Guest Addressing

Guest Addressing for your Wedding Invitations and Save the Dates

Shine is proud to offer full service guest addressing (also know as computer calligraphy) for wedding invitation and save the date envelopes.  With our service, your envelopes will arrived fully addressed and ready to put into the mail.  With guest addressing, you can kiss hand cramps goodbye and say hello to extra time for relaxation during the very busy process of wedding planning!

What Your Envelopes will Look Like

When you use our guest addressing service, your envelopes will be addressed in a style that matches your wedding invitations.  We will use the same fonts that are used on your chosen design.  The names and zip codes are usually done in a script or stylized font, while the address portion will be done in block font.  Some designs will also have a matching flourish to decorate the addresses.

Do you Print in Color or Black and White?

Both!  The standard ink color included in our pricing online is black.  We do have color printing for an additional $.20 per envelope.  If you are interested in color address printing, please let your designer know and we’ll be happy to add this service for you!

How Much Does it Cost?

Guest addressing costs $1.50 per envelope per set.  It includes your guest addresses on the front of the envelopes and your return address on the back flaps.  Guest addressing must be ordered by the set and the quantity must match the number of wedding invitations or save the dates you are ordering.  This is because we run our guest addressed envelopes through a special press that requires extra setup.  Once we start printing the envelopes this way, all of the envelopes in your order must be sent through the same machine.  Any extras without guest addreses will be printed with your return address on the back flap.

Because return addressing is included with guest addressing, if you are selecting this service you do not need to select return addressing for your invitation envelopes from the drop down pricing menu.

How do I Order?

If guest addressing is an available option for your invitations or save the dates, a drop down menu labeled “Guest Addressing” will be shown in the pricing calculator.  Just select the the quantity that matches the number of invitations you are ordering and once you have completed your wording personalization, click “add to cart” and check out.

In order to print your guest addresses, we require that you send us a spreadsheet of your guests formatted according to our instructions.  You can email us your guest spreadsheet at hello@shineweddinginvitations.com before or after you’ve placed your order.  Once we have that we’ll be all set to design!

Guest Spreadsheet Setup Instructions

Start with a clean spreadsheet and do not add tabs, extra spaces, or carriage returns within cells. Create the following columns: “Name”, “Address”, “City”, “State”, “Zip” and optionally “Country”. Enter your guest information exactly as you would like it to appear on your envelopes. For names or addresses that you would like to have on a second line, use a ; to denote the line break.  Please enter information for only one envelope per row.  If you would like an example spreadsheet to use as a template to get started, just let us know and we’ll be happy to send one over!