Crafting Perfect Baby Shower Invitations - Did you know more than four million babies are born in the United States each year? Given that astounding number, there’s a pretty good chance one of your friends or relatives will eventually be expecting a child – if one isn’t pregnant already.
Did you know more than four million
babies are born in the United States each year? Given that astounding
number, there’s a pretty good chance one of your friends or
relatives will eventually be expecting a child – if one isn’t
pregnant already. If it’s your sister, a sister-in-law, favorite
cousin or close friend, you may be inclined to throw the expectant
mother a baby shower. When you do, you will need to send baby shower
invitations.
Who Should You Invite?
Traditionally, baby showers were held
only for women expecting their first child, and only other women were
invited to attend. Nowadays, baby showers are often held for women
who are adopting and mothers expecting second and even third
children. Expectant fathers, husbands, boyfriends and their friends
are often included in the celebration. When deciding who to invite to
the shower, it’s best to defer to the expectant mother’s wishes.
If the shower is a surprise, consult with her husband/significant
other or a close relative or friend to discern who should be in
attendance.
Where Should You Have the Shower?
The number of guests expected to attend
may dictate your shower location. If you’re inviting a large number
of people, you may want to consider renting a conference room,
clubhouse, church or other location suitable for a large gathering.
If you’re planning a smaller, more intimate shower, you may be able
to hold it in your home. Whatever location you choose, be sure to
include directions and/or a map in the baby shower invitation for
those who may not be familiar with the area.
Gathering Information for the Baby
Shower Invitations
Before you actually get down to
business creating your
baby
shower invitations, gather the pertinent information.
Make sure you have the following essential details down so you can
include them within your baby shower invitations:
Date and Time
Location (including directions
and/or map)
Registries (or specific gift
requests, if the mother-to-be is not registered)
Whether or not refreshments will
be served
RSVP contact information
Names and addresses of guests to
be invited
You also may want to gather a few fun
facts or other tidbits about the mother-to-be, perhaps her due date,
a baby picture of her, baby picture of the father, etc.
Selecting and Crafting Your Baby
Shower Invitations
Once you have made the essential
decisions and gathered all the pertinent details, it’s time to
select the perfect baby shower invitation and put it all together.
You can purchase baby shower invitations at many grocery stores and
card stores, but they tend to lack a really personal touch. You can
purchase card-crafting supplies from an arts and crafts store and
create one-of-a-kind baby shower invitations from scratch, but that
could take hours of your valuable time. Thankfully, there are
Internet-based companies such as
AstonishingCards
to make crafting creative, one-of-a-kind, personalized baby shower
invitations as easy as pie (maybe even easier!).
They have dozens of designs in colors
and styles suitable for both boy and girl baby showers. Select your
favorite, then use the personalization software to add fun baby
photos of the mother and father-to-be as well as the pertinent shower
details. If you choose the 5x7 baby shower invitation size, you can
even add a map to the shower location. Upload the names and addresses
of your baby shower guests and you’re done.
Crafting (and sending) Perfect Baby Shower
Invitations is Easy
It really is as easy as pie.
AstonishingCards
will print and mail your perfectly crafted baby shower invitations
the day after you place your order, and you can get back to planning
the rest of the party.
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