Dialogue: Write or Print Invitation Mailing Labels?

I always hear that it is a huge no-no to print the mailing labels for your wedding invitations. It isn't formal etiquette and some people look down on it. However, wedding trends are so different and some even non-traditional. Is it really necessary? Calligraphy wouldn't match an upbeat techno wedding just as Comic Sans would not fit an elegant ritzy wedding.

I did not want to write the addresses or have family or friends waste valuable time writing addresses for so many invites to many people I didn't even know. I didn't want to pay for someone to do it for me either. (Of course, had it been the intimate, small crowd I wanted, I would've written it to give it a personal touch.)

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Now, if a bride were to ask me what they should do, I would say do whatever you want! Whatever makes your life easier and whatever fits your wedding style. It is your wedding so who cares! If you need to, just print them out in a nice, elegant, legible font on clear labels and they look just as nice. In a time when so many of us are working full time, and living on tight budgets, no one should judge that you used a printed label instead of writing their name and address. Besides, it goes in the trash anyway right? And, they should be happy for you instead of talking about what was wrong on the envelope. What do you think about this etiquette issue?

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