Bridesmaid Essentials | Essential Guide to Help the Bride

WEDDING SHOWER INVITATIONS

Invitations are the guests' first impression of the party so make 'em count. Unless you're a stationery aficionado and love fine papers, you don't have to buy expensive invitations to wow the girls on the list.

These are three basic types of shower invitations (click on each for a shower example):

1. Hand-made (for the scrapbooking types who are handy with trimmers, adhesives, and embellishments)

2. Fill in the blank (you'll write in all the party info on the blank lines)

3. Imprintable (pre-designed invitations that you can run through your printer or that a printing company will customize for you)

BRIGHT IDEA: Order a few more invitations than you need just in case your printer eats one or you have a last-minute addition to the guest list.

INVITATION SOURCES: