Is it tacky to use return address labels for wedding invitations?
November 13, 2009
It’s not a very formal wedding and I can print my own address labels off my computer for free. Thanks for everyone’s help!!
or even the response cards
Yes it is considered rude. Almost every invite company will print the return address on the back of the envelope, and even then they only allow the address, not the names of who it is from. It’s standard and doesn’t cost extra at all. You can’t take an extra minute and write them out yourself if they aren’t already printed on back flap of the envelopes?
15 Responses to “Is it tacky to use return address labels for wedding invitations?”
Depending on how much money was spent on the wedding….YES! If your on a low budget….keep pasting those address labels.
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By docprozac on Nov 13, 2009
i think it depends on if the wedding formal or informal.
a lot of people get a good idea of the fanciness of the wedding by the invitation,
if you got an expensive invite and return address labels pasted on..
it kind of gives a mixed signal..
but if your wedding is more informal i dont think it would be a problem.
good luck.
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my opinion
By Cass on Nov 13, 2009
yes but if you dont have the money then you dont have it
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By Michelle on Nov 13, 2009
If I had time to print up return address labels I would. Some might call it tacky, but somehow the world continues to spin. I call it saving me time and energy.
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By Jilly on Nov 13, 2009
Yes it is considered rude. Almost every invite company will print the return address on the back of the envelope, and even then they only allow the address, not the names of who it is from. It’s standard and doesn’t cost extra at all. You can’t take an extra minute and write them out yourself if they aren’t already printed on back flap of the envelopes?
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By SirenSong on Nov 13, 2009
All of the wedding invites I have received in the past 2 years (when all my friends started getting married) have had my address printed on the front of the envelope and the return address printed on the back of the envelope on the top of the flap. I haven’t received a hand written envelope and haven’t had any return address stickers. If your envelopes aren’t pre-printed I would get return addresses printed on clear stickers and put them on the back of the envelope. I see the ads to order them in the sunday ads sometimes, they are cheap, like 5 bucks for 250 stickers. I wouldn’t want to risk sending an invite only for it to be lost and then that person gets upset thinking that you didn’t invite them, or you wait and wait for an rsvp from someone who’s invite got lost in the mail…better safe than sorry
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By Erika on Nov 13, 2009
No i don’t think so.
Id get some clear one with gold or silver lettering
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By Dollar Store Queen on Nov 14, 2009
go ahead there is no way i would handwrite that many invites and whats the big deal! its a sticker for crying out loud!! If people are going to get offended that easily then i wouldn’t be inviting them to my wedding
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By lil_lol_88 on Nov 14, 2009
"tacky" is so subjective, do what works for you. It’s an envelope that is thrown away, trust me, nobody but you will care.
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By PugMom on Nov 14, 2009
i’m using it, but that’s because i am lazy and i don’t think anyone is going to care if the invitation envelope has a return address label on it.
most actually might like it if they match the invitation type.
to me it saves your wrist if you are having to write out A LOT
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By Zerachiel on Nov 14, 2009
It won’t cost you anymore to print them on the envelopes or the labels –
just cut some scrap paper the size of the envelope to practice, its easy.
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By green kitty on Nov 14, 2009
I would think it a little odd if someone went through the trouble and expense of buying very expensive invitation and then put stick-on labels on them. But for an informal wedding, sure, why not?
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By Blossomo2 on Nov 14, 2009
Even if your invitations are not "formal" you still want them to look their best. Therefore I advise you to not use your return address labels. They just dont look pretty.
But if you really want to, go ahead. The only thing you must not ever do is use label for your guests mailing address. That is the height of tacky and laziness. The guests address must always be hand written (your best printing will do, it need not be calligraphy for goodness sake).
Oh, and by the way, clear labels are no better than paper ones as some answers have suggested. Its still a label, whether it is clear or not.
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By fizzy stuff on Nov 14, 2009
it’s fine to print the return address on labels or have the envelopes preprinted with the return address. but the outside envelope should be addressed to the guests by hand as well as the inner envelope, if you’re doing that. personally I would skip the inner envelope because it’s a waste of paper and money.
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By D4Pres2012 on Nov 14, 2009
I’m skipping the inner envelope, making the invites myself on Zazzle, AND using return addresses. My fiancee’s family doesn’t want to help with the wedding, and my parents are divorced, so we’re paying for a lot of the wedding ourselves. If people think it’s tacky, maybe they should have helped us pay for the wedding!
By Kelsey on Feb 3, 2010