Invitations should be mailed between six and eight weeks prior to scheduled event. Invitations should be ordered three and one half to four months prior to the occasion. Two to three weeks should be allowed for receipt of the invitations and another two weeks for addressing, stamping, and mailing. Response cards should be dated for receipt three weeks prior. For example, if the affair is June 30, the the response cards should read "to be returned no later than June 9."
Envelopes should be hand cancelled at the Post Office.
Your list should be typewritten or neatly printed using upper and lower case letters. The list should be proof read. Please use label format.
Our calligraphers must have at least 20 extra envelopes or the order can not be filled.
The Following rules have been excerpted from Cranes "Blue Book" the most respected of all etiquette books.
Most Bar and Bat Mitzvahs use one envelope; Traditional wedding invitations use two. The inner envelope has no glue and is left unsealed.
Men and Women come with guests. For example Mr. Robert Smith and Guest, Ms. Mary Smith and Guest .
Widows are addressed Mrs. John Smith; Divorced women are addressed as Ms. or Mrs. Mary Smith.
If a woman is married and a doctor use Dr. Mary and Mr. John Smith. If both are doctors use Drs. Smith, or The Drs. John and Mary Smith.
The only abbreviations permissable are Mr., Mrs.,Ms.,Dr.,Jr., and Esq. Names of cities and state must be spelled out in full and all zip codes should be used.