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posted by Daniellenerik
I was just wandering...I should probably hand write the addresses on the outer envelopes of my invites. Printing labels wouldn't be proper...Any suggestions?
Danielle
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posted by maroki13
I bought calligraphy pens and it has improved my handwriting somewhat. It makes it look better than normal pens do...a little more swirly and fancy.
I would say, either just write very plain or find someone with great handwriting who would be willing to help address envelopes.
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posted by HeatherR
If you have a really good printer, it's becoming more acceptable to print directly on the envelopes. Do NOT use labels at all.
I used a really nice font and they came out beautifully. If you do it this way, make sure you purchase about 20 extra envelopes (if not more) for printer errors.
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posted by maroki13
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If you have a really good printer, it's becoming more acceptable to print directly on the envelopes. Do NOT use labels at all.
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How do you print directly on the envelopes? And what program can you use to create all the addresses so they will print right after the other? Do you have to type and print each one individually?
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posted by HeatherR
I listed out all the names and addresses in Excel, then did a Mail Merge in Word. I set each as an envelope, the same size as the envelopes I had, and printed them one by one. I found if I tried to do more than one at a time, they would stick together or end up crooked. So - I printed just one at a time after almost throwing my printer out the window a few times. Hence, the suggestion for the extra envelopes.
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posted by Marge129
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If you have a really good printer, it's becoming more acceptable to print directly on the envelopes. Do NOT use labels at all.
I used a really nice font and they came out beautifully. If you do it this way, make sure you purchase about 20 extra envelopes (if not more) for printer errors.
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I did the same thing
I did mine one by one to make sure the addresses were exact and everything was perfect for each envelope. I just used the Envelope and Label feature of MS Word. I'm sure it took longer than Heather's method (since I had to copy and paste the address and adjust the font each time), but it worked for me!
~Margie
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posted by NovemberGal
I printed directly on them as well. You have to make sure that your printer can handle the size, but most have a manual feed slot if you can't adjust the paper tray size. And it is better to do them one at a time.
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posted by bebe0315
My youngest sister has beautiful fancy scripty handwriting and she hand addressed them for me. But any additional invitations we added after she finished, the save-the dates and the rehearsal dinner invites all went through the printer the way that Heather described. Adine-Kirnberg Script is a gorgeous font that still looks a little different than your typical wedding fonts.
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posted by wynelle
We had a calligrapher do all our addresses, but she had very reasonable rates, and I didn't have the patience for the hand-fed printer. If you have a good quality printer, the individually done envelopes are becoming more favorable. Never thought I would say that. But as long as its not on labels, and the ink isn't all smeery, its more acceptable than it used to be. The only negative is that some solicitations now come in "fancy" envelopes with computer generated names- and the recipients toss them without reading them.
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posted by labeadel
I used someone's advice from this site and bougt the calligraphy pens and just wrote in my normal handwriting, but those pens make it look so much better. I practiced a little bit to get used to the slant of the pen, but my envelopes came out nice. I even wrote out my table cards using those same pens. How many do you have to do?
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posted by cru5h
I don't know if I've said this here, probably, but oh well.
The whole handwritten as being proper has been this way because people even 30 years ago didn't have printers in their homes and 100,000 fonts to choose from. Most people wouldn't have dreamed of taking them to the printer either. It has been this way because of our own limitations of technology in the past, not because one is more proper than the other. It is totally fine to print on your envelopes and it's even fine use a label if your printer can't accomodate the weight of the envelopes or you're pressed for time, though I'd highly suggest the clear ones with black ink. Don't make your life harder over one tiny detail that 1-2% of your guests would even notice.
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posted by syringa
I disagree on the labels. It is fine to print directly onto the envelope but labels are used for business, not for social correspondence. An invitation with a label on it takes away from the personalness of the invite and reduces it to the level of a mass mailing.
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posted by CupieJen
We hand addressed the our envelopes to the recipient (sp?), but used clear labels with black ink for the return address (put them on the back flap of the envelope). If I had ordered them, I would have ordered them pre-return addressed, but I made them myslef (wasn't a kit or anything), and the labels were left over from my sister's wedding a year earlier.
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posted by cru5h
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I disagree on the labels. It is fine to print directly onto the envelope but labels are used for business, not for social correspondence. An invitation with a label on it takes away from the personalness of the invite and reduces it to the level of a mass mailing.
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LOL I have never, to any wedding I've been invited to, noticed if they handwrote, printed on to or used a label. To me it is the most insignificant part of my wedding preparations.
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posted by HeatherR
Ditto Cru5h.
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posted by bebe0315
If I didn't know someone with really pretty handwriting, I would have fed the wedding invites thru the printer as well, I wouldn't spend the money to hire someone. I write like a right-handed 2nd grader who has broken her right arm and is writing with her left hand. I dread writing handwritten notes, it's embarassing! Would it be horrible for me to dictate Thank You notes to my sister with the beautiful writing???
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posted by wynelle
Not if you bribed her with chocolates and wine...oh, but then her handwriting would be as bad as mine. So just send me the chocolates and wine. Eliminate the middlewoman.
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posted by Marge129
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I disagree on the labels. It is fine to print directly onto the envelope but labels are used for business, not for social correspondence. An invitation with a label on it takes away from the personalness of the invite and reduces it to the level of a mass mailing.
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LOL I have never, to any wedding I've been invited to, noticed if they handwrote, printed on to or used a label. To me it is the most insignificant part of my wedding preparations.
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I have to add that once my cousin sent out Christmas cards with labels stuck on them. This was before I thought about planning a wedding... I was still in HS... but I actually found it... um... impersonal. I'm not sure why though. I guess I'm weird like that! lol
~Margie
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posted by 080605bride
I guess I am evil:
I used clear labels with black ink on my wedding invitations, thanks yous, and everything else.
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I used clear labels with green font to address my christmas cards.
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posted by HeatherR
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I used clear labels with black ink on my wedding invitations, thanks yous, and everything else.
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You rebel you!
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posted by maroki13
I don't think using labels is bad...
I am just controlling enough that I would be worried about the labels not being put on straight. For me, it is just as much work to print on the envelopes. And I won't be bothered about them being straight.
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posted by HeatherR
Maroki when the time comes, why don't you shoot me an e-mail the day before? I'll sit with you on IM or through e-mail and help you out if you want to do a mail merge, etc. for your envelopes.
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