STD Envelope Addressing..Help!?!

lynetteholland

Hi ladies, FI and I are about to send them out, but I'm having a hard time deciding how I should address the envelopes.  Our STD are postcards printed from VistaPrint and we got a simple white envelope to mail them in.  It's a pic of us on the Austin sign and the info on the back.  In my opinion it is pretty informal, but Austin fun.  So please help me decide.... should I address them formally with Mr. and Mrs. John Doe.  Or informally with John and Jane Doe?  Everywhere I'm reading says not to include "and Family" on the front, but how should I address the children on a single envelope?  Is it not needed for the STD and just for the wedding invitation?  TIA!!

jgilberg

I tried to write every person who was invited on my actual invites, but I did not do that on the STDs. I just addressed things to the couple.Anyways the format for a single envelope that was suggested to me was this:Mr. and Mrs. John DoeJane1000 Buckingham Lane, Unit 204Austin, Texas 70609If the child is someone over 18 and lives at home, he or she should get his own invite. I did not have any of these to worry about really.Hope this helps.~Julie

dapo2004

I ordered my STDs from Vistaprint, too. I only have two youths on the guest list... one's 16, and one is 5. I talk to the 16 year old on a regular basis so I went ahead and sent her one that was separate from her parents. As for the five year old, he's my brother's son, so it's assumed he's invited to the wedding... so I addressed my brother's like so: Mr. John Doe Mrs. Jane Smith (brother's baby momma) 1234 Lovely Lane Lovely Land, Texas 11111

ejayne

I addressed the STDs informally, while the actual invitations were the formally addressed. The etiquette rule says not to write "and family" on the front, because they are assuming you have an inner envelope where you would list everyone's name. In this case, I don't think there's anything wrong with "and family", but maybe it would be better to put the kids names on it (that is, if you know their names), so it would look something like this: John and Jane Doe Jack and Jessica 1111 Sample Rd City, ST 12345 If you have no inner envelope for the formal invitations, the only thing you would change to make that formal would be to write "Mr. and Mrs. John Doe" instead of "John and Jane Doe"

karenchris2009

I ordered STD postcards on VistaPrint as well. Mine went out a few weeks ago, but I wanted to keep them super informal. I put "and family" (I didn't have enough room to write out EVERYONE'S name), and I just put the names I call them by. I plan on being more formal on the invitations, but I want the wedding to be fun and laid-back, so I wanted to start that vibe as early as I could.