Not Sending Paper Invitations?

LightBright515 · May 2014

I've just received 2 baby shower invites by email only...

I think email is good for save the dates, but EYE plan on sending out paper invites. Just my personal standard. Thoughts?

Ehhhh I think the baby shower forum is running off on me...

angeltennis3 · May 2014

It's 2014. I wouldn't really care. Although personally I would use something like evites vs just an email.

jellybean0110 · May 2014

I'm slowly coming around to e-vites. I love paper invites and announcements. I am a Shutterfly HOAR. But truthfully they are expensive and I find that when I receive these things from other people they park it on my fridge for about a month and then I trash them. That's a lot of money that eventually gets trashed. The past two Christmases I made our cards on the Red Stamp app and texted them out on Christmas day. They seem to be well received and literally cost nothing. If I were a FTM I would probably still prefer paper invites for my baby shower but if I received someone else's shower invite via text, facebook or email I wouldn't judge.

DreadGamerWife · May 2014

I love paper invites for planned events so I can quickly put in on my fridge as a reminder. E-mail/E-vites are fine for quick get togethers or very informal items.

I think it also depends on your audience. Some of DH's grandmother's older friends and family had issues with a paper invite that had an e-mail address for the RVSP for her birthday celebration (yes, the e-mail address confused some of them). But an exclusively younger crowd might prefer an e-vite to a paper invitation.

live4thegiraffe · May 2014

For a baby shower, paper invites all the way. It's one of those special events that calls out for one. I save emails and facebook invites for halloween parties and cookouts.

IrishHoney123 · May 2014

I don't consider email/facebook invites a true PERSONAL invite like ones I receive addressed to me in the mail. It seems lazy....

knicoletti · May 2014

jalara48 said:

I'm throwing my sister's in 2 weeks and I refused to let others help because they wanted to use email and Facebook. No thank you. It's tacky.

A proper function deserves proper invitations.

^Yup. I'm snobbish about invites!

This. I do not like evites or FB messages. I especially do not like them for events that usually include gifts.

lrobi13 · May 2014

I love picking out invitations. It is so much fun. I just use an excel spreadsheet to make label and boom you are done. It can get costly but it kind of sets the tone of the event. I like FB events and evites for quick get together where there is not a bunch of time.

MrsSinner402 · May 2014

I use Vistaprint online! We used them for the wedding and they are sooo affordable and great quality!

MrsMac613 · May 2014

I think events like showers, wedding and kids parties or formal adult birthday parties should always have paper invites. Basically any event that would require a thank you note should have a paper invitation.

DaniW1984 · May 2014

MrsMac613 said:
I think events like showers, wedding and kids parties or formal adult birthday parties should always have paper invites. Basically any event that would require a thank you note should have a paper invitation.

This. Anything that requires a thank you note should have paper invite! Love me some 'good' mail!

LightBright515 · May 2014

Wait, people don't write thank you notes? I hate doing them, but I would never NOT send one.

MrsSinner402 said:
I use Vistaprint online! We used them for the wedding and they are sooo affordable and great quality!

I'll have to keep them in mind! I was looking at invitations recently, and there is so much out there yet nothing that I think I want.

12bailey18 · May 2014

I haven't received a paper invitation in years, LOL. I rarely even get e-vites anymore. Every invitation I get is through Facebook. It doesn't bother me. What does bother me, though, is not receiving a paper thank you note. That is one thing that will never change to me.

Mewwwwws · May 2014

I personally actually PREFER invitations that are electronic such as paperless post. And for me, Id prefer them for everything from informal birthday parties to weddings. It doesn't seem rude or inconsiderate to me-and more convenient as I'm much apt to more easily find an electronic than a paper invite, easily click on the link to the map, the registry etc. and it fits more with my push for less clutter, less garbage. What I do still prefer is PAPER thank yous and holiday cards and birthday cards as these I feel are more personalized to the receiver.

tamadiva · May 2014

I love Vistaprint! They have darling invitations, and you will not find a better deal on front and back printed invitations. They also have thank you cards, etc. that match your invitations. I'm doing almost all paper invitations, but my host is creating a Facebook event also to cover all bases and make RSVP a little easier.

futuremrsnjoroge · May 2014

All of the invitations that I've received thus far have been via email (paperless post, evite). I never take offense. And they are quite convenient for calendar management purposes.

Because I fully intend for this to be my only child (1st tri was depressing as f---k... never doing it again), I'll be having a fairly "fancy" indoor/outdoor baby shower. Our paper invitations will kind of prepare our guests for the event's style.

ss265 · May 2014

I personally prefer electronic invites and honestly would have sent them for my wedding, if I could have gotten away with it (DH put his foot down on that one). I can see people preferring paper invites for an event like a baby shower. However, I did receive a paper invite for a birthday party recently which I thought was too much - I never go through my mail and it was such a pain to search for the invite to find the date, time, and address that I ended up just texting the hostess to ask her (we were texting about something else - I didn't text her just to ask her).

cbriggs567 · May 2014

I think for showers and weddings you should send our paper invites. FB invites and evites are fine for BBQ's and family get together a but I think it's fun to get invitations in the mail!

Eastie156 · May 2014

I don't really think it matters. Personally, I prefer paper invites for things like babyshowers, wedding invites, big birthday invites, etc. But I'm also ok with evites for birthdays, sprinkles and the like.

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