So you are planning a major do, be it a corporate function or a Christening, you've set the time, picked the locale, you may even have sorted the guest list - now you should make the announcement.
Creating the right invitation can frequently be rather a chore - while many would say it's only the invite, it's only the notification of an event - but that would be somebody that hasn't had to plan a major event like a wedding or a birth announcement.
Generating the right style or essence for your event in somewhat based on the efforts you put into your invitations. Sending a two dollar pre printed invite from the local supermarket may be O.K. for your child's 5th birthday but, come on, for a wedding.
Whether it's a wedding, a birth announcement or maybe a 21st, the invitations become a memento of the party - the invite often frames your own photo album and for many invited guests are kept in theirs.
To lose the art of creativity when it comes to an announcement is ruinous. The skilled calligraphers who hand crafted notices is on the wane.
Back in the Dark ages, when it was rare to leave the vicinity of a local village, the Town crier could stroll the lanes proclaiming in a loud voice the news of the day. Often it was open invitation, quite like the general public events of Facebook!
As the years stole away, by 1447 Gutenberg's Printing Press was invented and over time the middle class could design top of the range invitations thru metal plate engraving (circa 1642) and lithographs by the 1800's.
These advances in technology allowed a much wider use of printing so the masses could announce their special occassions with a printed invite giving the guest something to hold onto as a souvenir of the occassion.
Now, personalising invitations is as easy as creating something at home and printing it. That said , a high quality customized birth announcement or wedding invite is worth the investment, particularly when it can all be done online and is often less expensive than the cost of home printer ink cartridges!
Creating the right invitation can frequently be rather a chore - while many would say it's only the invite, it's only the notification of an event - but that would be somebody that hasn't had to plan a major event like a wedding or a birth announcement.
Generating the right style or essence for your event in somewhat based on the efforts you put into your invitations. Sending a two dollar pre printed invite from the local supermarket may be O.K. for your child's 5th birthday but, come on, for a wedding.
Whether it's a wedding, a birth announcement or maybe a 21st, the invitations become a memento of the party - the invite often frames your own photo album and for many invited guests are kept in theirs.
To lose the art of creativity when it comes to an announcement is ruinous. The skilled calligraphers who hand crafted notices is on the wane.
Back in the Dark ages, when it was rare to leave the vicinity of a local village, the Town crier could stroll the lanes proclaiming in a loud voice the news of the day. Often it was open invitation, quite like the general public events of Facebook!
As the years stole away, by 1447 Gutenberg's Printing Press was invented and over time the middle class could design top of the range invitations thru metal plate engraving (circa 1642) and lithographs by the 1800's.
These advances in technology allowed a much wider use of printing so the masses could announce their special occassions with a printed invite giving the guest something to hold onto as a souvenir of the occassion.
Now, personalising invitations is as easy as creating something at home and printing it. That said , a high quality customized birth announcement or wedding invite is worth the investment, particularly when it can all be done online and is often less expensive than the cost of home printer ink cartridges!
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