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Aahh I was wondering this too! My handwriting is terrible and I found a font I really like! I'm excited to see what the other bee's say about this .....
We printed off labels for ours. Our course, we ignored a lot of the traditional invitation etiquette! If no one in your family will care (i.e. your great-Aunt isn't Emily Post), I think labels look fine on envelopes. Plus they saved us a lot of time and money (since we could just reprint lables if we messed up names or addresses).
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I printed my envelopes and they turned out beautifully (so much better than handwritten). I think if you can afford a calligrapher, that is a lovely option, but if not, printing is fine. I got tons of compliments on mine and I'm sure nobody knows those rules except Martha and us...
tip: it looks amazing if you use a fancy font for the names (I used Edwardian Script) and another for the addresses (I used Bookman Old Style in small caps). This was the post office can read the address, but the name looks like calligraphy.
It's 2009 -- that's totally acceptable! I say if you want to do it, do it up! And show us how they turn out! :)
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I think it is considered poor etiquette. But who cares. I don't. I plan on doing that too printing it off my computer at home. I can't afford 2.00+/envelope to have someone professionally calligraphy it....
Our wedding planner suggested printing invitation envelopes on our home printer. We rely on her for everything so I can't imagine why it would not be okay. Your wedding will not be impacted by whether the invitation envelopes are handwritten or printed.
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Soo good to know! What font did everyone use? My guy doen't like any that aren't easy to read, lol he would use ariel for all of them!
I have never thought any less of anyone that chose to print versus handwrite the invitation envelopes! I think it's totally fine to print them.
You could always try this:
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/01/diy-wedding-idea-faux-fancy-handwriting.html
We're going to try it in May/June!
We were going to do this until we talked to a couple of people (close to us) who said they were really upset by such a thing. I wish I'd stuck to my guns, though; I just finished hand-addressing and not only is my handwriting yucky, but it took 6 hours for 100 envelopes. Booooo. Print away!!
I personally prefer handwriting over printing, even for Christmas cards, etc. It just feels more personal and less like a mass mailing. Even if the handwriting is messy. That said, I would definitely not be offended if I got a printed envelope ;) And I some computer fonts look really great! My current favorite is called Sudestata.
I printed my envelopes at home and used 'Freebooter Script' font. Looked pretty and I saved a fortune.
I prefer to receive wedding invitations hand-addressed. Same for Thank You Notes. I don't think its too much to ask to have the couple give the courtesy of taking time to hand write addresses. Guests often spend tons of money for gifts, accommodations, travel, etc. I prefer to receive an addressed invite with poor penmanship than a print out or label.
That being said, I know that many couples prefer not handwriting. However, Thank You notes should always be hand-addressed, IMO. I've been to a few showers where they give you and envelope at your place setting and ask you to write your address to "save the bride time". I think that's rude.
Please don't think I'm being snarky, but just another opinion! Do whatever suits you best!
I am sending out my Save the Dates this weekend and I certainly used labels. I am using black envelopes, so it'd be pretty difficult to handwrite the invites.
I think it's perfectly okay! Of course, calligraphy is beautiful - but expensive. For me, this was a great place to save some money.
Plus, I honestly don't like when people just plain out write envelopes and they have ugly handwriting (sorry! 
). I think a label looks much nicer if you don't have pretty handwriting.
However, at the end of the day it's all about you and what you want!
I used Willy Wonka font for my invitations - there was no way I could draw all those little top hats with my handwriting. ;)
It's always nice to receive hand-addressed envelopes but let's face it, a lot of us don't have the time or calligraphy skills! I say - it's perfectly fine to print them off your printer. There are a lot of fonts out there that are very similar to handwriting or have fancy scripts that would look just as great.
I agree with HumarockBride and say it's 2009 - you can do what you want!
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I have heard that it is considered proper etiquette to hand-write the envelopes....which is fine if you have a lot of time on your hands and a very small guest-list (IMO).
When I receive a wedding invitation I honestly don't even look to see if Ooooh it's a hand-written envelope...I tear it open & toss the envelope.
Try printing with a pretty font on the clear vellum address labels. I recently have gotten some envelopes where they were printed in a basic times new roman on some tacky looking cheap white address labels. THAT didn't look so good, but I think a pretty font and the clear kind of address label would make them classy and pretty. I personally spent a few hours handwriting our about a hundred of mine simply because I thought they really looked awesome and I have nice handwriting.
I love that idea dorsay! I am totally going to steal that for our invitation envelopes this summer. I was wondering how it was all going to work..
While I think it is nice to see the handwritten envelope (it makes me think about how someone took the time to personally address it to me), I don't see why it should be poor etiquette to print them. We printed directly on envelopes in a pretty font with very light ink, and then traced over everything with a calligraphy pen. It was a pain to do so for 130 invitations, but they do look good!
I just finished printing off my envelopes. I also used the Freebooter script from a free font website. After practicing for a week with my handwriting and a caligraphy pen, i decided that I would rather print them than have it look like a 5 year old wrote it. If you have nice handwriting then I say go for it but if you dont, as a guest I would rather have something I could read.
I absolutely printed ours out. After DIY the whole suite, there was no way I was going spend 20 more hours writing addresses :P Mail merge made it take less than an hour and I think they look lovely.
It is just as rude to not handwrite your addresses as it is to not handwrite your RSVP - and if you dive deep enough to the etiquette books, you will also find out that it is rude to not handwrite your invitation itself.
So - if you are sending your guests RSVP cards to complete, and having your invitations printed, I believe you can safety print the addresses on your envelopes. This is sort of the very last piece of this out-moded etiquette to survive. The hand-written invitation died first, presumably when people started inviting more than just immediate family and their closest friends to their weddings. The hand-written RSVP died next, mostly because it's hard enough to get people to RSVP even when you do provide a card and an envelope with a stamp. If you actually want an accurate headcount, you have to make it as easy as possible (which is also good etiquette - making things easy on your guests). The envelope tradition survives, I suppose, because it might still be do-able. But honestly, I'm not sure what the difference is between having your computer print the addresses and hiring a calligrapher - in either case you didn't do it yourself!
And it's helpful to remember that all these rules of invitation etiquette are traditionally for a *formal* invitation. By definition, unless you are requiring your guests to wear black or white tie, you're not actually throwing a formal party - so a little less angst about the formalities is appropriate. If you have anyone on your guest list who is so offended by your printed envelope that they won't attend, you're probably better off without them. Really. Because you're undoubtedly going to offend them in so many more ways before the end of the evening... lol.
We used labels. I think it's funny for people to get offended by a non-hand written address. Who keeps the envelope anyway? Mine go right in the garbage! Do what you want...its your wedding!
printed labels or envelopes are fine, especially when you can dress them up by using pretty fonts. the past 2 wedding invitations i received had printed envelopes and they looked nice.
I love Suzzano's response- it's so true!
Our envelopes are navy, and I've purchased silver (our accent colour) foil laser printer labels to address the invitations.
I think it will save time with the thank you cards since you can just hit re-print rather than writing them out... That's just me though.
We're printing them ourselves in Garamond font, not even a fake script. Personally, I think running the envelopes through your printer looks better than putting labels on them. On a somewhat related note, I do think that thank you notes should be hand written. I'd rather give you writer's cramp AFTER the wedding than before!
There's really not much more i can say,lol, the other ladies got it covered. I say do what works for you. . honestly i think there are VERY FEW people left in the world that even look at the envelope, much less stare at it to see how it was addressed
I agree with miss dorsay. If it is really a concern you can just print them on the envelope then trace over the print with a marker. It looks really pretty, saves money, and you can make the people who care happy. Good luck!
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I was planning on printing my invitation envelopes off the computer but I just read some where that this was rude and informal and should be hand written. Im not a very traditional person so I wanted other peoples opinion on this. Would you be offended if you did not recieve a hand written envelope???? I like things to look neat and although I do have neat handwriting I want it to look perfect.
Thanks!!
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