Wedding Invite question!?

I have a label maker type thing on my computer (for our business) is it tacky for me to go through and type out all the addresses and put them on the envlope instead of hand writing every invite? I just don't have anyone to help me and I thought it would look much better since I don't have the nicest hand writing in the world and I could get them all done in a more timely manner (since I can do them when I'm not busy at work) what do you think? thanks in advance...and also I'd like to do the return labels like this also..what do you think? thanks again!

I don't think thats tacky at all!
Go for it.
It saves you time and energy and you are supposed to have fun planning your wedding.
Congrats! :)

I dont know about you but I had a small (in comparison to most now) wedding with only people we really wanted to share our day with us. Therefore, I would say yes it may be a little tacky, more impersonal to not hand write the addresses. If you dont like your own handwriting I am sure you like somebodys handwriting that could help you out. However, I dont have amazing handwriting either but I wrote all of my addresses...I think it just gives your guests a personal touch and they know you really want them there...Hope that helps!

Add a fancy border or design to the side of them... try to do silver or gold or the colors of the weddings (or buy them with it already on there)... also try using a pretty font.. like a cursive one. you can make it look professional and acceptable

First off congratulations!

I think it would depend on how formal your invitations are and the "feel" you want to give. I know that I personally wouldn't care if the invitation I received was hand-addressed or labeled. I think you should do what would be easier and less stress-full for you. Good luck!

Who cares it is your wedding.

Just use a nice fancy font.

It will probably look better than by doing it by hand anyway.
Same with the return address.
Congrats and good luck.

I would take your spare time at work to hand address your invites. Unless you are sending out 200 invitations, it won't take as long as you think it will.

Technically, they should be handwritten (I had to write about 100).

However, with today's printers and fonts, it should be fine. What would be better is, instead of printing on a label, would be to print directly on the envelope. But that's a bit more time-consuming.

I probably should have printed mine. My handwriting is atrocious.

Return labels can definitely be printed. I ordered wedding-themed ones for our invites.

Labels are noticeable - what is nice is if you printed the addresses directly on the enevlopes in the same font the invitation has. If you keep an excel spreadsheet of the people and addresses, you can also record the gifts you receive and it makes thank you notes that much easier.

It's your wedding and your invites.
Do whatever you want; the more time you take to worry about what others think, the less time you will have to enjoy life!!!
Congrats on your wedding!!!!

Wedding invitations are social correspondence, and social correspondence is always properly addressed by hand. It doesn't need to look pretty.

Happy planning.

Is it a clear label maker or is one of the white ones? If it's clear, I'd say definitely.. if it'll make your life easier, go for it. I'm not too sure how it will look if it's white labels, however. Did you ever consider typing them up on the computer? I'm not planning on handwriting mine either. I think it'll look too messy.

Are they sticker labels? If so, It looks nicer to just put the recipients' address on the front and put the return address on the opposite side on the flap. You could also just print the addresses directly onto the envelope, which I think would look even better, using microsoft word. Just cut a piece of paper the size of your envelope and practice on that to make sure it lines up right.

If the label maker type thing formats the label for the envelope and can print it in any font then I would use a hand written font or calligraphy font and I think it would be fine. If the label maker prints them onto adhesive labels that you then put on the envelope, hand write the addresses or have someone who has nice hand writing do them for you. As long as they are being directly printed onto the envelope, I would go for it. Now a days, a lot of fonts you can't distinguish from beautiful handwriting. Just use a really nice font.

Wish i'd had one of them :o(

Sounds like a great idea.

Handwritten is the correct way to do your invites but if you really want to print them, do not use labels. Print each envelope and do it with a simple calligraphy font.

I don't think I would do that for my invitations, but I just received an invite to a friend's wedding yesterday and she used labels on it. I would have thought it was very tacky, but to tell you the truth I didn't even notice, or think anything of it until I read your question. The labels she used were clear and the font was a very nice script. I think you'll be fine doing it that way if that's what you prefer. No one will remember or think any less of you. Best wishes!!

Do them on the computer people aren't going to pay attention much

Ask around and see if anyone
that does calligraphy does this
as a business?? My daughter
paid $1/invitation!
good luck

for formal invites, I wouldn't use it. You can put the envelopes through the printer with a nice font and it will be much nicer.

Print the outer envelopes with a printer as opposed to the label idea. You can also do the return address that way.

I think it's a great idea. Not everything has to be traditional now a days with the fancy writting and all. I am actually thinking of doing the same thing as it's easier, less time consuming and I don't have the nicest hand writting either.

Good luck and cheers!!!