Envelope Etiquette

stefaniec84 Posted: Mar 25, 2014 09:54 PM

Envelope Etiquette

Hi All,

I'm putting together my list to send the calligrapher. A lot of the websites are stating what goes on the outer envelope and what goes on the inner envelope, but i'm only having one envelope...so i'm not sure what to do with families:

1. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doe and Family

or

2. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doe
Justin, Brian, and Sabrina

or

3. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doe
Mr. Justin Doe
Ms. Brianna Doe
Ms. Sabrina Doe

Kroedel87 Posted: Mar 25, 2014 09:59 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

I'm doing the first option

Soon2BeMrsMango Posted: Mar 25, 2014 10:06 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

I wrote The Doe Family

cj52514 Posted: Mar 25, 2014 10:55 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

I just ran into this problem tonight! I did the 3rd option since most of the 'children' I'm inviting are over the age of 18 but still live with their parents

JaimeLin Posted: Mar 25, 2014 11:02 PM

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Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

this is what i plan on doing also

coffeeisgreen Posted: Mar 26, 2014 02:06 AM

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Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

Ditto

Beebs1616 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 07:44 AM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

I wrote the 3rd one just because I wanted to be specific since some families not everyone was invited.

ladygoodman Posted: Mar 26, 2014 08:00 AM

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Posted by coffeeisgreen

Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

Ditto

Same here

Lisa and Steven Posted: Mar 26, 2014 08:25 AM

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Posted by ladygoodman

Posted by coffeeisgreen

Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

Ditto

Same here

Same here

KTF11 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 08:59 AM

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Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

This is what I plan on doing as well.

winnie52376 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 09:01 AM

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Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

this

mrs2014 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 09:02 AM

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Posted by winnie52376

Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

this

this

rcotter90 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 09:38 AM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

I would write 'the doe family' and I believe if the children are over 18 they're supposed to get their own invitations.

Belle21 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 12:26 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

double post

Belle21 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 12:26 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

Proper etiquette dictates either option 2 or 3. All invited parties should be listed by name on the invitation, and anyone over 18 should receive their own.

I did 'and Family' on my engagement party invitations, and someone told their daughter she wasn't invited because it didn't say her name specifically. SO, on my Save the Dates, I wrote everyone's name (the way you did in option 2) and my aunt laughed at me for listing the names of her 4 children on the envelope. It's not the end of the world either way, but I think I'm still going to avoid 'and Family' and go with option 3 on my invites because I'd rather someone think it's overkill than someone think they're not invited.

MrsDtoBe Posted: Mar 26, 2014 12:49 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

If everyone in the family is invited, I wrote The Smith Family .. we didn't have anyone under 16 so for a family where the mother and father were invited and one of the children,
we wrote:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. John Smith

and then the address.

mrsj2014 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 01:04 PM

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Posted by Lisa and Steven

Posted by ladygoodman

Posted by coffeeisgreen

Posted by Soon2BeMrsMango

I wrote The Doe Family

Ditto

Same here

Same here

stefaniec84 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 01:27 PM

Envelope Etiquette - Long Island Weddings

Thanks for the feedback ladies!

I know you're 'supposed to' send a separate envelope if they're over 18 but for many reasons I won't get into...this family is only getting one!

cj52514 Posted: Mar 26, 2014 01:35 PM

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Posted by stefaniec84

Thanks for the feedback ladies!

I know you're 'supposed to' send a separate envelope if they're over 18 but for many reasons I won't get into...this family is only getting one!

Haha I hear you!