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We have delightedly just received our invitations and along with them are white tissue paper, where exactly do we put these, inside the invite maybe?

Thanks!

traditionally, they were used to keep the ink from bleeding.  with modern ink, they aren't actually needed.  often, however, you include the tissue paper as a nod to the days when it was needed.  more like an extra touch to your invites (if you want to use it).  i'm assuming yours wasn't included to actually keep your ink from bleeding.  my tissue paper actually came in a separate envelope so that we have the choice whether or not to include them with the invites.

its actually not supposed to be included at all!

it used to be that ink smeared and the tissue was sent in the invitation from the printed until the ink had completely dried.  you then removed the tissue and sent the invite because the tissue was TRASH! 

then, along came digital printing and tissue was no longer necessary.  however, printing methods where tissue is still used became more expensive (letterpress, embossing, foiling).  including the tissue in the invitation became a stature thing, "look, mine are real letterpress, not the fake thing." it was lilke a braging right.

similarly, real letterpress used to just kiss the page, not creating an indentation on the paper.  now, since digital is so ubiquitous and essentially looks the same, letterpresseres have begun to let the machines dent into the page to prove that it is actually done by press not printer.

the tissue is trash, toss it.

@chapel, thanks! I started putting them in last night but im taking them out today.  I would think the bride and groom forgot to take it out too if I received invited like that, good thing i asked