Invitations without inner envelopes....

Article on how to address it if you were interested:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7382272_address-invitations-inner-envelope.html

Thanks Jesse's Girl!

The thing with the inner envelopes was that they were started back when the outer ones were most likely to get completely trashed in the mail delivery process...now that doesn't happen too often and would say there are pretty useless and a complete waste of money. I won't even consider doing them.

We wont be invitation any children to the wedding, but there are some adult children in the households that will be (and they will receive their own invitation).

I would say here you could either just get them all on the invitation by saying:

Mr and Mrs John Doe and Family

or if you plan on letting the 18 year old bring a Plus one just send two invitations to the same house

Invite 1: Mr and Mrs John Doe and Family

Invite 2: Mr. James Doe (and Guest)

I am also having a casual affair so.i will be writing The Smith Family on mine. even the other ones I wrote adam and eve smith. a few of the older people I did write mr and mrs but other than that...just casual.

From The Site Which Must Knot Be Named:

Q. Our wedding invitations do not have an inner envelope. How should I address an invite to a large family without using "and family"?

A. Put the parents' names on one line and the kids' names underneath, like this:

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan

[or Robert and Sandra Sullivan]

Brandon, Jennifer, and Kyle

12345 First Street

Anywhere, USA 98765

Thanks everyone!

For me, same house, 1 invitation. My aunt and uncle have their 2 grown children and 2 grandchildren live with them. It'll say "the smith family". They will be traveling from CA to TX, so everyone is invited. And if they have questions, they can ask. Sorry but I'm not buying and addressing multiple invitations per 18+. For my wedding, that's overkill

I only had 2 of these and I just put The Smith Family.

We didn't do inner envelopes either. I think you already got lots of advice, but I would definitely send a separate invite to the one that doesn't live at home (you're supposed to for all over 18 but if they live at home I personally didn't see the point!)

We wrote all of the names out on the RSVP cards for people. Writing "&family" is ok, but isn't very specific.

For our invitations, I just wrote "and family" on the outer envelope. Then, I put a cardstock insert inside the envelope that says "We have reserved ____ seats in your honor." That way, our outer envelopes didn't get too cluttered, and people wouldn't be confused about exactly how many people were being invited. We aren't having kids at our wedding, and the majority of our guests have kids, so I wanted to be very clear how many people we are actually inviting.

No inner envelopes here either. We just addressed as "Mr & Mrs John & Sue Smith & Family" for all kids under 18. Over 18, they're an adult and deserve their own invite. I got grouped with my parents at 24 just because I happened to be living at home at the time. Fucking pissed me off royally that this family member couldn't spend an extra $3 (including postage) for an invitation to a wedding with a $100k budget. Just give it some thought & you'll be fine. Also-we ditched the notion of a calligrapher & used a fancy font. They were lovely!