Dilemma! HELP!

abrozowski · April 2013

I neeed some input. We do not have "inner envelopes" for our wedding invitations, only the outer envelope and then a pocketfold to hold all of the contents. I know typically you address the inner envelope to reiterate exactly who is invited...how do we go about doing this without this envelope? Not sure if it should go on the pocketfold or if I could just put it as a return address on the RSVP envelopes? Honestly, I didn't even know what inner envelopes were until my mom brought them up. I've never seen them used.

abrozowski · April 2013

Thanks for the reassurance. We may still put their address (as the return address) on the RSVP envelope just so if someone forgets to write their name on the response card, we still know who it came from. Unfortunately we sealed all the pocketfolds with stickers already, but we'll have to open them up and get out those envelopes lol

abrozowski · April 2013

We originally were going to number them but then my mom and I decided on a whim to start assembling them and completely forgot until they were all together lol looks like one way or another we're going to be opening the pocketfolds to label or number. Dangit. Guess I couldn't be on track with everything haha

ciligirl · April 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2013-weddings_dilemma-help?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:f30b0bfc-508d-415c-bf59-ab83e327da37Discussion:bd44c52c-3f03-4b3f-9fa1-4686cf2109bbPost:26cfc35c-b363-45db-aa51-8fbe549a1f9b">Re: Dilemma! HELP!</a>:
[QUOTE]Labeling your RSVPs somehow is a good idea, but if you want to save yourself a little bit of time, I put my envelopes in order according to how they're listed in my spreadsheet, and then numbered them. Serves the same purpose, and took no time at all. :)
Posted by TheMissusLia[/QUOTE]

That is a great idea! I am definitely going to do this.

Sassenach1743 · April 2013

Inner envelopes are usually used for more formal invitations.

I did not have inner envelopes either. I addressed the outer envelopes to all who were invited with that invitation. For example:

Formal (with titles) married couple:

Mr. and Mrs. James Jones

Formal (with titles) married couple with children:

Mr. and Mrs. James Jones

Cybil, Myles, and Brynn

(children are listed oldest to youngest)

Formal (with titles) married couple with different last names:

Ms. Sarah Alcott and Mr. Jasper Bloom

(names on the same line connected with the word "and" indicates married)

*you may choose whose name appears first based on who you know better, otherwise I usually default to putting the woman's (wife's) name first. But either is fine.

Formal (with titles) unmarried couple:

Ms. Sarah Alcott

Mr. Jasper Bloom

(names on separate lines indicates unmarried)

Formal (with titles) single:

Miss Sarah Alcott

OR

Ms. Sarah Alcott

(either title is appropriate)

*if adding a guest then write on the same line:

Miss Sarah Alcott and Guest

Ms. Sarah Alcott and Guest

Causal (without titles) married couple:

Celeste and James Jones

(it is proper not to separate the man's first name from his last name, so in this instance the woman's names goes first)

Casual (without titles) married couple with children:

Celeste and James Jones

Cybil, Myles, and Brynn

OR

Celeste and James Jones

and family

OR

The Jones Family

Casual (without titles) married couple with different last names:

Sarah Alcott and Jasper Bloom

(names on the same line connected with the word "and" indicates married)

*you may choose whose name appears first based on who you know better, otherwise I usually default to putting the woman's (wife's) name first. But either is fine.

Causal (without titles) unmarried couple:

Sarah Alcott

Jasper Bloom

(names on separate lines indicates unmarried)

Casual (without titles) single:

Sarah Alcott

OR

Sarah Alcott and Guest

Writing out all addressees on your invitations as such will avoid confusion as to whom is invited. This way you will not need to open your already sealed pocket folds to write them on their return rsvps... that is not necessary at all and I wouldn't do it.

hope this helped.

mandctaft · April 2013

I agree with brita. No need to open them all to label them. Just put who exactly is invited on the outer envelope.

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