How to assemble your wedding invitations in the proper fashion, whether you're using more traditional or formal style of wedding invitations or just a simple flat or folded style with one two enclosures.
On the inner envelope, write the invited guest's name only and nothing else.
The inner envelope is optional; it's just a more formal way to mail out your invitations but it's certainly not necessary.
If you buy a kit to do your invitations yourself, chances are the kit will only come with one envelope to mail the invitations out with, but not a second/inner envelope.
The Response or RSVP Card's envelope should be pre-addressed and stamped for your guest so all they have to do is mail it back to you without having to pay for postage.
Before assembling, make sure you have everything together first, so lay out all the pieces of your wedding invitation ensemble:

• Outer envelope (if you're using one)
• Inner envelope (this is the envelope that everything else goes into)
• Response Card and matching envelope (Make sure the envelope is pre-addressed and stamped)
• Reception Card (if you're using one)
• Tissue paper (if you're adding just a touch of tradition to your ensemble)
• The Invitation

How to assemble your wedding invitations - the assembly order:

1. Place the invitation face up with the tissue paper over the printed area
2. Place the Reception on top with other enclosure cards (Response card, direction card, etc.
   ) on top of the Reception card.
   
3. Gather the stack together and place all into the inner envelope with the printed sides facing you and the folded edges of the cards go into the envelope first.
   
4. If you're only using one envelope, place the above into that envelope in the same order as in steps 2-3.
   
5. If you're using the outer envelope, the inner envelope is then put into the outer envelope, with the handwritten guest's name facing you so that when they open the outer envelope, this is the first thing they'll see.
   

Mailing tips:

1. Use Wedding Stamps to mail out your invitations and to pre-stamp the RSVP envelope for your guests.
   If you don't feel like running from one local Post Office location to another, simply go to the USPS.
   com website and order the stamps online.
   
2. Handwrite your return address or apply your return address label on the back of the envelope at the top of the flap, not on the front of the envelope.
   Make sure you do this with the RSVP envelope as well.
   
3. Hand deliver your invitations to the Post Office counter.
   Do not drop them in a box, even at the Post Office.
   You want to ask the postal clerk if they will please hand cancel the envelopes without running them through a machine.
   This will keep your envelopes looking great and avoid any damage the contents that could otherwise be caused by the automatic rollers.
   This is especially important if your invitations have any jeweled embellishments on them or ribbons that could end up tearing through the envelopes if canceled by a machine.