Wedding invitations

Ok so yes I know this has nothing to do with babies but I'm completely clueless.I am trying to address my wedding invitations but I have no idea how to do it.Do I have to put the Mr. and Mrs or no?And for single people do I write and guest right on the outer envelope?There is a spot specific on the response card asking how many adults and how many children will be in attendance already.
I have no idea what I am doing and need help!!lol
Also thought I would add this is not a very formal wedding.

Most I've seen are in another envelope inside the mailing one,and if the person is single it says "so and so and guest."

Quoting MamaLeah85:“ Ok so yes I know this has nothing to do with babies but I'm completely clueless.I am trying to address ... [snip!] ... already. I have no idea what I am doing and need help!!lol Also thought I would add this is not a very formal wedding.”

When we did out invitations we addressed them as if we were talking to them.
So if we called them Ashley then we just wrote her first and last name.. but if we called someone Mr. John then we would write Mr. and his last name.
When we had someone bringing a guest who we didn't know their name we just wrote the persons name & guest.
It's really all in how you want to do it.
If you want to make everyone's the same then write Mr. and Mrs. or write the names you call them by. It can really go either way or you can mix it up if you wanted too.

Ohh and if they had a big family we would just write the parents name & family so you didn't have to write out everyone's name!

Congrats on getting married!!

If it is a married couple I would address it to: John & Jane Doe cause some ppl get offended by the Mr and Mrs John Doe thing. For families it would be John & Jane Doe and family. For single people Just address it to them, but make sure that it is clear that they can bring a guest. And of course if you have friends that are a couple and have been together for awhile but not married address it to both of them.

i put mr & mrs. and single people i put ms. or miss ( depending on age)

On the outside write Mr. & Mrs. Bob Murphy. On the inside envelope write Bob & Carol Murphy. If you are inviting an entire family write The Murphys, and then on the inside envelope write out each person's name so they know exactly who was invited. This is the formal way.

If you are doing informal, you can just write on the outside Bob & Carol Murphy...or The Murphys. Then you don't even need the inside envelopes.

This is the way I did it and what the "etiquette" books will say. If someone's name is Joe Smith - it should be Mr. and Mrs Joseph Smith. Everything should be completely written out. Even for ex: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

If you have someone single on the outer envelope you would address Ms. Jane Doe and the inner envelope that holds the invitations, rsvp cards etc would read Jane and Guest.

Oh yeah...and the most important thing to do is get EVERYONE'S name on the invite somewhere. Otherwise people will bring guests, other family if its unclear and you'll be stuck with 50 extra people to feed. If you have a single person with guest, and you're doing 2 envelopes (inner & outer) write out "Ms. Carol Murphy" on the front envelope, and on the inner, write "Carol Murphy & Guest". If you're just doing outer envelopes address it directly to Ms. Carol Murphy & Guest.

If you have 2 people living together at the same address, that aren't married, write out with the woman's name on the first line "Ms. Carol Murphy" and "Mr. Bob Jones" on the second line.

Quoting funnymommy#1:“ Oh yeah...and the most important thing to do is get EVERYONE'S name on the invite somewhere. Otherwise ... [snip!] ... aren't married, write out with the woman's name on the first line "Ms. Carol Murphy" and "Mr. Bob Jones" on the second line.”

Ya I don't think I'm going to bother with inner envelopes just the outer ones.
So it would be ok to put and guest/family right on the envelope?

Quoting MamaLeah85:“ Ya I don't think I'm going to bother with inner envelopes just the outer ones. So it would be ok to put and guest/family right on the envelope?”

Yep! But if you are inviting a whole family, I'd probably write out each person's name...otherwise, you might get daughters bringing their boyfriends, etc. For instance, if you are inviting a family of 5, write out in order of age: Bob, Carol, Jane, Michael, and Tyler Murphy. I know it sounds like a pain in the ass, but seriously - people will take "The Murphy Family" and assume its an open invitation for them to each bring a guest or friend, etc.

Quoting funnymommy#1:“ Yep! But if you are inviting a whole family, I'd probably write out each person's name...otherwise, ... [snip!] ... - people will take "The Murphy Family" and assume its an open invitation for them to each bring a guest or friend, etc.”

It pretty much is in our case.lol We are inviting a lot of people yes but we know already that 90 % of them won't even be coming.

Quoting MamaLeah85:“ It pretty much is in our case.lol We are inviting a lot of people yes but we know already that 90 % of them won't even be coming.”

I had the same situation...we invited 350 people, and 100 declined, but somehow we ended up with 275 at our wedding! So we don't know where those extra 25 people came from....at least the kitchen was able to prepare extra meals for all guests.

Have fun planning!! I would get married every year over and over again if I could. I loooved planning it more than the actual wedding itself. Let me know if you have questions about anything else!