Wedding Invitation Envelopes Etiquette

An outer envelope for the mailing and an inner envelope to keep all elements together with the invitation and to keep the invitation clean.

Wedding invitation envelopes etiquette. However children are normally not addressed on the outer envelope. Write their names on the same line with the woman s name. Children s names should appear on the inner envelope on the line beneath mom and dad s.

Use mr and mrs and spell out. Inner and outer envelopes it used to be a custom to have two envelopes. How to address wedding invitations on envelopes 1.

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. Start with the oldest followed by his or her siblings in order of diminishing age. To a married couple with the same last name what to do.

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. 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.

Younger guests can be included on the inner envelope of their parents invitation listed by first name. You have a few options. Inner envelope outer envelopes 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.