After the
invitations and all of the inserts are ready to go and after the
addresses have been written on the envelopes you’re ready for the
assembly stage.
If you are sending
reply cards (RSVP’s) with your invitations, take a sample to a
postal outlet to determine the necessary postage and purchase the
stamps. Keep in mind that guests from foreign countries will need
to use their country’s postage to mail the reply cards back so you
won’t need to purchase stamps for them.
If you are
providing additional inserts for out-of-town guests, separate the
already addressed outer envelopes into two groups; those who will
receive the additional information and those who will not.
Affix return
postage stamps to the reply card envelopes.
Lay out all of the
components of the invitation set, grouped in neat piles, in
preparation to gather the items in the correct order.
Sometimes people forget to write their names on the reply cards.
You may want to number the guest list and keep a record. Then
mark the corresponding number on either the back of the reply card
or on the inside of the reply card envelope in a small,
inconspicuous manner. That way you'll know who sent the reply
card in case the guest forgot to include their name or if you're
unable to read their handwriting.
When the
invitation set is inserted into the envelope there is a customary
order and orientation. The order generally follows in size from the
smallest item on top (most likely the reply card and its envelope)
to the largest on the bottom (the invitation). Thus the assembly
order from the top:
Insert all of the
pieces in the envelope so that they are facing you having their left
edges against the inside bottom of the envelope so that the
recipient will find the text face up, ready to read.
Affix postage
stamps to the outer invitation envelopes.
