Baby Shower Invitations

There are some general guidelines to good-looking invitations.

Naturally, a blank white postcard hardly sets the mood for a baby shower, so some illustrations and baby themed quotations, for example, set a nice atmosphere.

Furthermore, if the baby shower invitation has a theme, the card can carry that theme as well, and at least the theme should be mentioned to the guests in the card.

Naturally, the card should state who the shower is for, time and place, as well as who will be hosting the event. RSVP dates are also important, though you should plan for guests that forget to answer the RSVP.

Lastly, if the mother-to-be has registered in gift registry, that should be mentioned in the shower invitations.

If you’d like to see detailed wordings, look for pre-views of the pre-made cards online, or look at the invitation wordings section at www.InvitationsEtc.com.

Baby Shower Invitations – Postcards

The traditional way of purchasing shower invitations is to use one of the leading manufacturers of postcards, like Hallmark. Hallmark.com, the company’s web site, also has FREE e-cards for baby shower that you can use.

Other manufacturers of postcard form shower invitations include

• Carlson Craft
• InvitationConsultants.com
• Colors By Design
• Storkie Express
• BabyBirthAnnouncements.com

Baby Shower Invitations – Printable Invitations

Printable baby shower invitations can be found from a number of online resources. These resources are usually free, making invitations another item you can save some money on.

What’s great about these printable invitations is that you can do a lot of customization to them before sending them. If you can save the invitation in picture format to your computer, you can, with the help of a graphics program, add images, like the image of the mother-to-be to the invitation.

Naturally, many printing services offer the same possibilities to a pre-made postcard, but these services will increase the price of the invitations substantially.

One of the most popular sites for making printable invitations with your own text is from MyCardMaker.com, a site sponsored by HP. Although this site has limited options for pre-made cover art, you can make good-looking shower invitations with this resource by uploading your own JPEG or PNG files.

Baby Shower Invitations – E-Cards

There’s no escaping the fact that the world is moving more and more online. One example of this is the rising popularity of E-Card invitations.

Sending e-card invitations have the convenience of being mostly free, easy to make, and quick to send. Moreover, these are the environmentally conscious choices as there is no need to print out any papers.

Resources where you can find e-cards for sending invitations are

• Hallmark.com
• Care2.com
• BlueMountain.com