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June 21, 2022

Types of Invitation Cards: Which to Use and When

Filed under: Designing Your Invitation — Tags: custom invitations, fancy invites, flat invites, folded invites, party invitations, stationery — PDWriter @ 11:10 am

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The date is set and now you are tasked with spreading the word about your event. But, what type of invitation will catch their eye, and most importantly, be appropriate for the occasion? We’ve got the inside scoop on four of our best-selling invitations!

Flat Invitations

These sleek, open-face invitations display information about your event at a glance, so they are easy hang on a bulletin board or post on a refrigerator. Designs in the invitation margins let the guests know if the event or holiday party is whimsical or elegant. Choose to coordinate your custom text font, color or graphics with the event colors for a personalized touch.

These invitations are best for casual weddings, save-the-date notices, and special events such as business grand openings, a child’s birthday, baby shower, or a potluck dinner party.

Send and Seal Fold-Up Invitations

If you love the idea of your guests unwrapping your invitation like a little present, a fold-up style works well. The all-in-one invitation (no envelope needed!) has space for event details and a tear-off response card, keeping the reply process simple. Our patterned papers make it effortless to coordinate the invitation with a holiday or theme.

Try these invitations for events that require an RSVP such as a graduation party, employee appreciation dinner, wedding with reception, catered dinner party, or fundraising event.

Pocket Invitations

When you must impress, elegant pocket invitations complete with monogrammed seals, gatefolds and color coordinating ribbons will help you make a statement. These colorful, layered paper invites alert your guests to an upscale event and may or may not include a separate response card, depending on the RSVP method requested (paper, phone, or online).

Choose these invitations for a formal wedding, commitment ceremony, rehearsal dinner party, bachelorette party, baby shower, awards ceremony, or milestone wedding anniversary celebration.

Folded Invitations

These classic invitations mirror a greeting card style, with a design, photograph and/or custom wording on the front and details about the event printed inside. If you need to provide extensive information, such as directions to the venue, a menu, a poem, gift registry location list, or biography of the guest of honor, folded invitations give you ample room. You can easily tuck inserts inside the fold, too!

Pick this style of invitation when honoring a special person, when you’d like to include extra information, or for a formal event where the invitation might become a keepsake, such as a wedding, milestone birthday, or adoption party.

Choosing the best invitation for your event is just a few clicks away. Browse our many paper patterns and invitation styles online today!

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December 30, 2010

Fun Invitations for Game Night

Filed under: Seasonal & Special Events Ideas — Tags: custom invitations, game night, sports invitation — PDWriter @ 8:00 am

When it comes to game night, we get all kinds of opportunities to have a get together, especially during football season. You’ve got college ball on Saturday, pro ball on Sunday and then Monday Night Football as well as Thursday night football. And that doesn’t include all the other nights when sports are played. That means there are tons of opportunities to have a get together, meaning you’ll have lots of times you need to send game night invitations.

Having neighborhood get-togethers and parties for friends during a ball game (football, baseball, basketball) is a natural for fun times and good company. But setting up a great party means there will have to be a bit of planning. And a well planned party means invitations. Since we’re talking about game night, sending out fun invitations has to be a given, since the party is going to be about having fun. That means we need to come up with ideas for fun game night invitations.

The easiest way to sent out invites like this will be on a postcard. Not only are they inexpensive to order, print, and mail, but they can hold a lot of information as well. You’ll want to put the place and time on them, but there is also plenty of room for graphics, meaning you can put football players on it, cheerleaders, or whatever other graphics that will apply to the night. Putting the team names on it, especially if there’s a huge rivalry involved will be a fun factor as well.

If you’re putting together a large affair, like a Super Bowl party, you can use regular invites with RSVP cards so you will have a better idea of how many people will be there. This will enable you to have enough food and beverages for everyone, and to have enough time to prepare. Fun invitations are easy to create, and basing them on a football or other sport game night makes for a fun time.

Check out the invitations you can get online and see what ideas you can come up with for a game night. Depending on what sport you like best and want to throw a party for, you’ll have lots of options for layouts and designs and the templates for the invites and postcards makes it a snap to do. Have a great party!