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Dbride - I would get address stickers made up; not the regular labels, but something on some beautiful stickers, with an interesting shape (scalloped maybe?). Then you can seal the envelopes with the stickers, and it will look lovely.

You could even make your own by printing on some beautiful paper, and using a paper punch to cut out the shape you want. Then glue them on the envelopes using spray adhesive.

I’m addressing my envelopes as we speak and need all the help I can get! (1) what’s the purpose of an inner envelope and do I really need to address inner envelopes? (2) many books/website show a discrepancy on how to address married couples where the woman has kept her last name. I’ve seen “Mrs. Jane Doe, Mr. John Smith” and “Ms. Jane Doe, Mr. John Smith” - what’s right/preferred?!

Sdbride,
The lady doing my alterations offers the following tips when storing your dress before (or after) the wedding for a long period of time. You should take it out of the plastic bag and loosely wrap it in a clean, white cotton sheet. Or better yet, first wrap it in acid free paper and then the sheet. This will let it breathe and keep it clean. Store the wrapped dress in a large cardboard box, again, letting it breathe is key. Be sure to store the wrapped and boxed dress in some place that won’t be too hot or humid, like an attic. I would say keeping it horizontal would also be helpful. I hope the tips help.
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k- try paper presentation. They’ve got all kinds of colors, shapes and sizes for mini envelopes and I had great service with them on two orders.

sp– the inner envelope traditionally was the main envelope for the invite. the outer was really just a serviceable cover since it was expected to be ruined by the trauma of mail service in the olden days. Today it is useful for making obvious who is being invited to the wedding (you can mention “and guest” or not. Name children or not). As for how to address married women, I’d address all women by the way you think they would prefer. If you are in doubt, ask, since chances are you’ll need to know for placecards or tablecards and thankyou notes (not to mention a lifetime of xmas crds, etc.)

k,

envelopemall does have envelopes around that size, but they’re open on the short end instead of the long end (like the opening of a manilla envelope, does that make sense?). you could also try thepapermillstore.com. i think i saw some there, but they were translucent.

w1dergirl - There’s a knottie who was thrown a honeymoon shower. They did note (on the invite) that the couple was prepared for the home, and that the bride could use items to wear on her honeymoon, etc.

There’s always the lengerie (sp) only shower, too.

Also, there are “around the clock” or “month of the year” showers. For around the clock, you assign a guest a time fram and they buy a gift that would be used for that time frame. So, 8-10 AM might be a shower gel set, 10PM-Midnight might be lengerie (sp). Months of the year is similar. I did this once and it went okay…those who really played along it was great, others not so. December gave a gift wrapped in Christmas paper and gave an ornament and something else Christmassy…October gave the towels and what not that were registered for, but wrapped it in orange and black and attached a Halloween-y cookie cutter. The loophole is that you can get a color of lengerie that fits with the month and/or someone would need a lot of household items any time of year…

sp - I blogged about the inner envelope thing before–it’s not necessary. I know I’m not wasting the postage weight or the time. Typically you uses informal address inside–if you’ve sent to Mr. and Mrs. Smith and family, on the inside it says: Bob, Betty, Jane and Jack. That’s what I would have done if I was doing inner envelopes (and how I’ve always received them).

w1dergirl,

I’m currently planning for a bridal shower for a friend. We expect to have about 50-60 people - a pretty big group! But instead of focusing on gifts, I want to make it more intimate by focusing the shower on the bride and her family and friends. In the shower invites, I’m going to ask guests to send me any old photos that have with the bride. I’m going to surprise the bride with a slideshow of the bride through the years (from the time she was a baby to today with her FI).

I’m also planning on activities and games where we can get together to share our memories of the bride. Some of them are the typical bridal shower games though. We’re also going to have a guestbook scrapbooking session. It’ll be a chance to get to know each of the other guests as well as how we all know the bride.

i have a question for the beehive: what songs did you use for the ceremony and reception? i’m having a tough time selecting music

How do you let people know where you are registered if you are 1. not having any showers, 2. dont have a website, 3. obv. you dont put it on the invites. HELP?

Sally - sounds like word of mouth is the way to get your registry out there. It is the way they used to do it in the old days, right? Tell everyone in your bridal party, mom, aunts, grandma, etc that you don’t have a website, so they can spread the word. Most likely people will ask them. And even though I’m not nuts about Macys, I feel like that is the first place people check when they’re looking for registries….

Miss Bluebear - My FI and his groomsmen are wearing suits, mostly because we want it to be easy for them, and they already all own dark suits, and our wedding is on the casual side…I say the decision is up to you and your FI. We are probably going to give them ties to wear for the wedding - a nice gesture, and ensures that the overall look will be tied together. I don’t love bowties, and I don’t get it - they’re willing to buy/rent bowties but not a tux? Come on.

Bluebear - we’re having our groomsmen wear 3-button black suites with bowties (because my FI loves them). We’ve looked at the combo and it works just fine. I probably wouldn’t have the best man in a tux if the other guys are in suites, although your FI would be fine if that’s what he wanted.