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honestly, people will throw the envelopes away even if they save the invitations.  i recommend asking a friend with nice handwriting to address them, or just print them in a nice font.  anyone who judges you for it is completely missing the point!!

I printed most of our invites in a handwriting/cursive type font, but for a few the numbers were a bit hard to read so I did those in a standard font. I know it's a faux pas or whatever, but I feel like people should do whatever suits them and not just do something merely because it's a tradition or the way things "should" be done. (um, says who?!)

It's very time consuming and I just can't see paying someone to write addresses for me. There are lots of other areas where I'd rather spend my hard earned money. Maybe if I had really beautiful handwriting I would do them myself, but my handwriting is just average. I really like things to look neat and presentable. Personally, I would much rather receive an envelope with a printed address than bubbly middle school girl looking handwriting that's slanting down the envelope. Just my 2 cents.

I am printing my envelopes using the font that I have made my invitations in.  I understand that it may be in poor taste, but there are other things I want to be able to spend $30-$40 on. 

I thought it would be fun to write mine out.  I like the idea of writing out addresses...I'm kinda dorky.

Anyway, I bought a calligraphy pen and book (~$15), then practiced learning the uppercase lettering.  When I wrote out the invitations, I used real calligraphic (not sure if that's a word) writing for uppercase letters.  For lower case I just used nice printing. They came out really nice.

I did about 55 envelopes (outer only) and it took about 4 hours total.  If you plan to do this, I recommend writing out the addresses to the people who won't care or notice how nice the writing is (e.g. my 17 yr old niece) first.  By the time you get to grandma and aunts (people who notice), you will be much better at it!

I had so much fun doing it that I can't wait to do the thank you envelopes.

Normally, my handwriting/printing isn't very good, but I realized it's only because I write very fast.  Once I slow it down and give thought to every letter, it comes out lovely.  I think this would be true for anyone.  Even my Fi, whose handwriting looks like a 4th grader's, had some nice lettering.

Daisybride, I'm probably in the minority in this, but I think that you should do what you feel is best for you. We used a calligrapher, but that was because it was something that was important to my mother and she was willing to pay for it. Otherwise, it would've been my handwriting or the printer all the way. I wouldn't think twice about someone printing out their envelopes. You do what is best for your budget and your peace of mind. If someone's going to have qualms with it, then let them. I don't think people will say,"I'm not coming to your wedding because you didn't hand write the envelopes." And if they say,"How tacky, doesn't she know she's supposed to hand write these," it still sounds ridiculous. Go for what works for you, hon!