By: Seo Majesty
Submitted: 2010-12-22 23:19:21 | Word Count: 512
The holidays are a very popular time for throwing dinner parties, cocktail parties and open houses. Everyone is feeling festive, and it’s only natural to want to share the holiday spirit with family and friends. If you’re planning any sort of Christmas party this year, you may want to send Christmas invitations to your guest list.
Because most people are invited to numerous holiday parties, etiquette professionals suggest that you send your own holiday party invitations at least eight weeks before your event. This is not so early that your guests will forget all about it, but early enough that they can avoid scheduling conflicts. If you follow this rule of thumb, you would mail invitations for December holiday parties out in October. If you’ve decided to throw a holiday party at the last minute, two weeks is the absolute minimum amount of time you should allow for most mailed Christmas invitations to arrive at their destinations.
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If you’re ordering custom Christmas invitations, some vendors will rush your order for a fee. Others, like postcardsandinvitations.com, an online retailer of custom postcards and invitations, offer superior turn-times. They’ll actually print, address, stamp and mail (or ship to you), the next business day – making their service perfect for plan ahead-types and procrastinators alike.
If you’re ordering custom Christmas invitations, you’ll need to come up with a design. If you’re not very artistic or don’t have access to graphic design software (Quark, InDesign and PhotoShop are all popular graphics programs), you could hire a local graphic designer. Their rates will vary from as little as $20 per hour to $100+ per hour. You’ll need to have some idea of what you want if you want (theme, colors, message, etc.) if you want your designer to be able to design efficiently. The more specific you can be at the start, the less the design should end up costing you in the end.
If you have access to graphic design software, you can design your own card from scratch. Make sure you check out the artwork requirements for the vendor from which you’ll be ordering before you begin. Many require specific file types, sizes and resolution for artwork submitted. If you’re not familiar with graphic design or imaging terminology, designing and submitting your artwork to their specifications could be time consuming.
There is another option when you desire a unique custom Christmas invitation. Online vendors such as postcardsandinvations.com make designing one-of-a-kind invitations simple and fun. Thanks to customizable templates and easy to use online software, you can create a fabulous Christmas invitation in a flash. Add photos, personalize the message, choose colors and fonts – you can turn one of their templates into something special in minutes.
You won’t have to worry about file types, sizes or specifications. The software and templates ensure that whatever you create will look just as gorgeous in real life as it does on the screen. If you’re not feeling creative, choose one of the more complete designs, requiring little customization. Either you’re your guaranteed eye-catching, high quality, unique Christmas invitations that everyone will notice.
