| Situation |
Outer Envelope
|
Inner Envelope
|
|
Single Guests
|
| Unmarried female or divorced female who took back maiden name. |
Miss Jane Jones
or
Ms. Jane Jones
|
Miss Jones and Guest
or
Ms. Jones and Guest
|
| Divorced female, kept married name (Smith) |
Mrs. Jane Smith
or
Ms. Jane Smith
|
Mrs. Smith and Guest
or
Ms. Smith and Guest
|
| Widowed female |
Mrs. Jane Smith
or
Mrs. John Smith
|
Mrs. Smith and Guest
we don't recommended "and Guest" if
recently widowed
|
|
Children
|
| Child under age 18 |
Do not put on outer envelope.
Only list the parents.
|
Kaitlyn (1 child)
Kaitlyn and Johnny
(2 + kids)
List by age, oldest first
|
Child age 18 +
should have own invitation |
Miss Kaitlyn Jones
|
Miss Jones and Guest
|
|
Couples
|
| Unmarried couples who do not live together |
Miss Jane Jones
the only name on outer should be the person who lives at the address
|
Miss Jones
Mr. White
|
| Unmarried couples who live together |
Miss Jane Jones
Mr. Edward White
|
Miss Jones
Mr. White
|
| Married Couples - notice the use of "and" to signify marriage in the following |
Mr. and Mrs. Edward White
|
Mr. and Mrs. White
or
Jane and Ed
if you want to be informal
|
| Married Couple - she kept maiden name |
Mrs. Jane Jones
and Mr. Edward White
|
Mrs. Jones and Mr. White
|
| Married Couple - she has hyphenated last name |
Mrs. Jane Jones-White
and Mr. Edward White
|
Mrs. Jones-White and Mr. White
|
| Married Couple - she has a professional title, he doesn't |
Doctor Jane White
and Mr. Edward White
|
Doctor White and Mr. White
|
| Married Couple - both are doctors |
Doctor Jane White
and Doctor Ed White
or
The Doctors White
|
The Doctors White
|
| Married Couple - both are doctors, different lastnames |
Doctor Jane Jones
and Doctor Ed White
|
Doctor Jones and Doctor White
|
| Same sex couples - list in alphabetical order by lastname |
Mr. Fred Smith
Mr. Edward White
|
Mr. Smith
Mr. White
|
|
Military
|
| He is a commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. Edward White
|
Colonel and Mrs. White
|
| He is a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man |
Mr. and Mrs. Edward White
|
Mr. and Mrs. White
|
| He is a retired commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. Edward White
|
Mr. and Mrs. White
|
| She is a commissioned officer, he is not |
Mr. and Mrs. Edward White
or
Captain Jane White
and Mr. Edward White
|
Mr. and Mrs. Jones
or
Captain White and Mr. White
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
| Judge |
The Hon. and Mrs. Edward White
|
Judge and Mrs. White
|
| Reverend |
Reverend and Mrs. Edward White
|
Reverend and Mrs. White
|
