How to address invitations....

Did you use

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe and Family

Mr. and Mrs. Doe and Family

or

John and Jane Doe and Family

I just don't know which one is proper?????
TIA

I used..

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe

if you are inviting the entire fam. I used

The Doe Family

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Posted by bettybcafe

I used..

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe

if you are inviting the entire fam. I used

The Doe Family

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thats what i did as well

I just did my invitations tonight. It took us a while to look up the proper etiquette of writting them out. This website helped me http://www.southworth.com/page.php?id=127

For the outter envelope:
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith
- you have to write out the 'and'
- it doesn't matter if is for an entire family... the other names go on the inner envelope
-you have to write out the addresses including the state, street, avenue, road, etc., no abbriviations

Mr. Joe Smith and Ms. Karen Davis
- if they are not married but at the same address

On the inner envelope:
Mr Smith and Mrs. Smith,
- No first names

If there is a whole family invited:
Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith,
Mike, Nick, Emily
- The children are listed by first name
-Children are listed by age

Good luck!!! it took me forever:

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Posted by mmdesjarlais

I just did my invitations tonight. It took us a while to look up the proper etiquette of writting them out. This website helped me http://www.southworth.com/page.php?id=127

For the outter envelope:
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith
- you have to write out the 'and'
- it doesn't matter if is for an entire family... the other names go on the inner envelope
-you have to write out the addresses including the state, street, avenue, road, etc., no abbriviations

Mr. Joe Smith and Ms. Karen Davis
- if they are not married but at the same address

On the inner envelope:
Mr Smith and Mrs. Smith,
- No first names

If there is a whole family invited:
Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith,
Mike, Nick, Emily
- The children are listed by first name
-Children are listed by age

Good luck!!! it took me forever:

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This is correct!

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Posted by Athee07

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Posted by bettybcafe

I used..

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe

if you are inviting the entire fam. I used

The Doe Family

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thats what i did as well

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I am doing this as well.

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Posted by brady37

Is it a big deal if you use & instead of and?

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I was thinking the same, but then again I got myself into big trouble with bad etiquette (my sister wrote Mr Lopez on the outside of a card and then Mr & Mrs Lopez on the inside - and now the family is not attending our wedding because we offended the wife)

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Posted by AlliCatB

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Posted by brady37

Is it a big deal if you use & instead of and?

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I was thinking the same, but then again I got myself into big trouble with bad etiquette (my sister wrote Mr Lopez on the outside of a card and then Mr & Mrs Lopez on the inside - and now the family is not attending our wedding because we offended the wife)

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wow! That's a little ridiculous! I think it looks prettier with the '&' especially in calligraphy! I think I'm going to stick with it! If someone gets offended over it then I think they seriously need to seek mental help!