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Remember that details count. The right
stamp, carefully placed on the envelopes, gives a neat appearance to an important
invitation. Attractive handwriting is a must. Some sense of the proprieties
looks sophisticated. On the other hand, hours and hours of time can be spent getting
every detail just right, and busy brides and couples may not want to spend time in
this way. Here are some details brides and couples enjoyed using with their
invitations, as well as some tips about designing, ordering, and addressing invitations.
See Examples..
When you pick up your invitations, make sure
you have one assembled correctly. Traditional invitations have an unsealed inner
envelope and a slightly larger out one. The invitation should be inserted in its inner
envelope and placed in the outer envelope so that the names are face up when it is opened.
Cards and other enclosures should be on top of the invitation. Names of
guests and children, if they are to be invited are written on the inner envelope, while
the appropriate name (your own or your parents) and return address are on the outer
envelope.
The old rule is that you should not
abbreviate titles such as Dr. and such words on street and Avenue on wedding invitation
copy but could use shortened versions of state and country names. Use your judgment.
When addressing an invitation to a couple
living together but not married, use her full name first, on one line, then his name.
Two doctors ought to be invited as follows:
"The Doctors Karen and James Hanagee." Two PhDs would be invited in the
same way.
You may want to try sealing your envelopes
with sealing wax and use a fleur-de-lis stamp tying it into your wedding theme.
There are attractive, whimsical, hand carved
rubber stamps that can add a note of style to less formal invitations.
Computer calligraphy is either a very good
idea or total fakery, depending on your attitude towards fancy handwriting. It is
slightly less costly than the real thing and looks uniformly neat and tidy.
If you make your own invitations, be sure to
make extras, just as you would if you were having them printed. Whoever addresses
the envelopes always makes a few mistakes.
Allow plenty of time for addressing
envelopes from a reasonably organized list of guests names. The less orderly the list and
the greater the haste, the more likelihood of errors, and the more time you'll need.
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