BUYING GUIDES..since 1995
|
GALT HOME:
Internet Guides - Finance - Audio/Video - Travel - Household/DIY - Health - Cars - Fashion - Sports - Entertainment - Cell Phones |
| MENU: Technology and Internet Guides | Travel | Health | Household | Sports ...independent online guides since 1995 |
Best Invitations for all your events!If you think back just 10 years ago, it would have been a real challenge finding custom printed invitations, whether birthday invitations or just part invitations. Weddings were always a special case, with people specializing in wedding invitations -- but anything else usually meant finding a box of something at the Hallmark store. Today, though, with the advent of the Internet and the ease of creating custom printing jobs (and the much lower cost with computer automation) you can easily get low-cost printed invitations for a graduation party, a baby shower, whatever. And the cost is no more than you would spend for standard pre-printed invitations that weren't customized. Keep reading to find about some great ideas for free or low-cost custom party invitations, and invitations for all kinds of events.
Wedding InvitationsWedding invitations are absolutely the most formal invitations you will ever send out. By definition, they are customized and personalized, and they are normally professionally printed for a classic, elegant look and feel. One site that offers custom wedding invitations is 1st-Class-Wedding-Invitations.com. They offer a variety of initial invitations to choose from, and you can then personalize the card with your wedding information (names, times, places, etc.) and your preferred verse or surrounding text. As an example, 100 custom printed wedding invitations with envelopes came out to $162 in one of our tests. They used thermography for their printing, which results in professional looking slightly raised lettering. They offer 48 hour printing and then you choose your shipping method. You can also check out IDoExpressions.com and view their selection of wedding invitations. Pricing is similar, $179 for 100 sample invitations we selected, a lovely gold ink on a black leather looking card. Also, they offer complete custom printing of all invitations, so you can select your own text and customized text. Another good site to check out is Calligraphy Lady. They provide beautiful, unique hand-written invitations for your special day, and they also sell standard printed invitations.Birthday Invitations - Party Invitation TemplatesPheww, now that we are past with the fancy formal wedding stuff, we can move on to fun things, like party invitations for kids birthdays. These are the kind of invitations you can design and print out on your home computer. A number of sites offer free invitation templates that you can customize with your own party information, while others will custom print cards and invitations for you and mail them to you. How much you spend or whether you opt for free is up to you! ActivitiesForKids.com is one of the sites that offers free birthday invitation templates. Choose from themes like pirates, circus, western, or halloween, type in the text you want, and then print out as many pages of custom invitations that you need. They print out 3 per page, and they do include the URL of the site as a promotional piece - kind of a pain, but not unbearable. PartyCat.com sells printed invitations for all kinds of parties and events, including birthdays. How about a mini disco ball on a thread with your birthday announcement on it? $1.40 each. Or a cute shark die cut invitation? $1.20 each. These are all custom printed with your information on it, and these are professional looking cards. They have a huge selection of over 300 birthday party themes to choose from - cowboy, baseball, kittens, fire trucks, zoo, flowers, etc.Graduation Invitations and AnnouncementsGraduation is another event that comes up each year and is inevitably followed by commencement celebrations, parties, and more. Whether for high school or college, many families opt for sending out graduation invitations for the commencement ceremony, often with a separate party invitation to follow. Polygraphics.com is one site that helps you get ideas for graduation invitations - they have a selection ranging from simple to elegant. Cost is around $1-$1.50 per card depending on quantity purchased, and the invitations can be custom printed with your details, like most cards. PictureMePerfect.com is another graduation invitation site, with a focus on customizing your cards with the graduates photo! These are good looking, personalized cards that cost about $1 each in quantities of 100 or more.Baby Shower InvitationsThe other big event that requires custom invitations is for a baby shower. These fun, joyous events again allow for a little more creativity and less formality. PeekabooPumpkin.com is just such a fun site to check out when planning for a new baby. They have a large selection of baby shower invitations and birth announcements for both boys and girls. As an example, 50 custom printed Blue Pitter Patter cards was $97.50 vs. $62.50 for blank cards that you can print yourself. In the invitation making process, you design the text and layout for the card and they then send you a JPG proof image for your approval before the job is submitted for printing. StorkAvenue.com is another good site with baby shower invitations. One sample of 5 custom printed invites was $1.45 each, and another with text over a beautiful photo as just over $1.50 each. Their cards are cute and in good taste - you won't have a problem finding one that suits you and your future baby's style!
Do you have a quality site or product that belongs in this guide? We are always happy to evaluate or review new products and websites. Feel free to contact us at the email address below and let us know about you. If you have a demo product you'd like us to look at, please contact us before sending anything. Thank you.
Send email to: galtemail (@) yahoo.com
|
