Birthday is one of the most long-awaited holidays, so it is customary to prepare for it in advance. They choose not only an outfit, a menu, and a venue for the celebration. Special attention is paid to birthday invitations, which can be designed in different styles. This is much more interesting than a regular SMS or verbal notification. We'll tell you how to decorate your invitations in an original and tasteful way!
Invitation to the Birthday
When composing an invitation, it is important not only to correctly indicate the date, time and location of the event. Don't forget about the rules of etiquette. For girls or teenagers, a freer postcard format is acceptable. But for an adult, the invitation card should be discreet, especially if these are relatives or colleagues.
For friends
When you decide to invite friends to your holiday, you can choose a variety of postcard formats. For example, a funny or humorous message. You can sign it both in poetry and in prose. If this is a married couple, then it is appropriate to make a double invitation.
For colleagues
Colleagues are advised to write a formal short message. There is no need to write “darling” or “dear” to the woman or man you are working with. It is recommended that you fill out the form briefly and concisely. If you cooperate with foreigners and plan to invite them to a holiday, then you should sign the invitation card in English.
Materials and decoration
Most suitable materials:
- High quality designer paper;
- Metallized thick cardboard;
- Translucent tracing paper and coated soft paper.
Combining these materials helps to make original invitations. To give them different performance characteristics, the following additional processing methods are used:
- Foil stamping in silver or gold color;
- Figured die-cutting or laser cutting to form intricate patterns;
- Coating with laminating films or UV varnish to add gloss;
- Texturing the surface - giving it relief.
For additional decoration, different types of braid are used (ribbons made of satin fabric or cotton, linen twines), bows. The front parts are decorated with patterns with monograms and small brooches.
The configuration of the invitation depends on its type, design, and idea. The classic version is an envelope made of designer paper or foam cardboard, an insert with text printed on it, a decorative element and a simple paper envelope for sending by mail or courier service.
Birthday Invitation Template
When you don’t have time for experiments and creative searches, you can use ready-made solutions. You can make a bright card with a holiday invitation using ready-made templates. All you need to do is download and print these blanks. All you have to do is enter your text into them - and the birthday invitation is ready!
Birthday invitation: text
What should be the text in the invitation card? It is necessary to register:
- location of the celebration;
- date and time of organization of the event.
Why is it so important to point out these points? The fact is that the purpose of creating the postcard itself lies precisely in notifying guests about the intricacies of the celebration. It is equally important to indicate the location of the celebration, regardless of where it will be held: outdoors, at home, in a cafe, pizzeria, restaurant.
Or you can use ready-made options:
I am sending you an invitation to my birthday. I’m waiting for you on ___ date, exactly at ___ o’clock. Here is the address:
very soon: The table is mine, and all the toast is yours. Mood - from me, from you - free half a day. I will be waiting for you here, see: _____________ (date, place).
Receive an invitation to a wonderful birthday! To know what, where, when - Look here: _________________ _________________
Please sign to receive an Invitation from me. I’m waiting for my birthday on _____________________ date.
Bring fun and a smile from ear to ear, Come to _______________ Relax with friends!
my birthday and inviting my friends! But there is a dress code for guests - it won’t work without a smile! I will be glad to meet you in this place at this hour: “___” __________ year ____________________ And there is also a wish: Come without delay.
Where to begin?
Invitations are the calling card of the event, so they should be designed accordingly. For example, if you take invitations for a wedding anniversary, you can start from its theme, color scheme or any other memorable features.
If white and blue colors predominated at the wedding, then when decorating the invitations it is better to follow this color scheme, thus you can remind the guests of the past holiday and return them to the day when they, together with the newlyweds, solemnly celebrated the creation of a new family.
You can also do this if the wedding was themed. The symbols and attributes of the chosen theme will fit well into the interior when decorating the venue for the anniversary in honor of this event.
Before choosing invitations, you need to think carefully and not rush, in case interesting ideas still prevail over monotonous cardboard cards.
It is also worth taking care of how invitation cards for the wedding anniversary will be presented. Of course, they can be sent by mail or given in person at a meeting, but if the decision to surprise has already been made, then you can come up with something unusual. For example, if the wedding was a biker’s, then a biker can present invitations to its anniversary.
- The themed party in the style of the USSR is a return to those years when you were a pioneer and could not resist when you heard a hit from the distant 80s.
- A soap bubble show for children will bring you the same holiday as it does for children, here is a link to the article.
Cool birthday invitations
You can approach the creation of a postcard with humor and make a comic invitation to your holiday. Below are some cool options.
No. 1. Agenda
This solution, for which a white background is chosen, will turn out to be all unusual and funny:
Agenda. Issued on (date and time of the event) in the name of __________________. We oblige you to come to the following address ____________________________ to participate in a fun and noisy celebration called “Birthday”. Please note that if you are late, you will be fined, and failure to appear will be strictly punished by the hero of the occasion (signature of the birthday person).
No. 2. Conference
You can do another option like this. It will definitely be remembered by the guests. Here's a sample:
Dear/Dear __________________! You are given a unique chance to take part in a conference on the topic: “How to spend your first... years pleasantly and cheerfully,” which is held on ________________20__ at the address: ____________________________. Registration of event participants begins at ___________ hours. (Name of the hero of the day)
Significance of content
You need to think through the structure and content of the invitation right away in order to correctly place the text on the card insert. What exactly should be included in it?
- If this is a personalized invitation, then it should contain the name of the guest, that is, a personal address to him;
- Information about the event - what kind of celebration it is, on what occasion it will take place, to whom it is dedicated. If the evening is specific, then you can briefly describe the program (“With a buffet table, the participation of show business stars, competitions and gifts”);
- Indication of the date, exact start time, venue (name and address of the restaurant, number of the banquet hall, etc.);
- If guests are divided into groups by tables, then the table number is indicated in the invitation;
- To participate in theme nights, indicate the dress code if it is provided for by the establishment or the event scenario;
- Information about the number of invitees - how many people are invited to the anniversary. This allows you to address an invitation to one specific person if there is no information about his marital status;
- Contact information is indicated less frequently, but its presence will help the guest notify the organizers of the possibility or impossibility of taking part in the event and clarify the details.
Before writing a text, it is better to immediately draw up a plan, think over the content and style of presentation. This can be an official business text, a friendly informal text, a humorous text, etc.
Original birthday invitation
Unusual solutions can be written in poetry. Below are several variations:
are sending an invitation, We are going to a holiday - a birthday. Come to us at four, we'll gather everyone in the apartment. And when we feel crowded, We will continue in the restaurant. We'll only come home in the morning, Come! Are looking forward to!
will turn around, We will sing and dance, In general, we will have a great time! And if you bring me a gift, it will be doubly fun!
welcome , expected guest! In my holiday program, you are the highlight of this program! I don’t accept apologies or any refusals! Once a year there is only a birthday, Confirmation - this verse!
Electronic birthday invitation
We make original birthday gifts with our own hands
Increasingly, an electronic invitation is being made to a celebration in honor of the Birthday. This format can be no less convenient and original, but does not require individual distribution. All virtual cards can be easily sent to guests in one evening, without leaving home. The layout can be downloaded, created independently in Word or through special websites. It will be great if you have special skills and can draw a stylish modern solution. You can see ideas below:
Invitation templates
In order not to look in stores for “those” invitations that would please the birthday boy and his guests, I suggest using the free samples from this article. There are not many of them, but they are made in a modern style, with watercolor drawings that you don’t have to paint yourself. Each of the layouts is almost universal. You can safely give it to a colleague or friend who will be sincerely delighted with such a gift.
You can download all forms below (to do this, you need to open them in the next window by selecting the appropriate item by right-clicking the mouse). All that remains is to print these pictures and, if desired, strengthen the back side with something thick, or immediately print on something like photo paper.
DIY birthday invitation card
Making your own birthday invitation ticket is quite simple. To do this you need to prepare:
- glue;
- thick paper;
- tape;
- hole puncher;
- Printer;
- plain and office paper.
This option is suitable for both girls and boys, as well as adults. Follow the instructions step by step and everything will work out:
- Having chosen the template you like, print it on your printer. Use thick paper.
- Print out the background on office paper, and again a template on it.
- Cut out the blanks.
- Glue the parts together.
- Write the text.
- On the front side, make additional marks by hand if necessary.
- Punch holes for the tape with a hole punch.
- Secure 2 parts of the invitation with ribbon.
All that remains is to decorate the card. To do this, you can use stickers, glitter, lace, cut-out elements - whatever you see fit. But do not overload the workpiece.
Invitation in the form of a scroll - original format
For such an invitation you will need thick paper, two wooden sticks and a thin satin ribbon. We issue an invitation in the style of an ancient Russian letter. If you have beautiful handwriting and stamps with different monograms, sign by hand. You can age the paper by immersing it in a strong coffee solution, and you can lightly burn the edges on a candle. We glue sticks along the edges, with the help of which we fold the invitation letter. We secure the scroll with a ribbon or twine and tie a bow.
How to issue a birthday invitation
There are many original design options for such postcards. Using non-trivial solutions, you can transform even the most familiar text.
Parchment paper
An invitation to a birthday or anniversary on parchment looks very stylish and elegant. Of course, you won't have to use ancient paper. You can use a design solution. Parchment paper with burnt edges will add a special charm and antique charm to the card.
Black and white
Black and white blanks look incredibly stylish. They look elegant and can be painted if desired. In this format you can prepare invitations for a children's party. Adults will print out the templates, and the hero of the occasion will design them in an original way.
Scroll
Another unusual solution is a scroll. It can be made on canvas, parchment, papyrus. In this design, the imitation of a birch bark letter will look very original. The main thing is to add sealing wax and jute rope to the postcard. In this format, it will create intrigue and will be pleasantly remembered by the guests.
How to avoid common mistakes?
There are also mistakes in the design and delivery of invitations, which occur with enviable regularity. The most common of them are grammatical errors, and in order to avoid them you need to carefully think through the content and re-read the text several times. First of all, you need to check the names of the guests, since your beloved friend Yulia will not be pleased to learn that she was invited to the anniversary as Yuri, and so on.
Another common mistake is poor design of invitations. Despite the fact that maximum imagination and creativity was involved in their production, you still need to know when to stop. Bulky, fragile or invitations that tend to quickly lose their shape are probably not the best idea.
Many people tend to keep invitations as well as cards given to them for the holidays, so the longer the invitation remains in its original form, the better.
It would seem that invitations to an anniversary are the simplest and most uncomplicated thing, but how much creativity and imagination can be shown when creating them, how many ways they provide to surprise friends and how many reasons to remember for a long time the evening when your relatives were honored to become guests of honor at a solemn and important event in the life of their loved ones.
