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A Host’s Guide to Bridal Shower Invitation Wording

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Hosting a bridal shower or couple’s shower for the happy couple is exciting and rewarding. You get to play a fun role in the lead up to their wedding. While the event may be a few months away, it doesn’t hurt to start planning your invitations now.

For both first-time hosts and seasoned party planners, it’s easy to feel stuck when deciding what to write on your invitations. Whether you’re the host or you’re helping them to get organized, here’s everything you need to know before writing your bridal shower invitation wording.
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12 Woodland Baby Shower Invitations to Welcome Your Little Cub

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When you found out you would be a parent, you felt all the emotions: happiness, excitement, and — if you’re being honest — the tiniest hint of panic. After all, with a new baby, your life is about to change. As a parent-to-be, you know order and plans will fly out the window, but you’re ready to wrap your arms around the ensuing chaos. To welcome the wild turn your life will take, you’re sending out woodland baby shower invitations to all your friends and family.

To give a subtle nod to your growing family tree, you want a rustic, woodsy vibe for your shower. You’ll throw it outdoors — if the weather allows — and welcome all the animal-themed gifts and keepsakes your friends and family want to give. To help throw the baby shower of your dreams, we’re sharing our favorite woodland baby shower invitations.
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19 Business Event Invitations to Impress Your Guests

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Team and client events are one of the highlights of the year for many businesses. It’s an opportunity to get together and celebrate success, raise funds for a good cause, or show thanks to the great people who support you. And the right event invitation can set the right tone.

If you’re planning a business event or gala, you might be looking for a creative and interesting way to send out event emails and corporate invitations. Look no further, as here we share our most-loved event invitations for business events.
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10 Sunflower Wedding Invitations for Your Country Chic Vibe

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Some couples dream of show-stopping wedding receptions, ballgown wedding dresses, and glam decor, but not you. From the moment you discovered Pinterest, you pictured your dream rustic wedding — complete with woodgrain touches, a garden backdrop, and lively sunflower wedding invitations to send to each of your guests.

On any given day, you’ll take burlap over sparkles, flower petals over jewels, and lace over satin. You always wanted an outdoor, countryside wedding, and with a ring securely positioned on your left finger you’re deep into the wedding planning process.

And you’re on the hunt for a gorgeous rustic wedding invitation to carry out your vision.

Below, we’re sharing 10 of our favorite sunflower wedding invitations to carry out your country wedding theme. With a wonderful balance between rustic and chic, you’ll certainly fall in love with one of these designs.
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12 Bachelorette Party Invitations for Before She Gets Hitched

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Sisters. Besties. Your number one ride-or-die. Your best girl is about to get married, and you want to send her off with the best bachelorette party in recent history. As the maid of honor, you’re carefully selecting bachelorette party invitations to ensure her best friends, family, and future in-laws are there for one of her last nights as a single lady.

Whether you’re planning a day trip to the spa or a weekend getaway to Nashville, these invitations will bring everyone together for the bride-to-be’s last single bash. From a tasteful trip to a winery to a slightly inappropriate ladies’ night, you’re sure to find an invite to kick off the last fling before the ring.
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17 Elegant Gala Invitations for Your Next VIP Event

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Galas are among the grandest parties you’ll ever host or attend. Often with a theme to celebrate or a cause to draw attention to, these events are the height of elegance and sophistication. For an event so special, you’ll want to find a gala invitation that impresses your guests straight from the start.
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12 Watercolor Wedding Invitations That Are Actually Works of Art

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When it comes to picking out your wedding day decor, three words come to mind: dreamy, colorful, and elegant. While some couples choose to deck their receptions with florals or metallics, you’re going another route: watercolors. And to start your wedding canvas, you’re on the hunt for beautiful, watercolor wedding invitations to send to your guests.

Below you’ll find a mixture of watercolor invitations fit for any season, color palette, or wedding theme. Gorgeous enough to make you blush, we’re sure they’ll fit the romantic, timeless look you’re searching for. From brushstrokes matching a night sky to a sandy beach or a floral wreath, you’ll find one to complement your dream day wedding.
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10 Kid’s Birthday Invitations Even an Adult Would Envy

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We have zero shame in saying this: We’re a big group of kids who never grew up. And for that reason, designing (and sending) kid’s birthday invitations is sorta our jam.

Because while adult birthday parties are nice, we’d choose a bouncy house over a cocktail bar any day. And when you think of all the go-to kid’s party themes — pool parties, skating parties, bowling parties — you’re low-key humming the tune to Our Favorite Things.

So if you’re searching high and low for the best kid’s birthday invitations, just sit back and relax. We have a whole collection of designs that will make you want to party.
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12 Surprise Party Invitations to Send to Your Co-Conspirators

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Not to toot our own, but — toot! toot! — we’re sort of professional surprise party planners. Detectives envy our secrecy, our lips are always sealed, and our surprise party invitations — they don’t leave a trace of evidence.

That’s right. Your guest of honor can dust for fingerprints and search our (snail)mailboxes with a magnifying glass, but our surprise invites will go undetected. Why? Here’s a bit of not-so-classified information for you: Our paperless invites don’t use RSVP cards, address labels, or stamps. No paper, no evidence.

So put us under the microscope all you want. These surprise party invitations won’t be found.
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10 50th Birthday Invitations to Celebrate the Big Five-Oh

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Cheers to 50 years! Whether you or a loved one is counting down to the big five-oh, it’s a big reason to celebrate. And below, we’re diving into ten of our favorite 50th birthday invitations to kick off the party.

Five decades is certainly nothing to scoff at, so you’ll want to start brainstorming tons of fun 50th birthday party ideas to weave in to the festivities. Practice your mixology skills and create a custom cocktail, share old photos from decades prior, or use the year you were born as a party theme.

However you choose to celebrate, we’re sure you’ll have a wonderful time. But first, let’s make sure everyone knows about the birthday bash — on to the invitations.
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