It is common for people to look for 5 x 7 envelopes, because people don’t stop to think that a 5 x 7 envelope is not going to be able to hold their 5 x 7 invitation. Most 5 x 7 invitations are going to fit inside of a 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” Baronial Lee Envelope, which are the pointed flap kind or an A-Style A7 envelope, which are the type that has a square flap with square corners. These envelopes are the same size, just different types. These 5x7 invitation envelopes are most commonly used invitation size for wedding invitation envelopes. 

It is important to think about what kind of message you are trying to convey with your invitation. Is it casual or formal. A more formal invitation should probably be put in the Baronial envelope, while the A-Style envelopes would be good for the more casual event. You could decide to have a very unique event and use square envelopes, put you should keep in mind that postage is more for this size of envelope.

If you really are looking for 5 inch by 7 inch envelopes the closest you are going to get as far as standard envelope sizes are concerned is the 5 ¼” x 7 ¼”. If you absolutely have to have a 5 by 7 envelope it is possible to find a template to create envelopes from. You will need to size it down to the right size because it will probably be for a 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” envelope. This would be a good method if you only need a few. I don’t think I would recommend doing this for more that a hundred, because you are going to get very tired of creating them. That is unless you have a whole bunch of people helping you. You can also have these made for you if you need a lot of them. By a lot I mean starting at about a thousand. You can probably have them made in smaller batches, but it will cost more per envelope. It will cost a lot more per envelope compared to the already created ones either way. The good thing about having them made this way is that you can have a larger variety of 5x7 colored envelopes.

Envelope Selection

It is kind of funny that even though there is a huge size selection whenever it comes to envelopes, there are many instances where they do not have what you need. For example if you need inner and outer envelopes for wedding invitations you will only be able to purchase these through a wedding invitation supply company. If it also pretty difficult to find them in different colors and patterns. If you want any type of special printing done on the inside or any cropped images on the envelopes you will have to either make them yourself or have them made for a fee.  

If you are looking for information about wedding invitations online this is a really good place that has a lot of useful information. If you are just trying to get started at doing this task yourself or coming up with some ideas they have so many good articles that will point you in the right direction.

There are many different sizes and styles of envelopes available. You will most likely decide upon them depending on what you plan to use them for. Most people are using them for wedding invitations, and if that is the case for you you should do a bit of reading on all of the different envelopes available.

Whenever you do decide on your envelopes and you have your invitations ready you should make sure to put a set together before doing all of you addressing. It is really easy to get carried away hand addressing or even addressing them on the computer and not knowing that you have the wrong envelope out of your set of envelopes. You would probably hate to have addressed all of your inner envelopes and stamped them only to find out that you cannot lick them closed and you should have addressed the outer envelopes. This may sound like a silly mistake, but it happens all of the time. It is easy to do when you are not use to doing it.

If you are looking to buy 5 x 7 envelopes online, some stores will call them 5 x 7, but they are really the 5.25 x 7.25 size.