Wedding Invite Envelope Etiquette

Use mr and mrs and spell out the husband s first and.

Wedding invite envelope etiquette. If you re using two envelopes an inner envelope and outer envelope insert the now fully assembled invitation suite into the inner envelope left edge first for a single card invitation. If you are taking a more formal approach on the inner envelope refer to a boy under the age of 13 as master not mr girls and young women under age 18 are called miss and since they are young siblings the word and which implies marriage when used with adults names linking the children s names is acceptable. As a general rule of thumb the outer envelope tends to be more formal featuring your guest s full name with title and their full address.

There s also the option to place your wedding invitation and its envelope within an outer envelope to protect it from getting marked or bent in the post. Also the return address used should be that of the person s whom you ve designated to receive response cards be it your parents or you traditionally whoever is hosting the wedding handles response cards. You have a few options.

The first line of the wedding invitation is where you list who s hosting the wedding a k a. For invitations it s important to be explicit about what members of a household are invited via the names on the envelope especially when it comes to children and weddings. For girls under 18 you ll want to use miss boys don t require a title until they re 18.

No matter who you re sending an invite to here s exactly how to address your wedding invitations. Traditional etiquette indicates the outer envelope of your wedding invitation should be more formal with titles and or full names while the inner envelope is more informal leaving out first names titles or last names. Traditionally this was usually the bride s parents so listing their names on the host line was a way of acknowledging that generosity.

However children are normally not addressed on the outer envelope. How to address wedding invitations on envelopes. To a married couple with one hyphenated last name.

Secondary address details such as unit and apartment. Who is paying for the wedding. For wedding envelopes i will usually drop the zip code to its own line as to make sure there is enough room for the state name to shine.