MemberWe want families to feel welcomed at our wedding. How do I address my invites so people understand their children are welcomed? Would it be “the Smith Family” or Mr. and Mrs.Smith?
MemberI did “The Smith Family” when I was including their kids. My RSVP cards also included a spot for me to write in # of seats reserved for them.
MemberMember@MisstoMrs17: I’m planning “Mr. and Mrs. John Smith and Family” on the outer envelope and then on the inner I’ll put the children’s names below their parents.
MemberThat’s what I’ll be doing, but with both adults’ first names. I will look like this on the outer address:
Mrs. Jane and Mr. John Smith
and Family
Then on the inner envelope
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Miss Jennie Smith
Jack Smith
Member@MisstoMrs17: Leave a blank line on your invitation, or use inner envelopes. List the names of every person you invite. So for the Smiths and their three children Annie, Bea and Chucky it would be:
Mr and Mrs Smith
Miss Smith, Miss Beatrice, Master Charles
or if you are being informal, it would be
Jane and John; Annie, Bea and Chucky
On the outer envelope, you will simply put the name of the adult(s) whom you are entrusting with responsibility to organize the whole family. You don’t want Chucky feeling free to open the envelope after school, before the rest of the family gets home — since his name is on it, you know — and then stuffing it in his jeans pocket just before they go through the wash.
MemberMemberWhether correct or not, I wrote the kids names on a second line:
Mr and Mrs John and Jane Doe
Rosie and Kevin
We didn’t have inner envelopes.
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