Envelope addressing guide with calligraphy layouts and insert sheets

Envelope addressing by hand looks beautiful, and this guide gives you the confidence to do it for wedding invitations, holiday cards and thank you notes. Across 22 pages you learn the US address order and correct titles, choose from 12 layouts to copy, and use actual size guide inserts for A2, A7 and #10 envelopes.

You receive US Letter and A4 PDF files as an instant download. Nothing is shipped.

How this envelope addressing set takes the guesswork away

No more wondering which line comes first, whether to write Mr. and Mrs. or The Family, or how to handle Ms., Mx. and Dr. You will also see how to set out an address bound for another country. Twelve finished designs, ranging from centered and staggered to angled, all caps and a return address placed on the back flap, give you one style to repeat across your whole stack.

The cut out inserts go inside each envelope, or beneath it on a light box, so your lines stay level and centered with no pencil marks to erase. Tracing pages for numbers, address words and names, a tracker for guest addresses and a checklist for large batches carry you from your very first practice line all the way to the post box.

Who this guide is for

• Couples writing out their own wedding invitations, save the dates and thank you cards
• Anyone mailing holiday cards or baby shower and birthday invitations who wants tidy, graceful envelopes
• New calligraphy and hand lettering students looking for a real project to practice on
• Anyone who always hesitates between Mr. and Mrs., Ms. or The Family

Design and printing

• A clean, minimal style: white pages with gentle blush pink accents and very low ink use
• Roomy margins all around, so your home printer will not trim anything
• Portrait pages in A4 (210 x 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Undated, so the inserts, practice pages and tracker can be printed again for each new occasion
• Every sample name and address is made up
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have a print shop spiral bind it

Inside the envelope addressing guide: 22 pages

1. 1Cover featuring a page index and room for your name and the date you begin
2. 2Start here: a finished envelope in five steps, a checklist of supplies, paper suggestions and a sample envelope that shows where each element belongs
3. 3The US address order on a labeled envelope (name, street, apartment, city, state and ZIP), six helpful habits, a note on international mail with three examples and lines to draft an overseas address
4. 4A guide to titles and names covering 12 situations and how to write each one (married couples, couples with two surnames, families, Ms., Mx., doctors, plus one guests, children, widowed), a quick title reference and inner versus outer envelopes
5. 5Layouts 1 to 6: centered, aligned left, staggered, angled, all caps, and a mix of script with print
6. 6Layouts 7 to 12: aligned right, an oversized name, split corners, monoline script, an underlined name and a return address on the back flap
7. 7Envelope sizes A2, A6, A7, A9, #10 and square, given in inches and millimeters with their usual purposes, a size comparison drawn to scale and five tips on sizing
8. 8A2 insert sheet with two inserts at actual size, one centered and one with slant lines
9. 9A7 insert sheet with a single actual size insert featuring slant lines, instructions and notes
10. 10#10 insert sheet with a single actual size insert for business envelopes, instructions and notes
11. 11Number practice: trace 0 to 9, then rows for house numbers, apartment, suite, ZIP code and PO Box
12. 12Address words and their abbreviations: 22 terms such as Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Apartment and Suite, each shown in script with its short form
13. 13Practice for address words: nine terms to trace first and then write freehand
14. 14State abbreviations for all 50 states plus DC, five territories and three military mail codes
15. 15Practice for names and titles: six rows to trace, plus two empty rows for names from your own list
16. 16Practice for the return address: three positions (front corner, centered on the flap, along the edge of the flap), two rows to trace and six blocks for practice
17. 17Where postage goes: a diagram marking the stamp, return address, main address and barcode zones, a list of dos and items that might need extra postage
18. 18A layout planner with four envelope outlines and faint guides for sketching your design, plus room for notes
19. 19Guest address tracker 1: 15 numbered rows for name, street, city, state and ZIP, with boxes to tick for sent, RSVP and thank you
20. 20Guest address tracker 2, continuing with rows 16 to 30
21. 21Tackling a large batch: a checklist in 10 steps, a log of your sessions and a table for testing inks and envelopes
22. 22An empty practice sheet with guide lines and pale slant lines

Your envelope addressing download

• Envelope Addressing Guide & Lettering Layouts, US Letter PDF (22 pages)
• Envelope Addressing Guide & Lettering Layouts, A4 PDF (22 pages)
• Read Me First, a brief guide to printing (PDF)

How to download and print

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• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This is a PDF intended for printing, not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still import it into most note taking apps and write on the pages.
• You are buying a digital file. Nothing physical arrives in the mail.
• Printed colors may look a little different from what you see on screen.
• The files are for your personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing them is not permitted.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If one will not open or print properly, email us and we will sort it out quickly.
• Pens, envelopes and a light box are not included. Postal rules change over time, so confirm current requirements with your post office before you mail anything.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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