I've received my wedding invitations but am confused about how to address them. There isn't an obvious place on the invitation to write guests names. I've seen some comments about inner and outer envelopes but my invitations only have one envelope. I also want to make it clear that children are not invited. Could you please advise. Thank you
You wouldn't write the guest's names on the invitations. Your names and parent's if they are hosting would be listed. Very formal invitations will have the names handwritten on the invitations, but it doesn't seem as if these are formal.
It is too bad that you do not have inner envelopes. This is how you tell your guests exactly who is invited. You will have to try to get the message through with your outer envelope. Address them to only the people you wish to invite. Do not write "and family" or you will get everyone including the children.
There is no polite way to write "no children" or "adults only" even though a number of invitation websites now say it is. Remember they sell invitations, not etiquette.
If you have response cards, this will make it easier to state exactly how many in each household is invited also. It will be a lot of work, but you can fill out the M_____ (or whatever your card has) with the names of the invited. This way they just check the regrets or accepts. Hopefully they will not add names.
Addressing invitations
