Poll: e-vites for second birthday?

mistresscox · June 2011

I thought I was going to be very excited to plan DD's second birthday party, but as it gets closer I'm realizing it's not going to happen. I don't really have time and it feels more like a chore than anything now, so I'm thinking I will just do a casual non-theme BBQ in our backyard with sprinklers/kiddie pool for the kids. That being said, would it be tacky to do e-vites? We will only invite 4-5 families (and then of course our OOT family that won't come). Should I still do written invites?[Poll]

hereonceagain · June 2011

I absolutely love Evites BUT please note that many big company emails block Evites. Lots of them do. We had a huge party and sent out evites and about 15 people never got the evite because they didn't go through to their work email. I don't think I trust it anymore. It doesn't give you a notification that it doesn't go through, it just doesn't go through and you'll never know. So unless everyone has hotmail, gmail, etc, I wouldn't do it. Or I'd type out a personal email to them and include the evite link.

katie_cj · June 2011

I did Facebook invites for Jake's birthday. We are doing an informal BBQ with cake and Jake is the only kid. Not to mention, I'm currently in Germany, the party is in Canada and the Canadian mail is on strike.

Facebook it was. Only my grandparents aren't on Facebook, so I called them up and wrote them an email.

sharrow · June 2011

I'm not a big fan of evites. I consider them tacky and bad manners.

If you are really pressed for time, write out a personal email to the recipient.

simplePixie · June 2011

All of our friends do e-vites or facebook invites for our kids' parties now... mainly due to time constraints and being environmentally friendly too!

Cytina · June 2011

I did FB invites for DS1's second birthday and evites for DS2's first birthday! I don't think it's tacky at all... I still send hand written thank you notes.

KathrynMD · June 2011

I think Evites are fine for almost everything.

I would be careful about sending them to "older" people though. I know my mom or FIL would call me 3x about how to respond, etc.

anna7602 · June 2011

sharrow:

I'm not a big fan of evites. I consider them tacky and bad manners.

If you are really pressed for time, write out a personal email to the recipient.

I guess it depends on your social circle. Around here, most of the kids' party invitations come via evite (or some similar service).

CountryatHeart · June 2011

Evite, Phone Calls, Facebook, Email

I don't do the paper invites. But so far, all 3 of her birthdays, she's been the only kid, lots of family. When she's older, with kids coming, we'll do paper invites, because they are fun for the other kids to get.

WestCoastMommy · June 2011

I personally am not a fan of evites but then again I scrapbook my kids birthday's and I love having the invite for each party. To me the first impression people get about a party is the invitation and if it's not nice looking it sets a tone. The invitation and the cake are kind of a big deal in our family lol

liongish119 · June 2011

I sent evites for DD 2nd and I think it worked really well. However, my friends and I communicate regularly through the computer, and I also see them all the time and so was able to invite them in person; the evite was just a reminder and so they'd have all the info in writing.

I think it depends on who your audience is; I don't find anything tacky about it and like PP said, very environmentally friendly!

janal · June 2011

I'm sure my group of friends think evites are tacky but quite frankly I don't care. It's a child's birthday party, FFS! I sent an evite and will have a nice party... and more $$ to spend on it.

If your friends judge you, then they can stay home IMO.

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