Useful Tips 

Mailing Tips

You have your invitations, now what should you do?

Assembling The Elements & Stuffing
Collate your pieces into the order you’d like your guests to see them. If you have an rsvp envelope don’t forget to put a stamp on it! Slide the suite in to your envelope with the text facing up so that when the envelope is opened, the text is visible right away. We recommend sealing the envelope with a glue stick.

Mailing and Hand Canceling
We suggest trying to have your invitations Hand Canceled by the USPS. That means the postage will be stamped/canceled by a rubber stamp rather than travel through a machine. It may be difficult to track down a Post Office Branch that is willing to do this for you.

Selecting Stamps
Before you purchase stamped for your outer envelope, take a fully assembled invitation to the post office and have it weighed. Navigating postage can be frustrating especially if you’ve used anything that increases the bulk of your envelope. Have a reply card and its envelope weighed as well, to ensure that you don't over- or underpay for that postage.

Size & Thickness
Use the size chart below to determine your class of mail. Most of the envelopes we work with are considered a First Class Letter. What you might have to navigate is the envelope thickness once everything is assembled. You can not exceed 1/4 inch in thickness and the envelope has to have some bend to it. If your assembled envelope is over 1/4 thick (for example some pockets, something with a large ribbon, wax seal, jackets, stiff acrylic, etc.) it’s considered a Large Envelope regardless of size and weight.

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How To Pay

Addressing Suggestions

Other tips:

• Use double sided tape to attach a belly band if you have one.

• Put a little number on the back of your RSVP cards that correspond to your own numbered guest list…You’d be surprised at how many people return their RSVP cards without writing their names on them.