who should I address it to?

futuremrsdawes

ahh P&E gods help me... I'm wanting to get my invites out tomorrow so I'm addressing them now - I'm doing pretty good with them except for one small dilemma.  How do I address an invitation to my nieces father - my niece is 13 and also one of my bridesmaids - do I simply put his name on it? Do I put both of their names on it? I don't have inner envelopes so I can't do the standard of putting childrens names on the inner envelope only - so I'm a tad confused. TIA 

pumpkinpumpkin

you're only inviting the niece and her father? Make the invite out to Neice Father LastnameNiece LastnameAddressState, Zipcode

ffmaid

Same as you would any other kid. All names go on envelopes including kids if no inner envelopes  . If someones name is not on the invite they are not invited. So if you do not put neices name on the envelope you are not inviting her  which is a mixed message since she is an bm

futuremrsdawes

thanks - I figured I would put both my niece and her dads name on there somehow, but wasn't sure if that was right or how to order it - I know that for a lot of the people in my family that have a lot of kids (we are Irish Catholic we breed) I'm just doing the generic "and family" - hopefully people can figure it out, but if I put everyone name it will take up half the envelope o.0

ffmaid

The problem with and family is that if you invite the Simpsons meaning the 5 ( homer ,marge bart lisa maggy) when you write and family that could include abe , the bouvier sisters ectInstead write out all the name individually to avoid additional guests you do not want to pay for that you really did invite

SwedishChick2011

I don't know the proper etiquette, but I would probably just do: Mr. John SmithMiss Jane SmithAddress  

futuremrsdawes

ffmaid - while typically that is true, it's also my family so all the people you listed are invited anyway and get their own invitations - I don't think that with my side of the family anyway it will cause any confusion - and seriously, I have uncles with 8 kids - I'm not listing 10 names on an invitation.