Wedding and Event Stationery
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General Guidelines For Addressing Your Invitations!
Over the years, I have received a ton of questions regarding how to address the outer, and in some cases inner invitation envelope. This is simply a general guideline, but should keep you in the “socially acceptable” category, and the etiquette police at bay!
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Couples |
Outer Envelope |
Inner Envelope |
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Married Couples
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Mr. and Mrs. Chirs Aggerholm |
Mr. and Mrs. Aggerholm or Kari and Chris if you want to be informal. This applies to all below. |
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Unmarried couples who don’t live together |
Mr. Jeffery Solomon the only name on outer should be the person who lives at the address |
Mr. Solomon Miss Baker |
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Unmarried couples who live together |
Miss Ashlee Baker Mr. Jeffery Solomon |
Miss Baker Mr. Salomon |
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Married Couple she kept maiden name |
Mrs. Heather Dallas and Mr. Lance Calloway |
Mrs. Dallas and Mr. Calloway |
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Married Couple she has hyphenated last name |
Mrs. Jessica Jones-Rogers and Mr. Robert Rogers |
Mrs. Jones Rogers and Mr. Rogers |
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Married Couple she has a professional title, he does not |
Doctor Doug Salisbury and Mrs. Salisbury |
Doctor Salisbury and Mrs. Salisbury |
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Married Couple and both are doctors |
Doctor Mary Swanson and Doctor Kurt Swanson or The Doctors Swanson |
The Doctors Swanson |
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Married Couple both are doctors but with different last names |
Doctor Kristen Ishi and Doctor Scot Swanson |
Doctor Ishi and Doctor Swanson |
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Same sex couples list them in alphabetical order by last name |
Mr. Gary Peterson Mr. Jerry Rogers |
Mr. Peterson Mr. Rogers |
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Single Guests |
Outer Envelope |
Inner Envelope |
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Unmarried or divorced female |
Miss Annie Peterson or Ms. Annie Peterson |
Miss Peterson and Guest or Ms. Peterson and Guest |
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Divorced female kept married name (Wilson) |
Mrs. Sarah Ash or Ms. Sarah Ash |
Mrs. Ash and Guest or Ms. Ash and Guest |
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Widowed female |
Mrs. Jesses Jacobs or Mrs. Jesse Jacobs |
Mrs. Jacob and Guest Don’t use and Guest if recently widowed |
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Children |
Outer Envelope |
Inner Envelope |
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Child under age 18 |
Do not put on outer envelope Only list the parents If children are not invited, do not list them.If children are not invited, do not list them. |
Jimmy (1 child) Joey and Jimmy (2 + kids) List by age, oldest first |
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Child age 18 + should have own invitation |
Miss Chelsea Church |
Miss Church and Guest |
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Military |
Outer Envelope |
Inner Envelope |
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He is a commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. George Rasmussen |
Colonel and Mrs. Rasmussen |
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He is a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man |
Mr. and Mrs. George Rasmussen |
Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen |
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He is a retired commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. George Rasmussen |
Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen |
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She is a commissioned officer, he is not |
Mr. and Mrs. Anne Rasmussen or Captain Anne Rasmussen and Mr. George Rasmussen |
Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen or Captain Ramussen and Mrs. Rasmussen |
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Miscellaneous |
Outer Envelope |
Inner Envelope |
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Judge |
The Honorable and Mrs. Steve Mura |
Judge and Mrs. Mura |
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Reverend |
Reverend and Mrs. Peter Lockhart |
Reverend and Mrs. Lockhart |
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