Looking at the old days, invitations were engraved in black ink, with a motif or ornament.
Simple and elegant, they were certainly beautiful, but a touch of colour, a quirky detail and a colourful envelope would have made them much better.
But all depends of the occasion.
A garden party or an invitation to afternoon tea allow a less formal invitation than a dinner or a wedding, therefore more relaxed themes are permitted.
Some useful recommendations to be the perfect host on all your parties and gatherings: Ready to write invitations Always good to have them handy as they will be useful for those last minute events or to invite someone you forgot at a closer date, when all our bespoke and personalised invitations are finished.
In simple or more elaborated designs, modern or vintage, they will add a lot of character to your repertoire.
You do not need to order a large quantity of them therefore you can keep many different designs.
With blank spaces to hand write your personal details they can be used for as many different occasions as you like as they allow you to specify the details for specific events and gatherings.
Whether just four guests to more than a dozen, you just use the exact number you require.
Make them look slightly different each time using a different pen and with envelopes in different colours.
Personalised invitations These invitations are usually available in a selection of different designs that can be customized with your own name, details, dates and rsvp details,...
Plain wordings with stylish motifs, unique illustrations, elegant monograms, seals, silk bows and handmade embellishments.
Make them your very own choosing your own wording, typeface style, ink colours, cards and envelopes.
Bespoke invitations If you want to be unique, bespoke invitations are a luxurious choice, totally made according to your own requirements and specifications.
Any idea or request you might have in mind, a unique textured paper, different shapes, motif designs, printing methods, typeface styles and combinations,...
Everything is possible.
A designer will prepare a pdf design presentations for the layout and then you will be able to choose from a range of paper and cards, colours, envelopes and much more.
Email invitations Like an e-card, they are useful and quick, but less personal.
You can just design an invite yourself and save it in a digital format ready to be attached to the email or just type it directly using a nice typeface style or mixing different ones with colours and typeface sizes too.
And when you send it, make it more personal and try to send one by one to your contacts.
If the list is too large, bcc instead of cc them.
Handmade invitations Many handmade invitations are available from selected shops and websites but if you are creative with some talent in design, making your own handmade invitations can be fun.
If your hand writing is nice just a nice paper card with a colourful envelope or a card with a ribbon bow will be perfect.
Otherwise, choose a nice thick card and print it with a good printer.
You can decorate it with glitter, punching one corner with a motif puncher or stamp a motif with some ink.