I have a wedding invitation question

[Bernadine]

I'm not using inner envelopes.  If you're looking at the out envelope from the back, should I put the response card in front of or behind the invitation?  I'm thinking behind, so that the invitation is the first thing you see when you open the envelope.

Also, I'm purposely sending them out today so they'll be date stamped on Valentine's Day.  WHEN did I become this cheesy?!?

[cville]

On top. www.emilypost.com/weddings/wedding-invitations-and-announcements/339-addressing-sending-wedding-invitations

[Amy]

on top

[starburst604]

I put mine on top, according to what I read online (smallest card on top, largest on bottom). I didn't have an outer envelope either.

ETA: my invites had a band that secured everything together, so I just kind of "tapped" them so the smaller cards shifted down. Then the invite was still the first thing visible when the envelope flap was lifted, if that makes sense. Who knows what they looked like once they had actually gone through the mail though. A couple were returned to sender and looked like they'll been mailed to hell and back.

[wambam]

I did not have inner envelopes and I put them in the front. I also had a reception information card. I arranged them largest to smallest.

[captainobvious]

I did the same as wambam, and went to the main post office so I could get pretty stamps instead of the regular ones (my home post office only had the machine ones)