As soon as you have announced your engagement and have started a guest/announcement list, start contacting people for their addresses. Today we have many forms of communication, so use them all! Send out a text, email, message on Facebook, etc.
This whole process will be easier and much more organized if you make lists! Excel works great for this! Have a list of those you are inviting to all events - ceremony, brunch, luncheon, dinner, reception, etc. Have another list for those you are just inviting to the celebration part - brunch, dinner, reception, etc. And another list for those you are just sending announcements to! Having separate lists will help keep you sane and make the invitation process easier!
Once you start getting addresses, add them immediately to your list. In your email inbox make a folder for 'wedding addresses'. Every email you get with an address, keep it in the folder! Keep your list and emails of addresses until you have mailed out all your thank you cards from the wedding.
Be persistent! If you asked someone for their address a week ago, go ahead and ask them again for it! Also, use other people to get the contact information for those you don't have. You can even ask someone for another person's address. Have your parents and soon-to-be-in-laws help too! They can get the addresses for family and their friends!
The sooner you get your addresses the better!
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