Tacky to print addresses on STD's?

Re: Tacky to print addresses on STD's?

• soxgal12

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I made labels with calligraphy print!  I figured I would spend the money for calligraphy for the invitations and save some $$ on the STDs!  We also had a nice calligraphy return address stamp made by a seller on Etsy and bought the wedding stamps from the post office to add a little touch of elegance to the envelope!

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• Galaxy8227

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  For the STD's I think it's fine,  We printed out labels for ours to save money for having them professionally written for the invitations. 

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• lundar member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I was worried about the same thing. I ended up having mine printed on the envelope flap (on the opposite side of the stamp and written address... not sure if there is a technical term for envelope flap'). That way my handwriting wasn't on the same side as the printed address. Either way, I don't think it's a big deal for the STD.

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• gardenia812

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I was in the same boat, I have not so great cursive, and no one in either family had any better!  I ended up printing labels for ours in a fancy font, I think it was called "Vivaldi". We also used the clear labels so you couldn't hardly tell they were printed.  So I think it's perfectly fine, especially if it saves you a lot of stress!

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• EKobrenski

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Another trick to save time- I ordered a return address embosser for $25.  It looks super pretty and it took me like 30 min to do all 115 STDs. 

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• amethystgirl03 member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I used my home printer to print addresses and return addresses (on the back flap of the envelop) for both STDs and invites.
  
  If anyone thought that was tacky or didn't come because of it, they weren't someone that I wanted at my wedding.
  

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• jkepros member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I don't think that that's tacky.  Honestly, I doubt anyone will look at it or think about it.  I definitely think it's worth saving the time as well.  It takes long enough just to verify that all of the addresses are correct and to type them up if you are printing them and get the spacing, names just right.  Hand addressing them all takes a long time.
  
  For our STD, we did printed postcards, so they all have printed addresses & return addresses--they are casual and fun.
  
  For our invitations, which are more formal, we are using dark brown envelopes.  I printed on the envelopes the addresses & return addresses in black with a laser printer, and I am tracing over it in white ink.  It's taken me FOREVER (I started last summer and have been working on them periodically).  I finished all of the response card envelopes and have maybe 20 of the invitations envelopes done.  It takes me about 5 min per address, so with 3 addresses (recipient, return, and response envelope) per invitation, and about 75 invitations, that's almost 20 hours of work!  Unfortunately for me, as well.  I just found out we might be moving in the time between when I was planning on sending the invitations out and requesting the responses.  :P  If we end up moving (I should find out in a couple weeks), it would mean redoing ALL of them (I've already spent like 12-15 hours on this project).
  
  There are pics in my bio.  Oh, and if anyone is thinking of doing the printing & tracing method like I did, let me know.  I can offer lots of tips that will save you time!

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• BCAllegra

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Thanks again for all the great advice.  I feel much better about going with printing on the envelopes, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a huge mistake in etiquette! The good news is that I already have an ink stamper with my return address (gift from a bridesmaid a few years back) so that will take care of that section. I've printed a few test envelopes and delibrately chose a font that resembles my handwriting, and I think they look pretty good! Of course, it's averaging me a minute per envelope to get these done, but it'll be worth it in the end!
  
  

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• deborah2121 member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I agree with all PP---I handwrote the addresses and had a stamp on the envelope flap with our return address.  I was stressing about it and sought the support of my BM's, some cousins and my parents.  I asked them all what they thought of the envelopes after I had already sent them, and, guess what---not ONE of them could even remember what the address looked like.  So, clearly not something to stress about!

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