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Archive for February, 2011

Say It with a Bridal Shower Invitation

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Before you march down the aisle, there are some other festivities to get underway. Are you at the point of sending bridal shower invitations? First, you must find the right invitations. Secondly, you may want to make the sentiment more special by individualizing each card. Of course, the invitation will provide information about the date, time, and location, but you can also add something special to each recipient.

Is the invitee a family member? It could be a cousin, aunt, or sister. The time of your wedding is a special one in your life. It is a good time to reflect on memories and about what the recipient means to you in your life. Along with the bridal shower invitation, write a special memory you have about the invitee.

Are you sending the invitation to a friend? Your friend may have anxieties about your life and your relationship with them changing now that you have a permanent, significant other in your life. You can write assurances in the bridal shower invitation that your friendship will not change and that you will still have time for ‘ladies’ nights’ and other girl fun after you are married.

Some people really enjoy being around couples, so they ensure people come as a couple to the event by sending couples’ bridal shower invitations. While courting with your fiancé, you may have spent a lot of time double dating or doing couple-themed activities with others and their loved ones. Within your bridal shower invitation you can write a sentiment about how you enjoyed spending time with them and how they are inextricably connected with memories of your courtship. In addition, you can write about how you look forward to doing married-couple activities in the future. Who knows? Maybe such a sentiment will inspire others to realize how special their relationship is and want to graduate to marriage as well!

Ideas to Supplement Baby Shower Invitations

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Baby shower invitations mark a joyous time. The period before a birth is a celebration of a new life to come to be shared with close friends and family members. Preparation for a shower warrants baby shower invitations, yet the ordeal can be improved with a little creativity and fun mindedness.

Online Invitations

To start, you have to select your baby shower invitations. We have a large selection of invitations based on varying scenarios. For instance, do you know the sex of the child? We have cards for boys, girls, twins, and for occasions when the sex is unknown. Our various prints will speak to a wide range of personalities and preferences. Think about mailing invites two months before the shower. This will give guests enough time to search for great gifts.

Baby shower invitations can be an element of the party or they can play an integral role in the event. For instance, if the party has a chosen theme, then your invitations can illustrate that theme. For an illustration of this idea, take a look at our couples-themed baby shower invitations.

Also, use invitations to indicate specific instructions related to the shower. For instance, you may play a game where each invite has to bring their own baby picture and others have to guess what baby picture belongs to whom.

In addition to the invitations, don’t forget to purchase a batch of baby shower invitation thank you cards to send after the affair. Attendants appreciate personalized notes indicating how much their attendance and gift was appreciated.