Unique and Creative Invitations for Your Next Event!

If you want to build excitement for an upcoming party or event, start out with a really unique invitation! A creative invitation sets up your guests for the excitement of the upcoming celebration.

It is for this reason I have chosen “I” is for invitation for the next in my Alphabet series!

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Alice in Wonderland Invitations

You just can’t host an Alice in Wonderland themed party without a fun and fanciful invitation, can you? Begin with a long scrolled invitation with all of the details and all kinds of fun images of Alice, teapots, the White Rabbit and more! Use fun colors and fonts to add to the festive feel of the invitation.

Glue both ends of the scroll to little wooden dowels with knobs glued to both ends. Roll up the scroll and tie it with a pretty ribbon. For extra fun, add on a key and a note that says, “read me”.

Tuck those invitations on a mossy patch (perhaps cut from near the rabbit hole). Put it all in nice box and you are ready to move on.

Don’t forget to address the invitation in the same fun spirit of the surprise inside! Mail it off and wait for the fun reactions from your friends and family!

Keep in mind you can do something similar for any theme, just get creative and keep your concept in mind! If you need any ideas, feel free to email me or leave a note in the comment section below! For further information, see: Alice in Wonderland Party Baby Shower Invitations.

Creative Halloween Party Invitations

Halloween is a fun holiday with so many ideas for themes! Think ghosts, skeletons, candy corn, vampires, monsters, haunted house, sinister circus and more!! I hosted a dinner party where guests were asked to attend as ghosts. I didn’t want to just send out a paper invitation…so read on!

I found these coffin shaped boxes on Amazon and decided to use these to hold my invitations.

I cut little pieces of creepy gauze cloth to add to the inside of each box.

Print out your invitation on any kind of creepy paper with spooky fonts with all of the details.

Roll up the paper invitations and tuck them inside one of the little coffin boxes along with the piece of gauze.

Uncover more details about these invitations at: Creative Invitations for your Halloween Party.

Wine Bottle Invitations

This is one of the favorite invitations that I have now used for my own parties and to create invitations for friends’ events multiple times. I first used this for my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration.

Collect empty wine bottles for the number invitations you will need, wash them and remove all of the labels. Use a Cricut or Silhouette machine (or do like I did and ask someone who is handy with theirs!) to cut out letters for your wine bottle. An alternative is to print out a faux label with their names on it, such as the, “Bernardi Family Winery, est. 1965”. Make it extra special by stamping a lightly inked rubber stamp of a cluster of grapes on the label.

Print out your invitation on some parchment paper and roll it up tightly enough that it will slip down inside the bottle. Tie it with a ribbon as shown.

It is very important that you don’t let the invitation get stuck in the bottle, so leave one end of your ribbon long enough to hang out of the bottle. Use sealing wax to ‘glue’ the ribbon to the bottle and stamp it with a wine or grape themed seal.

Your invitations are now ready to deliver! These are obviously easier to deliver by hand to friends and neighbors, but if you need to mail some, here are some boxes that work really well. If you mail them, think about stamping the outside of the box with the same grape rubber stamp to complete the theming.

Discover more information on these invitations at: A Unique Invitation for a Wine Party

Out of Africa Party Invitations

My friend, Mary who writes at Life at Bella Terra styles some amazing and creative tables for a special function every year. She adds all of the memorable details and begins with some extraordinary invitations. This summer she hosted an Out of Africa (1920’s theme) table for this charitable event.

She had her daughter

Isn’t that a great idea? Get creative with your invitations and party ideas. For more details, see Mary’s post at: Out of Africa 1920 Themed Event.

A Library or Book Themed Invitation

One of Mary’s previously themed tables was Dinner in the Library. Mary got these lovely Bee Dictionary Art Cards from Hester and Cook and used them for those invitations! If this theme is up your alley, you must check out the amazing place cards she created too!

Dive deeper into this creative theme at Dinner in the Library.

I hope you’ve found some inspiration for crafting unique invitations for your next themed gathering! Remember, a thoughtfully designed invitation sets the tone and builds excitement for your guests well before the party starts!

More of my party invitations can be found at Deliver Delightful Invitations!