Invitation Do's and Don'ts

Party! 

The excitement begins when your guests open their mailbox and find your invitation. "We're invited to a party!" Your invitation sets the tone for your occasion.  Does it scream "I can't miss this party it sounds fabulous!" or did you send out a letter sheet that reads like a grocery list of boring statistics that immediately got relegated to the pile referred to "maybe we'll think about it unless something better comes up."

• The purpose of the invitation -  A birthday party, a wedding, a holiday open house.
• Name of honoree - the birthday person, the mother-to-be, the bride and groom
• Day and Date of the party - Saturday, August 29th or if it is formal, Saturday, the twenty-nineth of August.  Look at your calendar to make sure the as in this example, the 29th of August is really on a Saturday. If a formal event, include the year and spell it out - two thousand and ten
• Time -6:00 p.m., or for formal events, spell out the time such as six o'clock in the evening
• Name of Place - Opah's Restaurant
• Location of Place - street address, city and state if inviting out of town guests, but no zip code
• Name of the host(s)/hostess(es) or parent(s) giving the party
• Appropriate attire - if it is an issue with your party -do not use on formal invitations-the event should be the clue as to the appropriate attire. 
• Proof read several times for mistakes and/or forgotten information!  Even have a friend read it to make sure it's perfect!