Invitations by post - sending in original envelope or second envelope?

I think you’re asking about inner and outer envelopes. While they are nice, we did not use inner envelopes as it was a little more formal and traditional than our event. And likely would have pushed us over the 1 oz weight limit, meaning more money on postage stamps! 🤑 We used belly bands and a monogram piece to hold our invitation suite together. Either way is completely fine!

Do what you are comfortable with because there is no right or wrong. I would hand them the invite with both envelopes because it’s more polished. Also, mail used to be delivered by hand in outer envelopes covering inner.

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I'd prefer to avoid wasting extra paper but I'm worried about the envelopes being damaged in transit.

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Yes! whoops I completely forgot what they are called lol.

We are having a black tie wedding but I feel like if we use outer envelopes it would only be to avoid damage during transit. Hmmm

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That is the intended purpose of outer envelopes. They are appropriate regardless of formality. Use whatever the invite company gave you and recycle what you don’t need.

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The vendor handmakes all her stationery so I can’t justify the expense of outer envelopes other than for those being mailed but thank you, we will definitely use outer envelopes for all the mailed invitations 😊

View Quoted Comment I would definitely go with the outer envelope. A few in my invitations still arrived slightly damaged with the outer envelope and some of my RSVPs when I received them.