In an effort to make the whole thing more lightweight and cost effective, I've been thinking of skipping the inner envelope. Do you think it'd be okay to use a wide belly band for the invitation suite instead? On the belly band, I'd affix a bracket name tag with the first names of each individual guest... Sort of like this:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XwAF2116Y/TP1S86o9NoI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/kMBw8r7Yi2g/s1600/IMG_2497.JPG The venue is an outdoor garden wedding and dinner in the backyard of a historic mansion, with cake cutting and dancing inside the mansion...not black tie but not exactly informal. What do you think?