How to address your wedding invitations
You have probably spent some time finalising your guest list and might now be wondering how to address your invitations. It’s important to be clear who is invited to your wedding when addressing your invitations, as guests don’t want to have to contact you to clarify. Below I have listed a few ways you can ensure there’s no confusion:
Personalise each invitation with the name of the guest(s) invited. These details can be supplied in a spreadsheet to your stationer and names directly printed onto individual invitations. Alternatively you can print a blank line, onto which guests names can be handwritten. If you go for this option just make sure there is enough space and that you practice your handwriting, or better yet treat yourself to a calligraphy class!
Personalise each envelope with the name and address of the guest(s) invited. Again details can be supplied to your stationer and printed directly onto the envelopes, or you can hand address them. If you hand address them be sure to order a few extra envelopes to practice on and invest in a beautiful new pen - I love a Kaweco fountain pen and they have a beautiful range of coloured inks.
If you are having an adult only wedding I highly recommend including a few lines on your details card to highlight this. It leaves no room for confusion and ensures you won’t have any unexpected guests on the day. Take a look at my guide to wording your wedding invitations for examples on how this can be written without offending any parents.
If you are allowing single guests to invite a plus one, address the invitation to their name and guest. Don’t forget to confirm the name(s) of any plus ones ahead of the wedding day to ensure that your seating chart and place name cards have everyone’s name. It’s much more welcoming than writing guest of …
Hopefully these tips will help you when addressing your wedding invitations. Whether you are going to digitally print or hand write details, I recommend starting to collect guest names and addresses as soon as possible as the process can take longer than you think.