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I typed mine and printed the labels..I already send the save the dates and plan to do this with the invites......with all the weddings i have went to i can honestly not even remember what the front of any of the envelopes looked like...i really think no one really cares.
I planned on doing the same thing, both for our save the dates and invites. I mean, come on, I'm looking at 160 invitations... FMIL about had a cow. LOL. I may tell her that I'm doing labels, and if she doesn't like it, she is welcome to break out the calligraphy pen!
Don't worry about it!!! Technically if you're going with the (very) traditional etiquette, you are supposed to handwrite them, but it really doesn't matter at all! I know tons of people who've done them on labels, and I plan to as well!
I hand wrote them. I felt it was more personal. I just took my time and made sure I had extra envelopes.
I'm doing clear labels. My hand would fall off if I had to hand write 150 invites!
im another printed envelopes girl - i refuse to get distraught over handwriting envelopes that for the majority will end up in the bin
Find a handwriting font and print them out. Your Aunt would never know :)
I printed on clear labels... and the last few, that got added at last moment, I hand wrote....
Maybe do labels, and then, *evil chuckle* hand write your aunt's. :) :)
i did clear labels. i don't have money to pay someone else to write them for me, and i just don't want to take the time to do it myself when they will just throw them away, and most people probably wont even notice.
I have a tablet computer (you can write on the screen) and it comes with this neat program where you can turn your own handwriting into a font. This is likely what I'll do when it's time for invites, etc. It will still look a little font-y, but I can say with true honesty that it's my handwriting!
I didn't use any labels but I printed mine off the computer. I don't wanna diss any brides here that used/will use labels but everytime I get an invite with a stick on label, I just don't find it pleasing (just my opinion). Plus, I heard it's not the right etiquette to do so. For me, it was more of aesthetic reasons that I didn't use labels. I tried calligraphy but after 2 addresses, my hand was dying! So i went with printing them off the computer and I'm pretty sure I spent less than 3 hours printing them LOL!
Good luck ladies! :)
Can you use lables for the return address and hand write the destination address? Then you would have a little bit of both worlds. lol.
I'm printing labels. Who has time to hand write a bunch of envelopes that nobody cares about anyway. Not I said the cat!
You could always just write out the envelopes for the people who will actually notice and care (like the older guests), and then print the rest of them. No one will know.
I am planning on printing directly from my computer like msqthoney. I dont like or dislike labels, i actually could care less, but for me I thought it would be a nice just touch to to print on them directly. If your doing lables thoughh, i would DEF go with clear labels
I don't think it matters. We printed our addresses straight on to the envelopes. It's easier for the post office that way, they can read everything and you don't have to worry about invites getting lost in the mail because of poor handwriting. Have you ever saved the outer envelope to a wedding invite? No, probably not, so nobody else will either.
I printed my addresses straight onto the envelope for my STDs...hmmmm...maybe I'll do that for the invites and not do labels. Depends on which one is faster.
I don't think there's anything wrong with using labels. I am hand-addressing mine in calligraphy, but 1.) there are only 90 envelopes, 2.) I'm really into this stuff, like a mini Martha Stewart, and 3.) I have the time to do it. If I didn't have so much time, I would absolutely just print them out.
Like others have said it's not "proper etiquette" to use labels. But hey, it is 2010 and that "rule" is probably decades old! However, it does IMO look nicer to have it printed or written on the envelope.
Like ZoeKat I enjoy this sort of thing and have extra time. So I'm printing out all the addresses in a neat font, and tracing them onto the envelopes. So it's neat, and handwritten! (my writing sux too!) We'll see how enthusiastic I am about this when I get to envelope #200. 
we will be printing labels. My uncle is doing them.. . he put a little faded design on them so they are not a big white square. I don't think it is bad :)
I can honestly say that seeing all the other clear label brides is making me feel a ton better about my decision. Thanks ladies!
Hey ladies! Thanks for all the support in this post :) I wound up just asking my MOH to come over that night & she handwrote them for me...we knocked them all out in one night! There were only about 80 invites so it wasn't too bad. Thank goodness! And her handwriting is a beauty. I still don't see anything wrong with using labels, but I felt bad so I went ahead and did it this way.
We printed ours on computer!!! I thought it looked 100000000x better than handwriting could have ever looked.
Ya know what - you'll find plenty of people to tell you that it's not proper etiquette (along with lots of other things), but I'm a huge advocate of doing what pleases you. Who makes up all these stupid rules? I printed mine from the computer and don't regret it. They looked a lot better than my own cursive would have and there's no way I was going to spend hundreds on professional calligraphy when the people who spend the most time actually looking at the address are the post office employees!
I've learned already that I don't care what any older relatives think I "should" or "shouldn't" do. This post is a perfect example why. :)
I think that printed address labels look perfectly fine. Honestly, the envelope ends up in the trash! And I have crappy handwriting, and I have no desire to spend money on professional calligraphy.
If your Aunt says that it's not proper etiquette, let her pay for a calligrapher! Harumph.
Will she be there helping you handwrite them? You should ask, j/k, but really I don't think it's a big deal and I would venture to say that the majority of people do not know that it's not "proper" ettiquette.
Don't stress - go with what you were going to do!! I'd use clear labels over white, personally. I've always loved handwritten addresses - but, will definitely either run the envelopes through the printer (to get a bigger font) or do clear labels.... there's NO WAY I'm hand addressing.
If you decide not to go the label/printed route, just get some friends together and have an addressing party. The invites won't be all uniform and some handwritting will be better than others - but, at least they'll be hand-addressed.
But, again - you 'don't have to do it that way!!!
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I work at a print shop & was just going to print out labels to put on the envelopes to send out. I absolutely HATE my handwriting & just spend 3 hours typing all addresses in the internet, NOW my Aunt messaged me and says it's not proper ettiquette. & I'm beginning to think she's right...it seems more personal. Now I feel like I spent 3 hours on the computer designing a label layout & typing in addy's for nothing!
I'm a.g.g.r.e.v.a.t.e.d.!!!