In the last couple of weeks, more than half of the envelopes I have addressed for brides have had square envelopes. If you are concerned about postage, make sure you take into consideration when looking at invitations that the square will cost more in postage, in some cases up to $1.00 each to mail. When the price of stamps went up, the postal service actually lowered the price of what I refer to as the “bridal” rate stamp (they used to be $.63 and now they are $.58 each) but the price of squares went up a lot. A small square envelope might be able to use lower postage (but not as low as a $.42 regular stamp) but it would have to be about 4 1/2 inches or less. Always, even with non-square invitations, make sure you take one completed invitation to the post office to have the weight checked before buying your stamps.

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Authored by Maren Nicholas of DreamWeaver Calligraphy

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