Free Party Invitation Templates

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Use free party invitation templates to get the message out cheaply, quickly and colorfully.

Save precious party planning time by using free invite templates.

Template Advantages

A template offers plenty of advantages over sending out custom invitations or do-it-yourself invitations. While formal parties, such as corporate cocktails and weddings, require a traditional invite, filling out a template is perfectly acceptable for more intimate gatherings at home.

Cost Effective

A free party invitation template is just that—free. The design and sending or printing of the product is free of fees from the creator. Though you may spend a few cents on ink and paper when making free printable invitations, it will not break the budget. Send out online invitations via email or website posting to make the only cost the personal time spent filling in the blanks.

Quick

The amount of labor invested in creating handwritten calligraphy invites for a baby shower or child’s birthday party is often wasted upon those who toss your work into the trash after marking the date on their calendar. Similarly, running from store to store or scouring online invitation and announcement websites looking for the perfect invite wastes valuable moments that could be better spent on more important tasks.

A template allows a person to fill it in and hit “send” (whether to the printer or online) and the job is done—no hours or days of fruitless searching required.

Colorful Designs

While purchased fill-in-the-blank cards at big box retailers may be cheap, they are often lacking in originality. In fact, the selections may be eerily similar from store to store. Templates that are created and posted online for free may be created by up-and-coming artists, reputable companies or hobbyists who are looking to share their talent.

Although they are free, most invitation templates offer more than just a few lines for the date, place and event with one or two graphics. Modern graphics, innovative fonts and fresh invitation wording make the cards seem more like professionally created invites than free finds from the Internet.

Get Free Party Invitation Templates

Word processing, publishing and office programs often include templates for invitations. Check to see what features are included with the programs already installed on the office or home computer.

Free party invitation templates can also be found across the web. Check out these creative sites for invites to graduations, retirement bashes, birthday parties, luaus and more:

  • Hoover Web Design offers printable invitation templates for birthdays, holiday parties and themed parties. The PDF will open in Adobe Reader and offer a quarter-fold card with blanks for pertinent information.
  • Invitationland.com has invitations for a variety of parties that can be somewhat customized to personal preferences and taste. Party hosts get to choose the text, font and colors along with the size of invitation. The invitations are free to make, but a paid membership is required for thank you notes and favor tags.
  • Microsoft Office Online Party Templates has over 80 party invites currently available for use. Registered Microsoft Office 2007 users need to validate their software before the invites can be downloaded.
  • Sendomatic.com is full of bright online invitations that may feature animation, sound or Flash plug-ins. Only four invitations can be sent without cost and registration is required.

Add Extra Invitation Zing

Even if a party invitation is made using a free template, it can still be tailored to look unique. Add some zing to the printed invite by doing the following:

  • Tracing over the front cover lettering with a glitter pen
  • Using invitation paper in a bold color and heavy weight
  • Tossing some loose confetti inside the card before sealing the envelope
  • Adding a personal note to the invite
  • Enclosing a photograph with the invitation
  • Creating an envelope address label with the same style font as the invite
  • Gluing feathers, sequins, rhinestones, beads, charms or other 3-D elements onto the card

Creating a party invitation using a template is an affordable way to get the important information to those who need it. The invitation dilemma is solved by free templates when budget, time and appearance of the invite are all taken into account. Adding a few embellishments is the perfect finish to these easy cards.

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Comments

Thanks for the suggestion, Kay. It looks like a good design for all ages.

-- Contributed by: Lorie Witkop

Here's a cute free printable birthday party invitation template. It's more of a children's invitation. (Copy & Paste:) diyinvitationtemplates.com/birthday/free-birthday-balloons-invitation-template.html

-- Contributed by: Kay

There are so many invitation templates available, that I'm sure you can find something beautiful, Syed! Just looking at the Microsoft Office site, I see a nice brown and blue floral invitation, an invitation with a spring feel and another floral design. Browse some of the sites mentioned in the article for more ideas. Of course, you can always add some extra style to a printable invitation with your own embellishments, such as lace or glitter.

-- Contributed by: Lorie Witkop
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