Its official and there is no going back! The invitation (evite) has been sent and we are exactly one week away from the 'last minute baby shower' I'm throwing. Oh yeah...and I'm doing it on a tight budget so I'm sharing the ups, downs, ah-ha's, and oh-no's with you.
I'm a paper kind of gal. Not just 'kind of', we're talking major obsessed with paper, stationery, and ribbon. So you can imagine the pathetic looking frown I had on my face when I realized it was just too late to send out a paper one, not to mention the budget. Faster than we can say "baby girl" Evite was to the rescue! I briefly looked around at the baby shower templates they had, and although they were nice, I just wasn't finding one that I wanted to email to everyone. Luckily, I noticed the option to create your own. Now we were talking. :) You choose the background, then you choose the image (I chose the baby carriage) and then Evite gives you options for the 'accent' images (the polka dotted circles on each side of the carriage). I thought it turned out decent and I love the RSVP option. I'm actually addicted to it. Every time I go by my computer (which is VERY often), I hit the refresh button on the internet to get an update. If you are an instant gratification type of person like me, then this will be heaven. As of now we are at 26 attending, 4 declined, and 36 still haven't replied. The deadline is Tuesday. Tick, tick, tick...come on people!
I'm going with a 'sweet' theme so this was the wording for our invitation:
Come help us celebrate the anticipated arrival
of their sweet baby girl - Reagan.
Join Cindy, Devin, & Reese
for hors d'oeuvres & good company on
Sunday, September 28
2:30 p.m.
Carriage Hill Clubhouse
Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 23rd
and I'll send driving directions & more details.
Families welcome!
I really want to do a non-traditional color scheme. I'm going to go look for inspiration in the coming days, but I'm thinking a fuchsia, lime green, and purple combo..similar to the Evite invitation. We'll see what I happen to run into. The pit-stops for inspiration are DollarTree, Wal-Mart, and Target. I'll let you know how it goes...
Be inspired, get creative, and have fun!
