Baby Shower Invitations

Baby shower tradition suggests that invitations should be mailed out to guests. However, today it has become very popular to use email or phone calls to invite shower guests. However, nothing makes a shower more personal or traditional than mailing paper invitations to each of your guests.

Your baby shower invitations will be your guest’s first impression of your event. Choose your theme or color scheme before you choose your invitations so that you can make certain that they reflect the overall tone and feel of the event. Plan to mail your invitations out about two weeks before the shower for the best chance of good attendance.

Today, there are many choices in baby shower invitations. Some of your options include:

Off The Shelf Invitations – These are purchased in stationary shops, and you fill in the details by hand. It’s usually easy to ensure that you can find paper products to match your invitations by going this route. These invitations are also very inexpensive. The downside is that you have to fill in all the details by hand, which takes a lot of time and doesn’t look as elegant.

Stationer Invitations – You can have baby shower invitations specially printed from a stationer. You’ll visit the stationer and pick the stationary you want to use and go over your wording with the sales person. They’ll be able to give you some great suggestions for baby shower invitation wording, and you’ll have lots of stationary and print designs from which to choose. This is the most expensive option.

Printable Invitation Stationary – If you have a computer and a good printer, you can print your invitations yourself. Buy plain, printable invitations at the stationer and then create your invitation wording on the computer and print right at home. This is a very affordable option for those who have a home computer and printer and feel confident printing themselves.

Online “Create Your Own” Invitations – Today the internet is filled with “create your own” stationers. You’ll be able to choose your stationary and invitation wording right online using an invitation wizard that walks you through all the steps and lets you preview how your invitations will look. These sites will even give you wording suggestions. Then, when you’re satisfied with your creation, you pay by credit card and have the invitations printed. They’ll be delivered to your home in just a few days. This option is more expensive than printing your invitations at home, but far less expensive than using a traditional stationer.