Example of Make Your own Invitations

Making your own invitations is not only fun, it's a great way of getting exactly what you want. You're not stuck with whatever's in the shops, schlock-based designs, or those wonderful price tags we all love.

You can make very good quality invitations with a bit of practice. The best invitations are those with real creative flair and imagination. They're actually a matter of taste and style, and you can fire them off to friends you know will get the jokes, too.

Basics

A good invitation needs:

A theme or motif. What sort of design and graphics would you like?
A reason for the invitation. This can be fun. You can have a ball with your friends figuring out ways of inviting them to a party or other event.
Formal, fancy dress, come as you are? Think about this one. If you've got friends who know how to fancy dress, have formal clothes, and/or who won't scare the cat if they come as they are, this part of the invitation can be a riot.

Types of invitation

Do you want:

RSVP?
Card and envelope?
E-card?
Colorful?
Formal?

Creative invitations equipment

For your own invitations, you will need:

A good printer which can do print runs on good quality card
A current graphics card on your computer
A scanner
Good graphics software
Suitable envelopes and stationery

Invitation content

Your invitations should contain this information:

Names of people invited (preferably highlighted or in fancy text)
The place, time and date of the event or party
Instructions for the party (fancy dress, BYO, food, gifts, etc.)
Reply contacts:
RSVP with envelope or contacts
Dates for reply
Personalized content for each addressee (Notes, etc. on the invitation)

Making your own invitations can be real fun, and it also encourages the people you invite more than store-bought invitations.