Delivering Invitations

reppunzel

Dear Ladies,
We are still in the planning stages and trying to delegate within our budget.  We are having a small wedding (probably 50-75 people total, so 25-50 people outside our immediate families/BP) and we want to create a personal, intimate time of celebration.  As part of that, I am planning to custom-make our invitations, and as we're considering design ideas (some of which are bulky or fragile) I am wondering about the etiquette of hand-delivering our invitations. 

Most of our guests are in town; many are personal friends whom we see regularly.  I've done some research on the question, but even with TK's board archives, it's just gotten more confusing. 

I would think/hope that hand-delivering our invitations would be a nice personal touch (with greater scope for creativity on the invites themselves), but I don't want to mess up on inivtation etiquette.  Thoughts?   We would, of course, deliver them personally and privately.

lyndausvi

 I think it's fine.  People have been invited to weddings long before Post Offices existed. 

Loopyseven

I think you're fine to hand deliver them.  Just make sure you don't give them out in front of other people who aren't invited.

rajahmd

I think it sounds like a very lovely plan.  I'm sure most people would really appreciate the gesture.  I agree you should avoid handing them out in front of people who aren't invited. 

yoshijo

I just received one hand delivered a few days ago. It didn't matter to me either way whether it was mailed or hand delivered.

acaponi87

Sounds fine. I'd just try to give them to them at home so they don't misplace them.

JessAndTrav

I think it's fine as long as you're not like, rushed when handing it to them. I had that happen to me before, and I felt like it was a last minute idea to be invited.

However, in your case, it doesn't sound like this at all.

reppunzel

Thank you so much for your help.  I'm trying not to overthink or get etiquette-paranoid, but I'd rather lean in that direction than the other!

Oooooo ... this means I can make the envelopes pretty, too ...

Any reason they should need anything more than the names of the guests written on them (no need to put the full address, right)?

Thanks again!