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Do you think it's tacky?

TTnolesTTnoles
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Ugh!  I am in the process of beginning to address my STD's and I am looking for a little justification....I am not sure how big of a deal it is but is it tacky to print addresses on my envelopes to send out to people? This appeals to me for a number of reasons: my and Fi's impossibly horrific handwriting, the sheer amount needed to address, and being too "frugal" to spend money on a calligrapher.  I am not too sure of etiquette and would have posted this on that board but I trust the ladies here!  I am downloading a super cool font from dafont.com so that it comes out cool looking, but I don't want it to come off as tacky...what do you all think?  Did any of you do this?  (btw, my FMIL might be horrified that I am even considering this, but i have to ask!)
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Re: Do you think it's tacky?

  • Kristin789Kristin789 member
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    edited December 2011
    Depends. 
    If you are having a formal wedding, with a long wedding gown with train and your groom in a tux, then your STDs will be formal as well, and yes, the envelopes should be hand-written.

    But the real decision on this rests with the hosts of the wedding.  If your parents' names will be on the top line of your invitation:  Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Flipp request the honour of your presence...  Then your parents are hosting, and the invitation AND the STD officially are issued by your parents.  Ask your mom.  I asked my mom and she was completely insistent that the envelopes be handwritten AND she was insistent that SHE do the addressing of the envelopes to the guests SHE was extending the invitation to.  So I sat with her and stuffed and stamped and later mailed - but SHE did the addresses by hand.

    Sometimes brides get in trouble when they don't ask the people who traditionally embrace their responsibilities.  I know a bride who sent several RD invitation suggestions to her FMIL, and her FMIL set her straight and told her in no uncertain terms that SHE, the FMIL, had hosted MANY dinner parties in her time, and SHE certainly knew how to design and mail out invitations to the RD.  You don't want trouble like that...
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  • aallenbaaallenba
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    edited December 2011
    We did printed stickers for our STD's and for our invites we did printed wraparound labels.

    I couldn't justify paying someone to write the addresses just because that's the "proper" thing to do. Our invitations were formal and everyone loved the wraparound labels. I have a photo in my bio of the invites if you need an example
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  • corstinkcorstink member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree with Amber! I printed mine for the STD's and the invitations. No one cares....and if they do so what? I think it's silly to pay someone to write an address on something that the people will throw away.
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  • nillachicknillachick member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree.  We printed ours for both the STD's and invites...and they turned out great!
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  • cmeyer3946cmeyer3946 member
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    edited December 2011
    I printed my STD address.  They were postcards and I fed each one through the printer.  Handwritten would have been too hard because of the size the font would have to be very small.  I will, however, be handwriting my invitations.  And when I say I, I mean my mother and MOH's mother because they have perfect handwriting.

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  • babybchbumbabybchbum member
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    edited December 2011
    I printed mine with the beautiful font I'm going to use on our invitations. Our STDs aren't that formal. They are fun so I didn't stick with ettiqute on this one.
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  • lproutenlprouten member
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    edited December 2011

    I say go for the printing, formal or not I think its ok on the STD!

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  • g8rbride2010g8rbride2010
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    edited December 2011
    do not spend money on a calligrapher for a STD!!!
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  • kellyjellybellykellyjellybelly
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    edited December 2011
    I've never received a 'formal' STD, no matter the formality of the wedding.  They've always been a little more on the fun side.  
    As far as addressing them,  I say go for the printing.  I can not honestly tell you if any of the wedding invites i have received have been hand written or printed,  i have really never noticed - save the money for something more important to you.
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  • erinbc87erinbc87 member
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    edited December 2011
    I handwrote both the STD and the invites. I don't think your guests will care either way!
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  • homecookin81homecookin81
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    edited December 2011
    I handwrote the addresses for my STDs and printed my addresses for the invites.  I really don't think the guests care too much.
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  • vroxy03vroxy03
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    edited December 2011
    I did wrap around labels for both our STD and the invites and we are having a formal wedding. I have nice handwritting but not nice enough to put on all of my STD/invites and I was not paying someone to do it, sorry it just wasnt in the budget!
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  • jet2paris85jet2paris85
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    edited December 2011
    I also printed mine for both... much easier!!! It can still look beautiful!
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  • moonstone523moonstone523
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_florida-west-coast_think-its-tacky?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:62Discussion:ef2b4588-0402-43a2-9ff4-e166db0118f7Post:2f19da2b-20c2-4619-b186-fa8ffee4a4e3">Re: Do you think it's tacky?</a>:
    [QUOTE]I handwrote both the STD and the invites. I don't think your guests will care either way!
    Posted by erinbc87[/QUOTE]

    This. 

    And no I don't think it is tacky if you print the STD's.  I did handwrite mine myself.  It wasn't professional, but it looked fine.  For the invites, my sister who does callligraphy addressed them.
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  • meganruhemeganruhe
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    edited December 2011
    i think people who actually put value in whether or not you've hand addresses invitations are focusing on the most petty of details, and i hope they're not any of my friends!  talk about a waste of money!  i have ok handwriting so i did the save the dates, and then ran our invite envelopes through the printer--they looked great!  i find it difficult to justify spending hundreds of dollars on a piece of paper that's going to get thrown in the trash.  don't waste your time or money, just print!!
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  • stargazerlily82479stargazerlily82479 member
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    edited December 2011
    I think it's generally considered to be much more acceptable for STDs than for wedding invites. And STDs don't necessarily have to match the formality of the wedding and wedding invitation. As long as your parents and future in laws are fine with it, I say go for it!
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  • TTnolesTTnoles
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    edited December 2011
    whew, you ladies put my mind at ease.  I found a really cool calligraphy type font and just started printing on the envelopes.  I have to say I am very happy with the results.  Thanks for all the feedback!
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