When it came to our RSVP envelopes, I decided to just print our return address on them. I completely understand the discussions about the etiquette of hand-addressing the main envelope, but not when it comes to the return envelope. I mean, come on, they’ll be sent back to the owner and be tossed, right?
As I wrote before, our whole invitation suite was color-coordinated so that it would match my turquoise envelopes (sigh, I love that color so!). “Designing” the RSVP envelope was pretty easy. I just fiddled around with the font sizing and placement a little bit to find the right balance. And this was the perfect opportunity to splurge—I broke down and bought Mrs Eaves. I’ve admired this font for so long and specifically requested it for our invitation design…so our envelopes are also printed with Edwardian and Mrs Eaves.
I used the black & white laser printer at my parents’. Before, I tried using my ink-jet printer, which left mysterious non-printing-related smears on any envelope but not on normal paper…and my parents’ color laser printer simply refused to accept envelopes. So I worked with our trusty black & white printer and hand fed it over 80 envelopes!
In progress
As you can see, the envelopes got heat-warped in the printer.
So I grabbed the first heavy book i could get my hands on…
…and then upgraded my system.
I left the envelopes under this contraption for about three days. Three stacks of envelopes weighed down by two tomes each, plus a heavy box on top. It certainly did the trick!
I bought 100 turquoise envelopes for $50 dollars at Semikolon in Munich and, since designing/printing were free (almost), the cost of the RSVP envelopes was about $0.50 per envelope (not including Mrs Eaves).
Printing tips:
What kind of addressing are you using for your RSVPs?
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Catch up on our wedding invitation details:
We had ours printed by the company that printed our invitations. I am uptight about etiquette, but see no reason you can’t have preprinted RSVP envelopes.
I printed the addresses on our invitation envelopes (gasp) and ran it through my printer and got the same mysterious black smudge! Luckily after 3 or 4 envelopes it fixed itself! Whew.
Ugh, I hated running our save the date envelopes through the printer! I screwed so many up by putting them in backwards.
I could not get any envelopes through our (three) printers, I’m so impressed that you were able to get all of yours printed so nicely!
Our response envelopes were stamped. But I love your creative un-warping system. I use the same system on occasion with various paper things and even cork!
I totally understand etiquette …. but, will totally give into convenience. This means that my guests may end up with invitations that have their names PRINTED on them as opposed to hand-written. Hope everyone who receives them will survive.
I printed our RSVP envelopes too. We went through so many test ones… I deff recommend having extras handy!
Miss Bracelet, Frankfurt, Germany/Rapid City, SD Age and Occupation: 26, Post-Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Electrical Engineering Student/ Ex-Navy Cal Tech Engagement Date: May 11, 2011 Wedding Date: September 2012 Venue: Schloss Heiligenberg/ Spearfish Canyon Lodge About Me: I'm a half-American from Germany who fell in love with a wonderful guy from Montana. We met in Japan and have been in a LDR for most of our relationship. I love organizing so much that it could be my middle name (Post-Its, anyone?). I have a serious addiction to paper products and milk chocolate. My fiancé totally gets my tomboy-princess-combo personality and will bring me chocolate when I need a pick-me-up. After a legal ceremony in Germany, we're planning a down-to-earth (semi-destination) wedding with our friends and family in the US.
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