Embellished Invites going through machine - even after hand cancelling??? Help!!!!

I'm confused about this hand-canceling thing. What does that mean?

Yes they will go through the machine.

MJ - will the machine rip them? Should I remove the embellishments?

Thanks!

There are different machines that the post office uses. I don't know this for an absolute fact, however from all my researching that I had done about whether hand canceling was worth it (which I decided that it wasn't), I read in multiple places that hand canceling will only prevent them from going through the machine that cancels the postage. It will still go through various sorting machines along its way to its destination.

You could always send a test invite somewhere to a non local friend or family member and see how it arrives.

I had a kinda bulky embellishment on mine, though it was a fabric rosette trim. I used both inner and outer envelopes which helped protect mine. I know when I first posted my invites here on WW, I had many people insisting that they wouldn't mail without getting destroyed. They all arrived safely. (However my post office didn't warn me about them either so they didn't see them as a problem.)

Send just one out - mailed to yourself - and see what happens.

You can wait until Monday to mail the rest out.

Thank you all!

I'll definitely mail one to myself, but I'm worried about the non-local friends and family. Does anyone know if it has to go through more machines depending on how far the final destination is?

Oh my, they sound beautiful! Embellishments like that belong on a boxed invitation. I would order boxes, or you risk the damages. Using inner/outer envelopes with liners may help provide more protection. The PO it leaves from can hand cancel (handle with care), but they cannot control what happens at every other PO they will be received at.

Thank you @Affordable Wedding Invites!

Do you know where to order boxes? Does your company have them?

Yes they will be ripped up. I agree with the Goskell about the boxes.

I recommend the two piece folding boxes at Clear Bags

http://www.clearbags.com/box/two-piece

You can also google "thai silk boxes" for a more polished look.

Boxed invites cost around $1 to mail, but many regular invitations cost this much also.