Addressing Invitations

kakashikage

For our wedding, my future husband and I chose to have one-envelope invitations, because we are very "green" and also on a very tight budget. However, I'm having trouble figuring out how to addressing invitations to a whole family when there is no inner envelope to write the children's names on. Do I say "The Smith Family" or "Mr. & Mrs. Smith & Family" or "Mr. & Mrs. John Smith, Jane & Micheal Smith"? I'm just not sure! Can anyone help me???

kcscejal

Put the kids on the second line under their parents.  "And Family" sometimes leads to more people than you really wanted to be invited.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith
Jane, Alexander and Joshua
123 Anystreet
Anytown, US

You can also do:
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith
Miss Jane Smith
Master Joshua Smith

BethJB11

Yes, just like they mentioned above, it is important to be specific on who you are inviting if you are trying to keep your guest list to a certain number. That is important especially if you are inviting one person but not adding a "and guest" afterwards. If it isn't a huge deal to you number wise and you want to be more general, then "Mr. and Mrs. Smith and family" is appropriate. Good luck!