18 Comments for is it okay to use sticky labels on wedding invitation envelopes?

• 1. marchhareinjune  |  December 27th, 2010 at 2:28 am

  My sister-in-law used clear sticky labels ~ they looked nice. That is what we are planning on doing, as well.

• 2. tonalc1  |  December 27th, 2010 at 3:21 am

  Not the best choice, etiquette-wise; however, if you must use them, I would recommend using clear labels and a nice font.

• 3. rae  |  December 27th, 2010 at 4:00 am

  I am using clear address labels. They say that it is suppose to be more personal. But hey, my hand hurting writing all of those invites is not personal. My handwriting would be sloppy by the time I got to the last 20 or 30.
  It will be just fine to use labels.

• 4. koda  |  December 27th, 2010 at 4:57 am

  erm… use the clear if need be.. but not the best.. can you have your printer looked at? or reset the margins?

• 5. abdotzed  |  December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 am

  My goodness, will anyone actually notice? I reckon you’re OK there!

• 6. oy vey  |  December 27th, 2010 at 6:46 am

  My initial reaction is NO. Tacky, tacky, tacky! My god do not use sticky labels on your invitations. YES it does get noticed. Take the time to hand write the invites. You are inviting these people to share the biggest moment of your life-respect them enough and at least show the courtesy of hand writing the invitations. There is this wonderful thing that is so often forgotten-it’s called etiquette.

• 7. MelB  |  December 27th, 2010 at 7:04 am

  I would say no. It looks cheap. Maybe you could get away with the clear ones but I would never do it. It is just much nicer to have them hand addressed.

• 8. eeyore6838  |  December 27th, 2010 at 7:50 am

  Sure

• 9. sarah jane  |  December 27th, 2010 at 8:20 am

  If you enter the dimensions of your envelope before you print, your printer should align perfectly. Choose “custom size” and enter in the length and width. It will look much more elegant that stickers.

• 10. Stacie  |  December 27th, 2010 at 9:05 am

  I wanted to use clear sticky labels for my invitation envelopes but my family and friends said that is a big no no in etiquette. So I have to hand write them all or have someone with nice writing help me.

• 11. Soon 2B MRS. Howard!  |  December 27th, 2010 at 9:33 am

  I don’t find anything wrong with using them as people say they are tacky to me they are not. I use lables, white and clear all the time. We planned on using the clear labels ourselves for our invitatios.

• 12. Nicole A  |  December 27th, 2010 at 10:13 am

  I think using the labels is fine. Who cares if they’re clear or not. You’ll save yourself a couple of days and your hand wont hurt. I personally am going to just print them out on my computer…some call it lazy I call it saving time

• 13. Blunt  |  December 27th, 2010 at 10:50 am

  Why spending $300 on invitations and then put a cheap label over it. If you want a formal, elegant and distinct look for your invites, I urge you to handprint them.

  If you want a very casual, do-not-care if I look tacky and cheap approach and/or if your guests do not know any better then go for it.

  Good luck

• 14. sexxy  |  December 27th, 2010 at 11:46 am

  Do not use labels its a no no. Hand write them out!
  Yes it might hurt your hand. I wrote out about 10-20 a night which did help. I had 150 to do.
  It will look better then the sticky labels.

• 15. ennie  |  December 27th, 2010 at 11:57 am

  Absolutely! I suggest you put wedding bells, heart, or dove to the side of the address like this label is with the rose:
  http://www.lovelylabels.com/ProductImages/thumbnails/als/T.ALS.1B2.W20.66847728.gif

• 16. Terri  |  December 27th, 2010 at 12:50 pm

  PERFECTLY fine to use them!

  I used them for my invitations, and there was no problem with them. I made sure I used the clear mailing labels.

  A word of advice, place the return address on the RSVP as well since sometimes people don’t put their names or the return address on RSVP cards (I’m speaking from experience here!).

  So go ahead and use them. I feel it is a LOT better to use them, mainly because there should be NO WAY the post office will misread PRINTED mailing labels!

• 17. Kalice C  |  December 27th, 2010 at 1:23 pm

  If you are really in a pinch, I suppose that may do. In my opinion, a better thing to do if you can’t handwrite them is to take all envelopes to a stationary shop and have them either do calligraphy or computer-printed addresses on everything (both to/from on invitation, response,etc.) so that all items match. Never, ever be uncoordinated!

• 18. Lydia  |  December 27th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

  It’s MUCH better to handwrite – or even print – them by hand.
  However, if you MUST use labels, only use clear.

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