Birthday Invitations

To me, the birthday invitation is what sets the tone for the rest of the party. Because we live out of town, it's nice to be able to give our guests a map of directions to the party, and that opens me up to making custom invitations for every party.

I did the custom invitations at first because I was totally unimpressed with the selection of invitations at the store (and I checked Wal Mart, the dollar store, Target, etc.) I was active at the time on a mommy message board where some members were talented with digiscrapbooking, and as time went on I started to think that I could do it too - and do it in such a way to create print-quality invitations for my kids' birthdays.

It worked out really well. I typically spend about 2 hours making an invitation. My costs depend on what copy shop I use (Staples, etc.) and the quality of paper I choose to use for the invitations. Postage, of course, is above and beyond that - but with the rate that stamps are increasing in price I'm starting to think I'm going to hand deliver from now on!

Below you'll find samples of the invites that I have created so far. I have watermarked these, because the time I put into them is worthwhile - but please feel free to use them for inspiration!