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What's New at Do It Yourself Invitations

Stay up to date with the newest tips and tutorials for making handmade invitations for your weddings, birthdays, baby showers and parties with the do-it-yourself-invitations.com site blog.

Jan 26, 2010, Beachy Bridal Shower

I found this one invitation on Party City's website of a message in a bottle. Unfortunately the price for a pack of 10 was outrageous! I decided

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Dec 8, 2009, Don't Miss Your Chance to Win a $200 Gift Card to Custompaper.com!

Submissions to our contest and giveaway are rolling in. The deadline is December 15th to submit your handmade invitation and tutorial. You can still enter our giveaway as well by simply linking to our contest from your blog, website, or favorite message board or social media.

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Dec 8, 2009, Winter Wedding Anyone?

The latest of the invitation template kits - the snowflake wedding invitation. We have also added a deluxe set with tons of extra printables like favor tags, programs, menu cards, water bottle labels and more.

This template comes with it's own matching RSVP and Thank You note card, and is available in two colors snowflake blue or grey.

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Sep 24, 2009, Handmade Invitations Contest!

Yes it is time for our next big contest - this time around an
Open Themed Handmade Invitations Contest! Enter for a chance to win one of our great prizes! We will also be holding a random drawing giveaway with multiple chances to enter!

What You Can Win

First Prize

A $200 gift card from CustomPaper.com to spend on their unique Of The Earth line of handmade Lotka papers, satin ribbon, and pressed flowers/stickers.

Runner Up Prize

A $75.00 Gift Card to Scrapbook.com: Thousands of scrapbooking and card making supplies. HUGE daily discounts!

Random Drawing Giveaway!!

We will do a random drawing of all of our entries to win a HUGE treasure box of card making supplies from stamps and ink to card stock and paper.

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Aug 19, 2009, Newest Invitation Template

OK so I'm slightly obsessed with birds and bird themes lately. So of course I have created a printable invitation template with a BIRD on it! I think they are cute. :-)

This template comes with it's own matching RSVP and Thank You note card, and is available in an assortment of colors.

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Jul 12, 2009, Make Wedding Invitations Using Rubber Stamps

How to make wedding invitations using rubber stamps. Tips and techniques for making beautiful handmade wedding invitations on the cheap.

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Jun 9, 2009, And the winner is....

Our Handmade Wedding Invitations Contest has come to an end!

1st prize winner: DIY Roasting Marshmallow Save-the-date Magnets by Kerrie in Lowell, MA

2nd prize winner: Eco-Flower Wedding Invitations by Devra in Brooklyn, NY

3rd prize winner: Pretty in Pink Hanging Wedding Invitations by Angelique in San Luis Obispo, CA

Random Drawings: Teal Ferrari in Van Buren, AR won the $75.00 gift card to La Bella Jewels, and Wendy Beatty won the wedding charm bracelet from Debb's Designs.

Thanks everyone for participating! Stay tuned for our next big contest!

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May 15, 2009, New Printable Invitations!

So far we just have the baby shower and birthday invitations up. Stay tuned!! We'll be adding new themes and designs all the time. Up next? Damask wedding invitations complete with RSVP and Thank You cards.

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Apr 6, 2009, Invitation Maps Giveaway!

Our invitation maps design service has undergone a makeover! In the past we used rasterized maps, which were taken by making a screen-shot of a map. I know, you're like "What the heck is rasterized?!". Simple, the maps we used to use were made up of thousands of dots. When you made these maps bigger or smaller it caused them to lose a lot of detail and would print a little blurry.

Well no more! We have switched to vector maps which look crisp and neat no matter what you do with them. They are much more versatile to work with as well! This means really great quality at a very affordable price!

To celebrate and help kick things off, we will give the very first person to order a new custom printable wedding map their choice of map design absolutely FREE! We'll even follow it up with a 25% discount to the next 25 customers. To be eligible you have to mention this blog post in the "comments to designer" field in the order form.