What's the big deal about handwriting address on invitations?

kbates85 · July 2010

Who cares? I couldn't tell you, out of the last 5 weddings I've been to, who hand wrote or didn't hand write their addresses.

Is it really that big of a deal?

akg0053 · July 2010

I think it depends on your guest list. If you have a lot of Emily Post type etiquette people, that would be a lot different than if you were sending invites to a bunch of super laid-back hippies (these are extreme examples, but you see what I mean).

I'm having mine done by a calligrapher, but that's strictly because I have a friend who loves doing and would be really offended if I didn't ask him.

emily.and.will · July 2010

I don't think it's a big deal. For me - I know my handwriting is messy so I just had my sister hand-write them. But I would have never considered calligraphy (and if any of my guests had expected it, I wouldn't have cared!)

lewisc2002 · July 2010

my handwriting is atrocious, so i tried to pick a font that was similar to handwriting, but then that seemed a little hokey, so i ended up just using the font papyrus. i thought it looked way better than anything i or DH could have done.

loop0406 · July 2010

I don't like to handwrite addresses even though my handwriting isn't that bad, I just think it looks neater and more polished when typed. I usually use Lucinda Handwriting font.

pooh8402 · July 2010

it's not a big deal imo. I printed the addresses off onto clear labels and stuck them on the envelopes. the way I see it, the envelopes are the first thing that is thrown away, so I'm not going to spend a bunch of time, money, or effort on them. I didn't even use a fancy font, just Calibri.

TXsun · July 2010

It honestly depends on the person. It didn't really matter to me as far as what is 'right' and 'wrong'. I wanted calligraphy for the look of it, not what is proper. Labels, and printed addresses awould have been unheard of about 5-10 years ago, but now things have changed quite a bit.

jobie02 · July 2010

The envelope is the very first impression anyone will get of your wedding. For me, it was important for them to look good. I am always excited to get something pretty in the mail, whether it be a birthday card or a wedding invite. I think you have print a nice font onto the envelopes and it is ok. I am admittedly pretty picky and want things to look very nice.

sweet__pea · July 2010

It adds a personal touch when the invitations are handwritten. I always open a handwritten envelope first over anything else. Just looks nicer. I personally don't care how bad the handwriting is, just that they took the time to handwrite means much more to me.

Another thing, if I'm going to spend that much time and effort on creating/designing, such a beautiful invitation, I'd hate to ruin it w/lables....but that's JMPO.

Fortunately, my FIL does calligraphy, so he offered to do them for my invitations, but otherwise, I would have hired a calligrapher.

STBMrsMartin · July 2010

For me I had them handwritten. Not in any special way just my very own. The only reason why I did them was because when ever I see printed anything I think JUNK MAIL so I junk it with out opening it. But if I see something handwritten I open it. I didn't want my invitations to end up in the trash that I worked so hard on.

PJS001 · July 2010

We are going to handwrite ours...kinda. We made a font of our own handwriting.

We downloaded and printed a template, wrote each individual letter on it, scanned it and a program made the font for us. This way it is our handwriting, but will be printed onto the envelope/label rather than handwritten.

It only cost a few bucks and in the grand scheme of things it will save us a bunch of time.

miriellegirl · July 2010

We did clear labels with a pretty calligraphy type font. To be honest I really could care less if people liked it or not, there was no way I was going to spend time handwriting each one of them. And I agree with pooh it's the first thing people throw away and outer envelop gets messed up when it's mailed anyways.

icekitty37 · July 2010

I am printing my envelopes at home right now. I am doing the names in a Script font and the address lines in a Serif font so that it is legible for the post office. They match my invitations, and I know that if people see the stamps on the outside and feel how thick the envelope is, that it is something special inside!

Calligraphy is nice, but not for like $3 an envelope!

Nriggs1 · July 2010

my mother hand wrote ours. We bought return address labels from www.currentlabels.com. I could care less if people don't like it. I mean its just a friggin envelope. Anyways, the goodness is on the inside! lol

aricherry · July 2010

ITA with MrsMartin and anyone else handwriting thier's. When I see printed envelopes I think junk Mail or Bills and I may or may not open it or look at it twice. But it also depends on whoever you are as well as whoever you are mailing them too. My grandmother is very picky and snooty in a way therefore, I could not handwrite her invite and get a way with it. But many of my other family members just want to be invited and wouldnt care if I just emailed them. It just depends on your audience.

aggiebug · July 2010

My mom will be handwriting ours. She has beautiful handwriting and wants to do it so there you go!

I had a friend tell me yesterday that she got an invited with the address prinited on the envelope and she and her mom thought it was junk mail, finally 2 weeks laters she opened in and realized it was a wedding invite.

Now I have no clue what font was used, but there are still some people out there that don't equate the printed on address with wedding envelopes.

cuddleberry · July 2010

I bought clear labels. Much faster and neater than handwriting IMO. Its much easier to reprint a label than to order extra envelopes.

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