Beyond practicality purposes a lot of couples choose to include two envelopes out of tradition.
What goes in the inner envelope for wedding invitations.
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As a general rule the outer envelope should be more formal while the inner envelope is slightly less formal the outer envelope for example might have a full name with title and an inner.
Your outer envelope or mailing envelope holds the inner envelope and is formally addressed.
After gotten a handle on the wording of your invitations you need to find out about the inserts or everything else that has to go into the envelopes items like the inner envelope reception and response cards response envelope map and directions hotel information pew cards if you re using them and tissue paper.
Historically the footman would deliver the wedding invitations set inside an outer envelope.
Opening a wedding invitation is unlike opening any other piece of mail.
Traditionally wedding invitations are mailed in two envelopes.
How to address wedding invitations to a married doctor or two married doctors.
Unless you had a debutante ball your wedding invitations are likely the first fancy invites you ve ever had to send out.
It s proper etiquette to address a doctor with their official title.
Several enclosures usually accompany the invitation itself and there is a thoughtful order to how they are placed inside the outer envelope and even a few things to think about when you stamp and mail them.
But don t worry it s completely natural to not know all the do s and don ts.
If the couple doesn t share a last name be sure that your wedding invitations reflect that.
Therefore you might not even know that traditional wedding invitations often come with an inner and an outer envelope i was clueless to this fact a few short years ago myself.
The inner envelope typically addresses the invited in a more informal way and includes the names of every person invited to the wedding for example the kids names or additional family members while the outer envelope is.
On the outer envelope.
But there s actually a real benefit to going the two envelope route.
A servant would receive the package and remove the inner envelope from the outer.
Much care goes into addressing both the inner and outer envelopes.
The inner envelope is printed with only the recipients names and contains all the pieces of the invitation suite.
They would then deliver the invitation to the appropriate member of the household to whom the inner envelope was addressed.
By sue fox.
Your inner envelope holds your wedding invitation suite and includes the names of each person who is invited to your wedding.