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Ideas for Surprise Birthday Invitations

Since surprise birthday invitations cannot be made by the celebrant, the task of making them lies on the shoulders of someone who knows the celebrant very well. A friend, a relative like a sibling or a parent or a co-worker might make these invitations. Knowing the celebrant well is important because the party, hence, the invitations, would be based on the personality and tastes of the person who’s celebrating the special day.

Surprise birthday invitations should be interesting to get people to attend and also touching so that the celebrant, when the event is finally revealed to him or her, would be touched not only by the surprise, but also by the effort spent on making the invitations and organizing the event. For those who knew the celebrant very well, they can include personal verses and write fond memories involving the celebrant on the invitation.

If ideas seem hard to come by, the party planner can always seek the help of the Internet. Various Web sites offer suggestions on how to create surprise invitations including colorsbydesign.com, MyGatsby.com and invitationhaven.com. If time constraint prevents friends or parents from making these surprise invites, they can opt to purchase them instead.

Some of the companies that offer surprise invitations for birthdays and other occasions include Inviting Co. and Letterspace. One of the products offered by Inviting Co. is the Everyday Line cards which measure 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 at a price of $1.25 per unit. These invites are available in unprinted type only and include matching white envelopes. All the blank stocks are laser compatible and can also be used with some ink jet printers.

Letterspace, another printing company that offers surprise invites, has a product line under the Invitations and Stationery album. The invites measure 5 x 7 and cost $1.40 per unit. They are available in unprinted forms only and include matching envelopes just like the surprise invitations from Inviting Co. The materials are laser compatible.

In making surprise birthday invitations, make sure that the guests understand that the celebrant should not be told of the coming celebration. Also, make sure to get invitees’ response. There is nothing worse than planning a surprise party only to discover that no one is going to come.