Addressing Invitation Envelopes in San Francisco, CA

1. Choose Your Font Style ~ If there is a specific font you would like to use, we can match most font styles. Simply email us your font choice.
2. Compile Guest List ~ Please fill out our address form, or email us an Excel spreadsheet, Word Doc, or Text file with your address list. See our Etiquette Guidelines below for reference or free free to call us if you have questions.
3. Mail or Drop Off Your Envelopes to Jacques at:

Hyegraph Invitations & Calligraphy
3 Embarcadero Center, Street Level
San Francisco, CA 94111

Generally, we will have your custom digital calligraphy order completed in 1-3 Business Days. Rush orders (24 hours) may be delivered on request.

During peak season, turnaround times may be extended. Please inquire to confirm.

Guest Address on Outer Envelope: $1.50
Guest Names on Inner Envelope: $1.00
Return Address on Back Flap: $0.75

Add $0.75 to above prices for White Ink

One Time Set Up Fee: $15.00

Shipping & Handling charges based on weight/destination.

We will send you an email confirmation once we have received your order, and will proceed as soon as we have received all of your envelopes or other items.

We accept payment in cash, credit card, or check. For digital calligraphy orders requiring shipment, we accept credit card only.

Our Stuffing & Mailing Service includes:

• Stuffing your envelopes with the invitations and enclosures
• Sealing the envelopes
• Stamping the envelopes
• Delivering your completed invitation sets to the post office for mailing

To order this service for your envelopes: Drop off or ship your envelopes, invitation suite, and postage stamps to us at our 3 Embarcadero Center address. We will have your stationery stuffed and envelopes mailed within 2–3 business days.

Pricing: Starts at $1.00 per basic invitation suite. Please inquire for a custom quote based on your unique invitation set.

Please note: Cost of postage stamps are not included in above prices.

Save The Dates should be mailed out 6-9 months ahead of your wedding date to allow adequate time for your guests to request PTO, book accommodations or flights, and/or find a babysitter.

It is generally advisable to mail your invitations 8-10 weeks in advance of the ceremony.

Keep in mind that you only send one invitation per couple or household.

Take one complete invitation with all of its components to the post office to be weighed to assure proper postage. Square, oversized, or irregular shapes and orientations may acquire additional postage to mail.

The Etiquette of Addressing the Wedding Envelopes

It is traditional to use the complete, formal name and address of your invited guests. For instance:

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis Smith

• Use full name when known. If not known, do not use initials, simply omit.
• It is also traditional to spell out Avenue, Road, and Street as well as State names.
• If you are providing reply cards, it is traditional to place a postage stamp on the reply envelopes to make it as easy as possible for your guests to respond.

How do I address Inner Envelopes?

• A Married Couple’s inner envelope is addressed to: “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” with neither their first names nor address.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

• When the invitation is addressed to several young children, the inner envelope is addressed to: “Jessica, Saul and Shaun.”
• If an envelope is addressed to the parents and a young daughter, her name is written on the inner envelope below her parents` name:

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
Miss Anne Anderson

• An intimate relative may be addressed on the Inner Envelope as “Aunt Kate and Uncle Reid” or “Grandmother”
• When the invitation is sent to an unmarried couple living at the same address, their names are placed on two lines:

Ms. Victoria Franks
Mr. John Doe

• If the person invited is encouraged to bring a guest, the inner envelope is written:

Brittany and Guest

or

Mr. Greenum and Guest

How do I address Outer Envelopes?

• Wedding invitations are always addressed to both members of a married couple.
• Invitations to an unmarried couple are addressed to “Ms. Mary French” and “Mr. John Burns,” with each name appearing on a separate lines.
• A person’s middle name may or may not be used, but if it is, it must be written out in full.
• Children over 18 should, if possible, receive separate invitations. Young brothers and sisters may be sent a joint invitation to “The Misses” or “The Messers Jones”:

The Messrs. Jones
The Misses Jones

18 and over:

(Outer)
Ms. Juliet Kinder
1234 West Washington Street
San Francisco, California 94123

(Inner)
Ms. Kinder

Children of the same household:

(Outer)
Mr. Matthew Kinder
Mr. Austin Kinder
1234 West Washington Street
San Francisco, California 94123

(Inner)
The Messrs. Kinder

• If the children are not to receive a separate invitation, then they may be written below the parents names on the Inner Envelopes.
• Single friends with a guest invited: when using an Inner Envelope, the “and guest” should not appear on the outside envelope.

(Outer)
Ms. Sheryl Jones

(Inner)
Ms. Jones and Guest