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In general, addresses should always be handwritten, although with the capabilities of computers these days, a printed envelope can look pretty close to a handwritten one. Tradition suggests black ink, although, depending on your style of wedding and invitation, other colors could be used as well.

Options

Your two choices for addressing are to hire a calligrapher or to do it yourself. (link to our advertisers) Doing it yourself provides you the opportunity to bring together some good friends and/or relatives for a fun evening or afternoon of addressing.

Formalities

If your invitation includes an inside and outside envelope, then the outside one is always addressed to the principal family members. On the inside envelope, you list the names of the principal family members on the first line and the first names of children under 16 years of age on the second. Children over 16 years of age receive their own invitation.

Following tradition, formal titles such as Doctor and The Reverend or The Honorable Judge, are written out in full while the basic Mr., Mrs., etc., are abbreviated. In the case of a woman maintaining her maiden name, her full name is listed first on the envelopes, with her partner or spouse's name on the second line. Unrelated adults living together (eg. roomates) receive separate invitations as do, in theory, the dates of single guests (although many people address the inside envelope to Mr. or Ms. Smith and Guest). Try to avoid abbreviations and spell out state, street and road names in full.

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