Envelopes

mtrosales

We did ivory for our STDs. But as I'm getting closer to mailing out invitations, I'm wondering if many others are sticking with the traditional white/ivory envelopes or opting for colorful ones. 

What did you do?

Gabrielle76

We're doing white, but not because we're opposed to color, they just went best with the invitations I picked out.

HockeyFan4

I designed my own invites...I ordered burgundy envelopes that matched my invites.

blgrout

We used white envelopes, but we did add a blue liner on the inside to jazz it up a little bit.

If we had an option for color envelopes, we would have used them.  But that wasn't an option, so white it was.

pokepoke27

If the other colors are a good price and very light and easy to read once written on, then go for it. I just don't personally see the point in spending extra money on the envelopes. Even if people do keep the invitation itself, everyone is going to throw away the envelope. 

starrynight84

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_envelopes?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:c0b6933a-642a-4121-823e-8531f32a0222Post:633b5ff5-e8e7-4653-8357-ab8ffcbc7ceb">Re: Envelopes</a>:
[QUOTE]If the other colors are a good price and <strong>very light and easy to read once written on</strong>, then go for it. I just don't personally see the point in spending extra money on the envelopes. Even if people do keep the invitation itself, everyone is going to throw away the envelope. 
Posted by pokepoke27[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>If you do color envelopes, I would stick to this. Light colors and easy to read. </div>

lyndausvi

We used Ecru for the outer and brown pockfolds inside.

whitsy

I did a shimmery brown with pink wraparound labels.

LeiselEB

Our invites were ecru and navy, so we used ecru envelopes. They had a fancy border printed along the bottom, though so I suppose they weren't all that traditional. I'm obsessed with my wedding invites, haha.

Colored envelopes aren't bad as long as the addresses are legible and as long as the color goes well with your invitations.

TheShadyYvonne

we designed our own invitations with the help of a graphic designer - the inner/outer envelopes were ecru.  The inner envelope had some art work and a honesucle pink liner - also with some art work. 

HockeyFan4

If you want to do a colored envelope, I would suggest using a gel pen to write the addresses on the envelope.  Like I said ours were burgandy.  I used a gold gel pen to write the addresses, and it was quite easy to read. 

If your envelopes are lighter in color use a dark gel pen, if they are darker, use a lighter colored gel pen.

Starqueg

I've gotten multiple wedding invitations and STD in the mail this year (invited to three weddings), and I couldn't tell you what color the envelopes are.  I do keep them though.  I hang them on the frige by the flap and keep the invitation and the directions inside.

HandBanana

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_envelopes?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:c0b6933a-642a-4121-823e-8531f32a0222Post:12070cd2-0bf2-4c08-8506-dc5882e5e16d">Re: Envelopes</a>:
[QUOTE]Call me cheap, but I would go with whatever color envelops are cheaper.  
Posted by snippet17[/QUOTE]

Yeah.  This.  I barely remember invites and sure don't remember envelopes.

PJSPJS

Off-white with a dark purple liner.

lauraanne9

Mine are while with a black interior flap.  My wedding colors are black and white, so it worked to stay with the black and white on the invitations, as I wanted them to look simple and clean.

DramaGeek

We did white because that's what came with the invitations.  If a color would have come with the invites, I'd have done that.  I thought briefly about doing the color lining, but it was an added expense for something people would just throw away.