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Addressing & Mailing Instructions
for Addressing, Folding, and Addressing Your Envelopes When addressing your invitation envelopes, use your most elegant penman ship or improve plain handwriting with special calligraphy pens. Address your envelopes according to the following etiquette. Inner Envelopes Exclude the first names of the recipients.
Ex: Mr. and Mrs. Stevens Outer Envelopes Use full name and formal titles. Do not abbreviate. Single Outer Envelopes If you have selected an invitation that does not include an inner envelope or choose not to use your inner envelope to reduce mailing costs, you may follow traditional addressing rules for outer envelopes or create a new way that works best for you. For a traditional single outer envelope address, include the names of
children to be invited below the parent's names as on a standard inner envelope. Assembling Your Invitation After the invitation is folded, the protective tissue is placed over the printed wording. The reception card is always placed next to the invitation with other enclosures in front of that. Insert all enclosures with the printed side up. If the printed wording is on the inside of a single fold invitation, enclosure cards should be placed inside. If the invitation is folded once with the printed wording on the front, enclosures are placed in front of the invitation. If the invitation is an accordion fold, french fold or tri-fold, enclosures are placed inside the second fold. Before a response card is inserted, the card should be tucked under the flap of the response envelope. Stuffing Your Envelopes The invitation is inserted in the inner envelope with the folded edge first and the printed wording or cover design facing you. Once enclosure cards are inserted, the inner envelope is placed, unsealed, in the outer envelope with the front of the inner envelope facing you. Mailing Your Invitations Mail all invitations at the same time, four to six weeks before the wedding date using first class postage. Eight weeks is usually suggested for out of town guests. If you will be enclosing response cards in your invitations, remember to include stamps on the return envelopes as well. Often, assembled invitations require additional postage. To avoid postal delays and returned invitations, take a completely assembled invitation to your post office to determine proper postage. Be sure to include a return address on each outer envelope. Invitations
returned by the post office will allow you to invite those individuals personally. |
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