Baby Shower Invitations
From Donna Pilato
The Hardest Part Will Be Choosing Your Favorite Style
One of the first things to set the mood and style for a baby shower is the invitation your guests receive. Luckily the Internet is full of selections, making it unnecessary to leave the comfort of home when shopping for this item.
Casual or formal, cute or elegant, we've looked high and low to turn up the best baby shower invitations available online. You'll find a wide selection of invitation styles and prices in the list of links below. There are even a couple of choices for invitations printed on chocolate bar wrappers. That's what I call a sweet invitation!
This collection leads to sites that have at least several choices to help make your shopping more efficient. All of these invitations can be personalized, and some companies will even do the work of addressing and mailing them for you.
Invitations should be sent 4-6 weeks prior to the shower.
Don't forget to include the following information:
Source: http://entertaining.about.com/cs/showers/a/bbyshowinvites.htm
Baby Shower Invitation Cards
By Randy Wilson
Baby Shower Invitation Cards are a time saver for the hostess. It is also a good idea to have more invitations than you need. If you send invitations by mail, you want an envelope that stands out so that it doesn't look like junk mail.
How many guests to invite:
Usually you invite between 8 and 30 guests. The number would be determined by several things. One is where you are having the baby shower. In a dining room, a backyard, a rented room. What type of guests you are having. Ladies, men, ladies and men, and/or children.
What type of Baby Shower Invitation Cards:
You can get free baby shower invitation ideas, purchase printable invitations, make a handmade baby shower invitation, create your own designs, send ecard invitations, handwritten, personalized, blank cards, baby shower invite, or use a baby shower invitation kit. For more links and ideas on invitations you can go to our pages, Free Printable Invitations or Baby Shower Invitations Free.
Where to get baby shower invitations ideas:
You can get your invitation ideas from old invitations, online, books, or magazine articles.
What styles of invitations to choose from:
You can choose from several different styles: Elegant, embossed, formal, trendy, simple, ornate, or wacky shower invitations.
Where to get Invitations:
Online, party supply shop, Wal-mart, Shopko, Target, K-Mart, or office supply stores handle baby shower invitations.
Who to send to:
Everyone invited should get a seperate baby shower invitation card, even if they are in the same household.
When to send:
The invitatons should be sent out 3 to 6 weeks in advance. This gives your guests time to clear their schedules, purchase gifts, and return RSVP's.
What to include in your invitation:
For those baby showers where you know that you are having a baby boy you might want to send out baby shower invitations for boys. If you have a girl, there are baby shower invitations for a girl also
Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?Baby-Shower-Invitation-Cards&id=41442
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