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Select and order you invitations three months before the wedding to allow ample time for mailing.
Wedding invitations are usually sent four weeks prior to the wedding day and should all be mailed at the same time.
How to Address Invitations
Use your file cards and carefully address the envelopes, marking each card with a check as you complete it. Address both the inner and outer envelopes in the same hand.
Always write "and". Symbols are not permissible. If you do no know what the initials stand for, omit them. Never write "and family." Inside envelope should have "and guest" or name.
Write out "Forty-First." Use no figures except for the house numbers and the zip code.
Write out "East" "West" "North" "South" "Street" "Boulevard" "Road" and so on.
Spell out state-Florida-again no abbreviations.
All invitations must be handwritten, preferably in permanent black ink.
Children under sixteen may be included by writing their first names in a line below their parents' names on the inner envelope. Older children in the family should receive a separate invitation.
The inner envelope is inserted in the outer envelope upper side up so that the writing faces the back of the outer envelope. Place invitation in the inner, ungummed envelope. Folded invitations are inserted with the folded edge down. Always send invitations and announcements sealed, with stamps (no meters) first class mail.
Remember Invitations should be sent four to six weeks prior to the wedding.
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