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(Closed) No Inner Envelope–How To Address Invites To Families With Children?

posted vii years agone in Etiquette

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Newbee

• 7 years ago

Hi Bees! I am working on addressing the invitations for our upcoming wedding, and I wanted to get your input. We are not using inner envelopes, so I want it to exist clear on the outer envelope that children are invited.

What do y'all think is the all-time way to accost invitations to:

1. Families with multiple children and<br />2. Families with i child?

I was thinking for scenario #1, I could just put "Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and Family."  Does that work? Or should I list all the children individually on the next line?

For scenario #2, I was thinking of putting the child's proper noun on the second line, but would I just put their first proper noun or something like "Miss Betty Smith"?

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated–cheers then much!

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• kimm99
• 7 years agone

• Wedding ceremony: May 2013

I didn't take inner envelopes, I just addressed the envelope to "The Smith Family". I accept no idea if that'southward perfect etiquette or non but that's what I did.

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• weatherbug
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: June 2014

kimm99:  I would do "The Smith Family" likewise. I have no idea what proper etiquette is.

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• MrsBlueberryRose
• seven years ago

• Wedding: June 2015

bride2bee87:  I agree with other posters. I am addressing mine to whole families every bit well.

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• bbbria
• 7 years ago

• Hymeneals: Oct 2014

kimm99:  Yep, I did this, too. Worked out fine.

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• califlorican
• 7 years agone

I did:

John and Jane Doe

Chris and Mary (for 2 or more kids)

or

John and Jane Doe

Mary Doe (for one kid)

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Decorated bee

• Vineyard-bride15
• seven years ago

We simply did "The Smith Family unit"

for familes with multiple last names (mom with, one dad with another), nosotros listed each person separately.

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Helper bee

• cherami
• vii years ago

Agreed with previous posters, if the whole family is invited just put the whole family.

If y'all do want to specify indivudual names, you lot could do what we're doing – nosotros're making abdomen bands, and writing "Dear [Names]" every bit we would if we had inner envelopes (which we're not having, just in example that wasn't clear!)

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• crackktheskyy
• seven years agone

• Wedding: June 2015

bride2bee87:  It is really not right to list, "and family." This can cause defoliation (grandmom tags along to the wedding ceremony, live-in sister of the invited guest assumes she's invited too, etc.)

If you do not accept an inner envelope, you may list the names of the children on the outer envelope below the names of their parents.

Inviting every single person by proper name is the about efficient style to ensure there is no defoliation concerning who is invited.

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Buzzing bee

• juliette.eliza
• 7 years ago

• Nuptials: July 2012 - The Gables Inn, Santa Rosa, CA

Personally, I like the Miss Betty idea, this is what I do for our christmas cards every yr but I leave off the last proper noun for the kids. Then for example:

Mr. & Mrs. Obama,

Miss Malia, Miss Sasha, & Mr. Bo

1600 Pennsylvania Ave

Washington D.C. 20500

Otherwise information technology can be a run-away line if they accept multiple kids or a long last name.

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• jellybellie
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: July 2016 - Long Isle, NY

I oasis't done invitations for my wedding nonetheless, only for my Bat Mitzvah we did list the children separately on the line below, the way that juliette.eliza suggested it to a higher place me. My friends did the same when they invited our family, and I ever idea it was fantastic to exist chosen "Miss Jellybellie" anyway.

Oh, the petty things when we are 12/13 years sometime… *hehe*

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• aspasia475
• 7 years ago

The names of children do not belong on an outer envelope, for a number of reasons, chief among which are that the outer envelope is not a social document, but a business document between you and your mail in which you lot indicate to whom they may legally entrust delivery of the mail; and that modern parents are advised by child safety organizations not to brandish their children'south names publicly as ane safeguard confronting stranger abduction.

The most correct form is to apply an invitation with a blank line on the invitation carte itself on which to write in the names of the guests. The inner envelope, in fact, is an innovation to allow the invitation to be fully engraved without creating confusion as to who is invited: a compromise to be used when you exercise not have a write-in line. If you accept ordered your invitation suite but have not yet printed the invitations, this is your best choice.

If your invitation suite is all printed already with no write-in line, then I recommend acquiring inner envelopes (or outer envelopes and use your current envelopes as the inner ones) at least for those families who have children; or create a belly-band for the invitations that include children, or if nada else, write on the back of the invitation itself as though that were the inner envelope. Inner envelopes, belly-bands, write-in lines and so on should read:

Mr and Mrs Guest

Miss Guest, Miss Jane, Master Thomas

The eldest single girl is entitled to use "Miss" with the surname; the younger daughters utilize "Miss" with their given proper noun. Surnames and given names are not combined in formal address: it is one or the other together with the advisable title.

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Buzzing bee

• Bored6
• 7 years ago

• Nuptials: July 2015

If they had more than one kid I did this "Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith and Family unit, and if they had one child I wrote Mr. Bob Smith, Mrs. Barbara smith, and Miss baby smith.

I didn't follow the etiquette rules to address invite. I just wrote whatsoever was easiest for me.

I tried to address everyone names on the invites but if I didn't know the children names and only parents names I only address parents names and wrote family.

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• bride2bee87
• seven years ago

Cheers then much for your assistance, anybody! It seems like there are a lot of different ways to arroyo this. I'thousand going to share all of your suggestions with my Fiance tonight and hopefully decide what volition piece of work best for us. So excited to go these invites out the door!

Thanks again, all!

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• marrah
• 7 years ago

• Wedding: Cuvier Park/ La Jolla, CA

aspasia475:  well said!!

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