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Is this tacky?

spacystasispacystasi
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I'm thinking about sending out an evite for C's first birthday party.  I love how easy it is to keep track of who's coming, but am wondering if I should go the extra mile and do the card thing?

I plan on doing thank you cards with his cake smash pictures.

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    iHeartHimMoreiHeartHimMore
    Not tacky at all. Lots of people do it. I say go for it - save yourself the hassle of designing/printing/mailing/$$$.
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    Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn

    No it's not tacky.  I did that for 2nd and 3rd birthdays.  But the only reason I did a paper one for the 1st is so I had something to put in the baby book.  :)

     

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    spacystasispacystasi
    Hmmm, maybe I'll design a small one for the grandparents and baby book =)
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    ~Lynchie~~Lynchie~ member
    I definitely dont think its tacky!   I wish I had done evites actually, it would have been a lot easier to keep track of who was coming!
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    MrsEditorJaxMrsEditorJax

    I don't think it's tacky. I personally like actual invites, but that is because I am crafty and like that type of thing, especially since a first birthday is a big deal. If you want to do a real one with a photo, just do something quick and easy and order it from Costco. I had the lovely PixelVixen design mine and then uploaded them to Office Depot (since they were an odd shape) and went from there. Either way, though, you can't go wrong.

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    preston18preston18
    Not tacky, but paper invites and Excel kept me on top of it. 
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    newmommy74newmommy74
    Not tacky at all, everyone seems to do them these days. However I too like the physical invite in my hand/on the fridge too so if you think that some people would think it is tacky then just send them a physicl invite & the rest E-vites! 
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    IdahoGirlIdahoGirl
    imageMrsEditorJax:

    I don't think it's tacky. I personally like actual invites, but that is because I am crafty and like that type of thing, especially since a first birthday is a big deal. If you want to do a real one with a photo, just do something quick and easy and order it from Costco.

     All of this, with the added question - does everyone you're going to invite use email?  I wish that were true for me, but it's not :(  Grandparents, not so much.

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    StellaZStellaZ

    I was worried about this too. I ended up creating a nice "save the date" card with date and time and "details to follow" and mailed and/or handed those out way in advance (since it was end of summer and all). It's cute enough for the baby book, grandparents and fridg adornment.

    Then I followed up with an evite about a month before the party. And from the evite I could see who had not yet viewed and was able to get them the info another way. Party was Sunday and it worked great!

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    spacystasispacystasi
    imageIdahoGirl:
    imageMrsEditorJax:

    I don't think it's tacky. I personally like actual invites, but that is because I am crafty and like that type of thing, especially since a first birthday is a big deal. If you want to do a real one with a photo, just do something quick and easy and order it from Costco.

     All of this, with the added question - does everyone you're going to invite use email?  I wish that were true for me, but it's not :(  Grandparents, not so much.

    Surprisingly, everyone except my brother's family I have an email address for =)  Even my grandma, who I receive those oh so popular forwarded messages about kitties...every day ;)

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    No it's not tacky.  I did that for 2nd and 3rd birthdays.  But the only reason I did a paper one for the 1st is so I had something to put in the baby book.  :)

     

    This! That's the only reason I did invites for R's 1st birthday.

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    MrsKatieMrsKatie
    Definitely do it!  I think you can even upload your own picture so that you can still do  "picture" invite if you are in to that!
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    Alli923Alli923

    Not tacky at all.  I actually prefer evites now because I can keep track of things more easily, as a host and an attendee.

    But, I get the sentimental value of an actual invite too.

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    MaddimomMaddimom
    Not tacky at all. I think evites are the way to go
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