Inner Envelopes...

the inner envelope shows who is actually invited... this is where you would put the & guest, or children or whatever...


my outer envelopes are addressed:
Mr & Mrs. Joe Smith, or Ms. Jane Smith

Inner say:
Mary & Joe Smith, or Jane Smith & Guest

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Posted by KatieJ

So no address on the inner envelope, then....

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no address!

I have outer and inner envelopes

Outers:

Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
123 Main Street
Anytown, New York 12345

Inners:

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Taken from Crane's Wedding Blue Book:

'Wedding invitations were once delivered by hand. If you were a bride back in those days, your footman delivered your invitations to your guests' homes. Their servants received the invitations and removed them from their mailing envelope, an envelope much too pedestrian for your guests to handle themselves. The servants, then, presented the invitation to your guests in its pristine inside envelope. Because the invitations were already at their destination, the inside envelopes had only the names of your guests written on them. The address was no longer needed. They just had to be directed to the appropriate members of the household.'

But nowadays...
'Your guests names are repeated on the inner envelope. this time, however, only their titles and surnames are used. (As shown above) If children under the age of eighteen are invited, their names would appear on a line beneath their parents' names.'

Personally, I think inner envelopes are used to protect the invitation inside.

I agree, just used as protection. Definately not necessary.