr. and Mrs. Larry Thompson
inner envelope: Dr. and Mrs. Thompson

Physician (unmarried)
outer envelope: Doctor Larry Thompson
inner envelope: Doctor Thompson (and client)

Doctor (PhD, Married)
outer envelope: Mr. and Mrs. William Fremont
inside envelope: Mr. and Mrs. Fremont

Doctor (PhD, single)
outer envelope: Dr. William Fremont
inner envelope: Dr. Fremont (and Guest)

Sending your wedding invitations

Order your wedding invitations three to four months before your wedding. Order 20% more than the number of guests to take account of errors and additions. Send wedding invitations six to eight weeks before your wedding.

Assembling your Wedding Invitations

Ask your mother or your maid of honor to help you assemble the wedding invitations. Arrange all on a long table in assembly line fashion. If your invitations are single fold and the text is outside of the invitation only, then your speakers are placed on top of the invitation. If your invitations are multi-fold and / or the text is inside the fold then enclosures are placed inside the first fold.

Boxes are placed in the following order from bottom to top:

* Tissue
reception card *
* Map
* Reply envelope (pre-addressed and stamped)
* Reply card carefully hidden under the flap of the envelope

Place the speakers and the invitation inside the inner envelope with the print side to the fold.

Do not seal the inner envelope.

Place the inner envelope in the outer envelope with its flap facing the front of the outer envelope.