Objective: Proper Addressing

Focus: Sheet 1

Goal: Properly assign rows and address line

This assignment is all about obtaining the correct information and proper names for each addressed invitation. You might be in a situation where you have too many guests and need to prioritize who is being invited. This is communicated exactly how your envelope is addressed, so the wording needs to be correct! Here you have a checklist to finish for fine tuning and mail merge prep for labels.

When ALL of these are checked off, your Guest List is “PROPER”

ð      Last Name: Now is the time to go through and check to make sure you have SPELLED everyone’s name correctly

ð      First Names: You have filled in names per the Invitation 101 Slideshow Guidelines for Prefixes

ð      First Names: You have checked that all names are spelled correctly and who has current significant others.

a.     You have identified which significant others require a separate invitation! Plus, One’s get their own unless you are doing Inner Envelopes!

ð      First Names: You have ordered them and separated with commas. If there is no guest or additional person with a different last name, there is the word AND before the last person

ð      Children: If you are including the children their names DO go on the invitation. If Children are not invited, their names are left off the outer and inner envelopes.

ð      Guest Name: If this person lives in the SAME HOUSEHOLD as the Last Name person you write them in as, “and John Smith”. The word ‘and’ {or &} needs to be there for the mail merge

a.     If the guest lives in a DIFFERENT house hold they require their own invitation.

                                        i.     This is not strict as some serious, long term couples may still have separate residences if they are not yet married. Or, if you are inviting a family and one person’s significant other you may add them as a guest. Send the invitation to the person best known by the wedding’s HOST, not necessarily you.

ð      Address: Holidays are the perfect time to collect addresses! Go bug your parents for their Christmas card lists! NEVER request addresses via social media, publicly. You can privately message people if you know they are a sure invite. Be sure to check if people have recently moved or changed apartment numbers.

ð      Additional Rows: You may discover that you need to add additional rows for people you already accounted for because they deserve their own invitation, which is fine and proper. Your RSVP potential has not changed but the number of invitations needed may have increased.