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Ariel
Dedicated June 2022

Handwritten Envelopes

Ariel, on January 22, 2021 at 5:35 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 12
Hey everyone! So if you did your own envolopes, how did write your return address? Did you write your own name or write both of your names? If both did you write both of your lasts names or just first names?

Also did you write Mr and Mrs Smith or like Jack and Jill Smith?
Thanks in advanced! Stressing over little things now 😅

12 Comments

Latest activity by Nicole, on January 29, 2021 at 4:12 PM
  • Megan
    Devoted May 2023
    Megan ·
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    I'm using just first names on our invitations and envelopes since I still have my former married name and I don't want to have my ex husbands name on anything regarding my new marriage (I'm even trying to find an officiant who will just go with our first names in the vows until they introduce us as Mr and Mrs. Smith. For invitations where the whole family is invited I'd write either "The X Family" or "Mr. and Mrs. X" if they have no children/you aren't inviting their children.

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  • M
    Super June 2021
    Melanie ·
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    I didn't put our names at all on the return address, only address. If I did, I think I would put both of our first and last names. And I did "Mr and Mrs Jack Smith".
    Both completely depend on how formal you want your invitations and wedding to be. If you Google "addressing wedding invitations", the knot and WW have really good guides on every situation for the formal way and less formal way!
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  • T
    Super April 2021
    Tiger Bride ·
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    When we sent our STDs we did labels with "The Future Mr. John Smith and Ms. Jane Jones-Smith", because I wanted to convey the message that I was hyphenating my name.

    We have since run out of labels, or will about halfway through our invites, so I got a stamp with our first names.

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  • A
    Expert September 2020
    Amanda ·
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    I just put our address on the return label, no names.
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  • V
    Champion July 2019
    Veronica ·
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    I didn't hand write them, but this is what we did. Had I written them hand, I would have done the same thing. So we had inner and outer envelopes. The inner envelopes we address everyone by what we call them. For example, my parents were addressed as mom and dad. Another example, is my husband's friend is Joseph and his wife's name is Heather, but everyone calls Joseph Joey so we addressed their inner envelope as Joey and Heather Last Name. For the outer envelopes, we addressed them as Mr. and Mrs. Last Name. For the return address, I put my first and last name and my husband's first and last name.
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  • Chantelle
    Devoted October 2021
    Chantelle ·
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    Hi! I hand wrote return address and the guest address as well. I have neat handwriting and it feels more personal to me.


    For return (us): Sergio and Chantelle, so just our first names
    For single guest: First and last name
    For couple living together: First name and First name, ex: Charlie and Anna
    For married couple: First name and First Name Last Name, ex: Robert and Mary Perez
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  • Chantelle
    Devoted October 2021
    Chantelle ·
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    Oh and for a household: Family name, ex: “Mendoza Family”
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  • Michelle
    Champion December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    Typically there is no name listed on the return address.


    However because we would like them to not get tossed into junk mail (would be surprised how much junk mail has been adapted these days to look like legit invites, we are including first names with fiance's last name for the return address.
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  • Meghan
    Master October 2019
    Meghan ·
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    We had our invitation company address them for us, however, we used both of our first names and our address for the return. Since you are not married yet, you are not Mrs. Fiance's Last Name. So I would not use that.

    We addressed our invites Mr. and Mrs. Name or for unmarried couples Mr./Ms. First Name Last Name and Mr./Ms. First Name Last Name.

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    VIP July 2017
    Becky ·
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    We weren't living together (he was living in MS for school and I was in AL for work) so the invitation return address and the RSVP envelope address were addressed to me. We went full formal with addresses, so

    Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith (for a couple)

    and

    Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith

    Master James Smith (for a family)

    There are several websites that spell out exactly how to deal with different iterations of formal address on an invitation

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  • Jennifer
    VIP August 2021
    Jennifer ·
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    I had some pre paid labels for most of them but for the rest I just put


    My last nameParent’s address (where I was living at the time)
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  • Nicole
    Devoted August 2022
    Nicole ·
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    I wrote both of our full names on the return address so that a guest from either side would recognize us aka I wrote Nicole X and Ben Y.
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