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Aug 31, 2010, Make Monkey Birthday Invitations
Swing on over for a monkey celebration! Monkey invites are super popular for little kiddie birthdays and the like. Browse through our section Monkey birthday invitations. There are a few ideas to make your invite card, some monkey invitation wording with phrases like 'Let's go banana' and 'come monkey around..." and even some homemade monkey invitation samples with brief instructions on how to make them.
Monkeyin' around invitations
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Aug 30, 2010, Make Spiderman invitations for your Super Hero party
Are you having a Spidey birthday party with superheroes and web slinging fun. Check out our ideas and tips to make your ownSpiderman birthday party invitations. You can download some clip art that you can print from your own computer. Check out also our other superhero invitation ideas.
Free Spiderman Clipart
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Aug 3, 2010, Free printable tea party invitation
Love to attend a tea party, cakes and sandwiches, tea and coffee. mmmm.
Download and print our free printable tea party invitations. Perfect for a little girls birthday party.
See some of our other free printable invitationsto find one to suit your special occasion.
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Jul 22, 2010, Film and Movie wedding invitation sample
Some film themed wedding invitation examples that were hand made by Sarah. A very simple design made with MS Word and printed on to cardstock. There are also some ticket styled RSVP and gift registration cards that totally complete the theme.
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Jul 13, 2010, Making Sweet Scrapbook Wedding Invitations
Scrapbook supplies are great for making your own wedding invitations. There are a heap of great papers and cardstock that you can use as well as stunning embellishments to add interest to your invites like - ribbon, buckles, faux gems and other bling. You can take a bunch of themed papers and create a set of invites where no two are exactly alike, this is achieved affordably by purchasing a pad or block of patterned papers.
See Jessa's Scrapbook wedding invitations that she made herself for her wedding.
Take a look around for more make your own wedding invitation ideas and also our selection of diy save the date cards
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Jul 1, 2010, Barbecue clipart, invites and ideas for summer parties
Make your hand made BBQ invitations this summer with ideas from our barbecue section.
We have free bbq clipart to use on your digital invites or you can print out a heap, cut around them and stick it on your invitation as a small embellishment. And don't forget the newly added barbecue apron invitations
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Jun 26, 2010, Free printable Train invitations
Download these free printable train invitations for a birthday party, baby shower or other celebration. This invite features a light tan background with a chocolate truffle colored vintage train and the wording "All aboard for" you can fill in the remaining details.
printable train inviations.
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Jun 24, 2010, 4th of July invitation clipart and ideas!
Do you want to make your own 4th of July celebration invitations. Summer is here and it's that time of the year.
We have several ideas for your home crafted party invitations, some simple and some bizzare. Check out to some fourth of July Clip Art images. The clipart is free for personal use only for a limited time.
4th of july clip art
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Jun 22, 2010, Free printable ticket invitaitons
Ticket invitations are still all the rage so download these free Printable Admit One ticket invitations and print them on to some firm cardstock for your birthday party, graduation, anniverssary or other fun celebration event.
These invites are free for your personal use only.
For more free invitations see our Printable Invitations section
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Jun 20, 2010, Save on your DIY invites with vistaprint
Ok so Vistaprint have announced a few more special deals which means cheaper invitations for us all.
Deal One - free STD cards
The first one I think will come in handy is this one for 30 FREE Wedding Save-the-Dates. Exp 12/31/10
I hope that they printed that expiry date right because the end of 2010 sounds pretty good to me. So if you want to help your guests plan for your big event with save-the-date cards then hop on over to Vistaprint and check em out. You'll save some cash too. Wouldn't it just be amazing if you only had to invite 30 guests, then you'd get all your save the dates for free. Awesome.
Stds are available in matte, glossy and linen finish. Choose from flat or folded. Matching envelopes available at checkout. Vistaprint also offers a matching Wedding website, invitations, thank you cards, photo book and so much more!
Deal Two - postcards
The second is this deal for 100 Postcards for just $1.99 Perfect for making our own Save the Date postcards I reckon. Imagine making 100 save the dates for just two dollars. They are usually 100 for $24.00! Your wedding budget will surely love you if you take advantage of this deal. Now I'm not sure how long this deal will last (I will check it and report back asap) Check our Vistaprint Save the date card tutorial for making and uploading your cards.
Deal Three - mommy cards
Now this doesn't really apply to invitations - although you can make mini business card invites for funky hip events like casual parties at a bar somewhere. They are mommy cards - business cards for mommies. 100 Mommy Contact Cards for $1.99.
Mommy Cards Are Business Cards for Busy Moms! Are you a busy mom who’s always on the go? Check out our mommy cards. They’re the hippest, easiest way to share your contact info! •Give to coaches, teachers, other parents & babysitters •Put contact, emergency, allergy info. & more •Add a photo for a personal touch
Jun 17, 2010, 4th of July Party Invitation Ideas
Get some great ideas for your 4th of july invitations. Whip out the red, white and blue papers, the star and glittery fireworks embellishments and create your most fabulous hand made invites. You'll find some 'think outside the square' invites that will really wow your party guests.
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Jun 14, 2010, Scrapbook Wedding Invitations
Scrapbooking papers are great for making your own invitaitons. There are some truly fabulous papers out there with designs to suit any occasion.
The great thing is that you can get papers on special from your scrapbook store for less than half the price than normal especially if they're from last season. You can get flocked papers, sparkly papers and metallic. The linen cardstock that stores stock regularly go on special as well.
Check out these scrapbook wedding invitations made by Jessa. She has used a range of different papers to reflect her unique style.
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Jun 10, 2010, Free Printable Bridal Shower
Are you getting married soon? Download this beautiful Free Printable Bridal Shower Invitations and print them at home from your own color printer. Fill in the Shower details and send them off to your guests. This invitation is free for your personal use only. It will fit in an A2 envelope.
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Jun 8, 2010, Make DIY Ticket Invitations
Make cool ticket invitations! We are expanding our resources to include all the information that you need for how to make ticket styled invitations on your computer that you can print out yourself. There are a few different options to explore including using photo editing software, word processing software and even spreadsheets. We cover the different ticket fonts that are available freely on the net as well as ticket invitation wording options.
So check out the ticket invite section and if you have any advice to share we would love to hear it.
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Jun 1, 2010, Printable Graduation Invitations
Check out our custom photo graduation invitations. We can personalize these affordable invites with the details for your Open House, graduation invitation or graduation announcement. Add a photo of your choice and you have an amazing invite that you can print as many or as little as you need.
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May 25, 2010, Make Sports Ice Hockey Invitations
Ideas for making your childs ice hockey invitations for a birthday party or other celebration. You might also want to check the ticket type photo invitations that you can purchase here on make-your-own-invitations.com. They are very cool and you can print as many as you like form your own printer or a photo lab.
Sports ticket invitations
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May 21, 2010, DIY Dinosaur birthday invitaitons
Having a dino party? Check these cool Dinosaur birthday invitations made from cardstock. The front cover of these invites is a child or person in a dinosaur suit. You can hand draw your own T-Rex and cut it out of green card to make your very own invites.
Dinosaur birthday invitation
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May 12, 2010, Crossword save the dates
crossword stds
Reagan and daniel make their own crossword save the date cards for their upcoming wedding. They have used some trivia about their own lives as well as the wedding information to create clues for the crossword. Reagan used our tutorial to make cheap save the date postcards and printed them for cheap as chips with an online printer. Read all about it....
Crossword save the date cards
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Apr 30, 2010, Homemade Recital Invitations
Do you need Recital invitations for a music or dance affair. Take a look at some of the advice and ideas that we have put together. You will be able to create invitations for your ballet or piano solo. Take simple music sheet paper and photocopy them for elegant backgrounds and use formal scripts to word your music recital invitations. See more of our ideas.
Handmade Music Recital Invitations
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Apr 27, 2010, Invitations for the prince or princess
We have added a few more prince and princess birthday invitation resources to help you to make fabulous handmade invitations for your party celebration. We have tips and advice for selecting embellishments as well as a couple of invitation samples with directions to make them.
- prince and princess invitation wording
- castle invitations - some made from paper and others hand stamped.
- Knight and Princess party invites for a brother and sister double up birthday party
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