Make Your Own Invitations Blog - Free printables and Ideas

Jan 27, Make your own Tea party invitation cards

Wed, 27 Jan 2016 02:22:38 -0500

Make these adorable Tea Party Invitations.

We have a great tutorial by Ria Montefalcon to make your own invitation cards with some basic craft supplies like decorative tape and card stock. You will need to use your computer to create the invitation wording unless you decide you would like to write the invites out by hand.

For more ideas for hosting a tea party we have several other stationary and DIY invitation ideas that you can check out here.

There is even a free printable that you can simply print and fill out the party information details.

Have fun with your tea party themed birthday celebration.

Nov 23, Glamorous Christmas Party Invitation

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:59:28 -0500

Celebrating the Holidays with a Christmas or holiday party? We have added a new printable invitation design to our shop.

A Glamorous Black and Gold Christmas Party Invitation. Perfect to spice up your holiday party whether it be a family affair or a work function end of year celebration.

Of course we can change the wording to suit your party needs. See more details about ordering this invitation here

Oct 21, Washi Tape Birthday Invitations

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:44:49 -0400

Make these Washi tape birthday invitations. Really simple to make with basic supplies and pretty Washi Tape.

Feb 12, DIY Easter party invitations

Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:57:15 -0500

Easter is coming up so it's time to get your Easter invitations organised. Write your guest list, find a suitable themed invitation design you like and get busy. We have made a sweet easter party invitation tutorial for you in case you decide to make your invitations yourself.

They are for an Easter Egg hunt but of course you can use them for a Sunday brunch or luncheon. Maybe you have a child who is celebrating a birthday around the Easter holiday.

We had a bit of fun making these invites with the Washi tape and you can get the full tutorial to make them here.

Easter Party Invitation

Check out more Easter Invitation ideas for your party

Nov 15, Bat and moon Card

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:44:05 -0500

A simple Halloween Card invitation made from deep purple cardsock, some yellow and black card. This was a very simple invitation to make the different color card.

It's as easy as poping a moon and some had cut bats on to the front of your card. Print the party details onto copy paper, trim and stick it to the inside of the card. You'll be done making your invitations in no time at all.

Bats and the moon Invitation

Take a look at this and our other Halloween invitation tutorials to find something for your Party.

Oct 10, Spider Halloween Invitations

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:26:58 -0400

Our newest Halloween inivtation tutorial is for this spooky Spider in spider web invitation. Our nephew just loves this invitation. It's a little boy thing i'm sure. Give him creepy crawlies and he's a happy lad.

The spider webs on this card are made with a hot glue gun of all things, who knew that a hot glue gun was so useful. You have to be careful not to make a mess but the end product is well worth the effort and patience.

Spider Web Invitation

Take a look at this and our other Halloween invitation tutorials to find something for your Party.

Oct 5, Homemade Halloween Invitations - Make your own Party Invitation

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 20:45:17 -0400

Make your own Halloween Invitations for your next halloween party. Search our growing gallery for the perfect party invitation

Oct 4, Ghost invitations for Halloween

Thu, 4 Oct 2012 23:02:04 -0400

If you are throwing a Halloween Party on a budget with a ghost, spirits or haunted house theme then you might like the idea of making hand made ghost party invitations. We have several ideas for making ghost invites and have a tutorial to make a spooky ghost shaped invitation.

Make Ghost Party invitations

Check out our tutorial to make these Ghostie invitations and others here.

Sep 20, Top Halloween Fonts

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:55:44 -0400

There are 10 zillion free fonts (or there abouts) floating around the internet that you can use on your invitations. These are just 12 or so of our most favorite Free Halloween fonts at the moment. They are all free to download and use on your Halloween projects.

Top Halloween Fonts

If you have used any of these fonts in your invitations, we'd love to see them. Send us a message here

Sep 16, Handmade Wtiches Broom Halloween Invitations

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:13:41 -0400

We are getting an early start on our Halloween invitation section this year.

First up this year, we hav a New Tutorial to show you how to make these awesome DIY Broomstick and Tag Halloween invitations. The little crafty broom is ridiculously easy to make. All you need are a bunch of sticks and some dried up long grass which you can find in your very own backyard. Actually, I had to head out of our backyard and into the nature reserve close by to find the dried up grass because our lawns have been in top form so far this year so no dead grass in our backyard.

Handmade Witches Broom Halloween Invitaitons

Check back with us to see more of our Halloween Invitation tutorials to make your own spooky cool party invitations.

We still have a selection of printable Halloween photo invitations just in case you decide that DIY is not for you.

Sep 10, Candy land party invitations

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:39:49 -0400

An invitation cleverly created with card and ribbon in the shape of a piece of wrapped candy. Perfect for a candy or sweets party and maybe even a Halloween party.
Follow our step by step candyland party invitation tutorial to learn how you can make this sweet invitation for your party or celebration.

Piece of Candy Invitation

Aug 27, Race Car Invitations

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:46:14 -0400

Get your motors started for a race car birthday party. Charlotte from a friends Mothers group has put on her creative apron and made these super cute traffic light cards that she used as race car party invitations for her young sons 4th birthday celebration. Of course you can guess that the theme was a super fast racing party which was perfect for the hot wheels mad birthday boy. The little guests and their mama's loved the invitations and the kids reports were that the party was heaps of fun.

You can find our DIY instructions to make these cute invitations. They are easy to follow and you can easily make them on a spare afternoon with craft materials that you will readily find in your home - no super expensive embellishments needed here. All you need is some yellow, red, green and black card as well as a trusty pair of scissors and adhesive. (Don't worry, you won't make too much mess)

If you have made some cool racing car invites then send us an email via our contact page. We'd love to see a picture of your invitation.

Aug 23, Dinosaur invitation fonts

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:18:03 -0400

We love trying out different fonts when creating homemade invitations. You can find a broad range of free fonts on the internet, We have compiled a short list of our favorite Dinosaur Fonts For you to try. Check out our ideas for making invitations with a dinosaur theme while you're at it.

Our favorite dinosaur fonts for making invitations

Aug 14, Summer Popsicle Invitations

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:10:52 -0400

Carrying on with the summer theme we loved creating these popsicle summer party invitations and we're positive that you will find making them yourself a breeze. We have a step by step tutorial to show you how to make them yourself for your next summer or fun in the sun celebration. You will find great satisfaction in creating your invitations and we promise your guests will love them (though i do hope they will not be tempted to eat them)

Popsicle Summer Party Invitation

Jul 5, Beach Themed Party Invitaions

Thu, 5 Jul 2012 04:25:57 -0400

Beach bucket invitaions

How about a beach bucket invitation for your next birthday celebration at the beach! We like invitations with simple geomtric shapes that are quick an easy to cut out. A sand bucket can be created from such a shape which makes it ideal for a DIY invitation that will not take up too much of your time.

Of course if we dedided to use a sand castle bucket shape that might take a little longer ( although it would look extra cool if we did) hmmm I think I might just make a few knife strokes an cut out 3 or so squares from the bottom of these invites, it actually wouldn't take that long with a craft knife an cutting mat.... I'll get back to you with an updated pic if I do it.

Back to the invites at hand.... take a look at our tutorial for our Beach themed invitations and see if you might like to give them a try to make your own invitations.

Happy invitation making...

Jun 27, Free Printable Circus Party Invitation

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:31:28 -0400

Come One, Come All, to our Carnival Party.

This is one of our interactive printable invitation designs. We wanted a Printable Circus invitation that not only looked good but was also fun. We created this printable circus party invitation in the form of a big top with a tent that slips out at the the top to reveal the party invitation on the inside. We've further embellished the design with a performing elephant and lion. We absolutely love that it is a unique and fun design. But we'll let you decide for yourself as you can download the free invitation template and print it a nd use it yourself.

There is some assembley required but you can follow our simple step by step instructions and you shouldn't have any trouble at all. We promise it is worth the effort.

Free Printable Circus Invitations

Jun 24, DIY Pool Party Invitations

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:03:56 -0400

We have a new tutorial to show you how to make pool party invitations like these cool pocket invites. Gorgeous bright blue and yellow colors are perfect for a fun in the sun party this summer.

DIY Pool Party Invitations

So if you are throwing a bbq or party to kick off you're summer or maybe planning a birthday celebration then eSummer party or birthday pool party then embrace your crafty side and give these easy invites a try. You wont be disappointed.

All you will need to create this invitation design is some colored card stock and vellum paper if you have any - as you can see, we love the brighter colors. Some decorative scissors like the wave scissors that we used would be useful but of course you can improvise with a pair of regular snips and a steady hand. If you have any questions at all about our DIY tutorial then be sure to let us know.

Jun 17, Printable Princess Party Invitations

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:40:34 -0400

We created a printable princess party invitation for you to make for a girly princessed themed birthday party. We have included the free template along with some easy to follow step by step instructions to cut and put it together. As you can see it features a cute castle complete with towers an a drawbridge. The drawbridge folds down to reveal the party information - date, time, address and rsvp information.

All that you will need to make the invites is a color printer and some basic craft supplies like a glue stick and a pair of scissors.

Make this printable castle princess party invitation

May 31, How to make Circus Party Invitations

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:53:51 -0400

Step right up! Step right up! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. We are happy to announce our new Circus invitation section with ideas and resources to make a Carnival themed birthday or baby shower invitation.

In addition to our usual DIY craft invitation inspiration we also have Circus invite wording ideas, information for the best free circus fonts and also a free printable interactive party invitation and tutorial.

Head over to the Circus Party Invitations section and be inspired to make your own homemade party invitations today.

Make Circus Party Invitations

May 1, Graduation Invitations for 2012

Tue, 1 May 2012 22:49:16 -0400

May 2012 is here and it is graduation time for many college and university students in different parts of the globe. We are expanding our range of printable photo graduation invitations in the store so if you are in need of an announcement for your family and friends or an invite to an Open House celebration then be sure to check out what we have to offer.

If you have a custom request then let us know your needs and we will do our best to create a pesonalized card design for you.

Photo Card Graduation Announcement

Graduation Invitation

Photobooth graduation invitations

For DIY handmade graduation invitation options then take a look at the ideas on our graduation invitation section

Mar 30, Make Rugby League Invitations

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:37:46 -0400

Rugby League Invitations for League and football sports fans everywhere. Make cool party invites.

Mar 9, Homemade Dinosaur Birthday Invitations

Fri, 9 Mar 2012 01:26:38 -0500

Loving Dinosaurs at the moment. I was chatting with my nephew who was trying to decide what kind of birthday party he was going to have. "Party themes are a big decision right aunty?" he said to me. "They sure are buddy, so take your time picking the right one for you" So, 2 hours later and one worn down pencil, he finally settled on celebrating with a dinosaur party (just beat out the robot shindig by an inch)

So we got down to business and we now have a new dinosaur birthday invitation available in the Custom photo invites section of our website.

We also updated the Hand made Dinosaur Birthday Invitations section with more tips and advice. There a font ideas and links, invitation wording samples and also a new printable dinosaur invitation template that is free to download

Oct 8, DIY Halloween Party Invitations

Sat, 8 Oct 2011 06:50:01 -0400

Halloween is creeping up on us and you should probably have already sent out your party invitations by now. But just in case you haven't then head on over to our DIY Halloween Invitations section to find something you like.

Now there is a bunch of great Handmade Halloween invitation ideas for the DIYer including monster and coffin invitations.

Printable toe tag invitation

There are printable Halloween invites for the semi-diyer whos diy skills go only as far as printing a free premade invitation and then filling in the party details by hand.

Custom Halloween invitations

And finally we have the customized photo Halloween Invitations. These are strictly for those who completely lack the diy gene and do not mind shelling out a few dollars for someone else do all the work to produce a fantastic invitation design complete with invite wording (that someone would be me of course) Fortunately, our invitations are designed to print as 4x6" and 5x7" at your local photo lab by you. So we are able to offer our designs to you at a pretty decent price. You can then take your photo invitation and print it for around 8-15 cents per print. easy peasy.

Whatever way you decide to go you should very well find something to suit you.
Happy Haunting!

Sep 7, Halloween Party Decorations Pack

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:03:07 -0400

Halloween is Just around the corner and so to introduce our new Printable Halloween Party Decoration Pack for 2011 we're giving one away for free.

Halloween Decoration Party Pack

To enter our little giveaway simply enter simply leave a comment on our Invitations Facebook page with the title of your favorite scary movie. We'll pick a random winner on Saturday 6pm EST.

Take a closer look at our filled with printable cupcake wraps and toppers, water bottle wraps, a very cool pennant banner and a few more extra goodies.

Aug 1, Homemade Pocket fold wedding invites

Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:36:21 -0400

Love these homemade pocketfold wedding invitations made by Jenny. Nice rich purple premade pockets with white insert cards (printed at home on to crisp white card stock. The invite features a photo of Jenny and her fiance with a layer of vellum over the top with the invitation wording.

Simple and elegant and best of all hand made!

Pocket fold wedding invitations

Jun 23, Make homemade Safari Invitations for your Childs Birthday

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:46:26 -0400

Ideas to make Safari Invitations with a tutorial to make scroll jungle birthday invitation.

Jun 23, farm birthday invitations

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:16:03 -0400

A down on the farm party is a popular fun theme for children celebrating a first birthday especially in the spring when the baby farm animals are abound. Love the little sheep and piggies. See our ideas for making your own barnyard or farm party invitations. There are several different methods including printing on your computer as well as some crafty ideas. So get out your scissors and glue. There is also a free barn template that you can download and print for free.

For those who prefer the hard word done by someone other than themselves, you can always order one of our custom farm invitation designs, we'll personalize with the invitation wording of your choice as well as a photo of your child.

Down at the farm customized invitations

Jun 10, How to make Sesame Street Invitaitons

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:00:22 -0400

Throw your child a cool Sesame Street themed birthday party! Get all of the Sesame St gang together as well as the guest of honor's friends for a bright colorful celebration. To complete your childs birthday party them try making your own Sesame Street Birthday Invitations. Follow along with our Cookie Monster invitation tutorial, it's so easy a child could make them. You can adapt the theme to yellow big bird invites, green Oscar, Red Elmo and so on.

Cookie Monster Birthday Invitaitons

See more tutorials for how to make kids birthday invitations. There are invitation instructions for many different birthday party themes.

I remember watching Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Snuffy and the rest of the gang when I was just a child and now I'm making Sesame Street invitations for my own daughter.

Jun 5, Printable baby shower invitaitons

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 22:42:49 -0400

A sweet silhouette of a mama to be with a beautiful baby sonogram in her belly. What a special way to invite your friends and family to your baby shower. If it is a surprise baby shower then mom to be will be in for a treat as well. We will customize this printable sonogram invitation with wording for your baby shower celebration and insert a picture of the baby's ultrasound to make it more personalized. We can tint the sonogram to blend in with the invitation color sheme.

Blue for a boy, Pink for a girl and green, beige, orange or yellow for a surprise. Print as many as you like at home or at your photolab.

For the DIY mommy to be check out our range of home made baby shower invitation ideas.

May 30, Hot VistaPrint Invitation Deals

Mon, 30 May 2011 20:30:48 -0400

May 22, A few engagement quotes

Sun, 22 May 2011 18:37:43 -0400

Just a quick note to let you all know we have a selection of http://www.make-your-own-invitations.com/engagement-quotes.htmlengagement quotes that you might use to accent your engagement party invitations.

May 16, Hot Zebra Print 30th Birthday Invitation Designs

Mon, 16 May 2011 21:46:43 -0400

Celebrate 30 years of fun, friendship and family with this customizable invitation. Wrapped in a wild zebra design in black and white. The guest of honor will be featured in a hot pink frame (totally changeable of course) The photo can be tinted in black and white, sepia or left in color. All wording and colors can be changed to suit the occasion.

May 12, Bridal Shower Invitations for a Beach theme

Thu, 12 May 2011 23:59:02 -0400

Bring your guests to the beach with these flip flop bridal shower invitations. dive right into your beachy wedding shower theme and set the tone right away. These are a casual and fun invitation made with card stock, ribbon and a two prong brad. Perfect for a laid back affair. Embellished with a faux flower to finish the whole design off. You can certainly recreate this invite with ease.

Grab a make your own bridal invitation idea for your wedding shower.

May 12, Elephant Baby Shower Invitations

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:57:29 -0400

Planning a baby shower for a friend or family member. Elephants are the cutest and these elephant baby shower invitations are simply the cutest. Make your own baby shower invites with an elephant theme. Follow how Ruby put together these invites with a little crafty ingenuity.

Elephant baby shower invites

Check out more baby shower invitation ideas There are heaps of tutorials and examples to make all kinds of baby shower invites.

May 8, Make Yummy Lollipop Invitations

Sun, 8 May 2011 20:52:51 -0400

Sweet Lollipop Invitations for an even sweeter candy land theme birthday party. Try your hand at making these super cute and colorful birthday invitations. They are very clever and the kids will love them. Imagine if you substituted the cardboard lollipop for a real one with a round invitation card attached to it with all the pertaining party details. The kid would go crazy for them (likey the parents might too...lol)

Bright Lollipop Invitations

May 4, Music Playing Wedding Invitation

Wed, 4 May 2011 17:38:04 -0400

Just had to share this most creative record player wedding invitation that was made by Karen and Mike for their upcoming nuptuals.

What does it do exactly. Well it is a booklet invitation with a couple of simple DIY instructions (fold here, place needle here...) to transform the invite into a functional record player which will a catchy little tune written and recorded on to flexi disc by mike and karens original song. The sound quality is a little garbled but you get the jist.

You can find more details about this booklet styled invitation that doubles as a record player on Karens website.

May 3, Sea Shell Wedding Invitations Tutorial

Tue, 3 May 2011 02:55:31 -0400

Make these very simple and effective Beachy themed sea shell wedding invitations. You can follow our step by step tutorial to make these invitations your own. If you don't have the exact sand inspired papers or shell stamps that we have used then you can switch them for a different kind and still maintain a beach feel. Try aqua blue colors and textured hand made paper or corrugated paper for a different appeal. Add your own personal touches to these beautiful invitations and make your wedding day one to remember.

Beach sea shell wedding invitations

Apr 18, Lego Birthday Invitations

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:26:56 -0400

Are you planning a Lego Birthday Party for your child? If you are then you need to see how you can make your own very cool party invitations. We've got ideas and free resources including Lego fonts, Lego clipart as well as a free printable lego invitation.

Free Printable Lego Invitaitons

There's wording advice and ideas for computer made invites as well as your regular paper, scissors and glue invitations that the little ones would love to help you with.

So head on over to the Lego Birthday Invitations and start creating your party invitations.

Apr 3, invitation deals at Vistaprint

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 20:22:56 -0400

Just in case you're looking at Vistaprint to get your invitations they are having a 50% off deal running at the moment.

you can check out our post card tutorial which shows you how you can make your own invitations ready to print at vistaprint.

They're also having a free shipping promo with 25% off for new customers. I guess you can work out which deal will suit you better.

Mar 31, Photobooth Wedding Save The Dates

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:12:41 -0400

We have beefed up our Photo Booth Save the Date Wedding Section with a couple of great tutorials to show you how you can make your fabulous save the date cards. There are photobooth signs for you to download and print as well as a photobooth gallery with a quick look at all the photobooth themed examples that we have.

This is a great way to announce to your friends and family that you are getting married. So grab your camera and get snapping!

Custom Photobooth Save the date design

Mar 29, 70th Birthday Invitations

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:01:58 -0400

Planning a 70th birthday celebration? Then check out our70th birthday invitations section, there are ideas, poems and wording samples for you to use on your homemade invitations.

70th birthday invites

If you have made your own 70 birthday invites then we'd love to see them. Send em over to us at the contact page.

Nov 26, Ticket Wedding Invitation

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:52:04 -0500

Make wicked cool concert ticket wedding invitations at home on your own computer. All you need to is spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel. Jeannie shares with us her tips and advice for making these fabulous music themed invites.

Ticket Wedding Invitations

For more DIY wedding invitation ideas, be sure to check out our make your own wedding invitations section of our website, there is something for everyone.

Nov 24, Christmas Party Invitations

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:48:12 -0500

Christmas time is just around the corner, If you haven't sent out your Christmas party invitations then now is the time to get them sorted before its too late. If you're wanting diy invitations then have a look at our homemade Christmas invitations section. There are a few ideas and examples of invitations that you can make for the holidays.

We also have a bunch of printable Christmas party invitations that you can print off at home or at your photo lab. You can use them for your end of year work break up party, a get together with your friends and family, maybe cocktails to start of the festive season, or even a dinner party.

Nov 10, Customized Printable Christmas Party Invitations

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:10:21 -0500

Customize your printable christmas party invitations, We make, you print!

Oct 24, Creepy Halloween Printable Toe Tag Invitations

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:15:52 -0400

For a creepy halloween invitation idea make a very cool toe tag like the kind you find in a morgue attached to a corpses body. If that doesn't creep you out then I don't know what would. Find out all about how you can make your own Halloween toe tag invitation complete with ideas for creating a fake toe.

Toe and tag invitation

If you want to make your own then try out our printable toe tag halloween invitation with all the hard work done, all you need to do is fill in your party details.

Printable Halloween invite

Oct 24, Make Scary Halloween Invitations - DIY Party Invites

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:28:07 -0400

Make Scary Halloween Invitations to invite your party guests - A box full of eyeballs!

Oct 13, More DIY Halloween Invitation Ideas

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:28:46 -0400

Check out some of our new Make it yourself Halloween invitation ideas we have a few tutorials to make invitations from your ordinary everyday crafty products like card, paper and even a few outside of the sqare invitations. If you have a DIY Halloween invitation project we would totally love to see it.

black bat invite - pretty easy to make, just cut and write, a mummy invitation wrapped up in crepe paper, a monster bash and a whole heap more.

The bat, the mummy and the monster

Oct 11, Halloween Birthday Invitation

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:41:56 -0400

We're back from our holidays and feeling refreshed. We have a new Custom Halloween Birthday Invitation on sale for those of you who do not want to DIY. We can customize this invitation with a photo of your lil birthday boy or girl. We love our little Halloween Owls dressed in their costumes. We have Tabitha the Witch on the left, Shaunee the petrified Mummy and Franken-Owl at the end. Add your own wording to finish off this cute Halloween invitation.

Owl-o-ween Birthday Invitation

Oct 11, Printable Halloween Birthday Invitation

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:39:56 -0400

Owl-o-ween Birthday Invitation

Oct 5, On Vacation

Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:50:25 -0400

Hi All! We are taking a much needed vacation at the beach until 11th of OCTOBER. Woohoo!

***We will be unable to process any invitation orders until Monday 11th of October***

You can still purchase the Printable Halloween Decorations Pack during this time.

Have fun
Peata xx