There are lots of design platforms and online available tools for making your own beautiful invitation, for free. A wedding or birthday invitation must follow some guidelines in order to fully serve the original purposes of an invitation letter, such as the information, the decoration, the fonts and typography, the whole design, the layout, etc. In order to match with the formality of the event. Following those guideline, an informative invitation letter must include:

• The date of the event;
• The location;
• Name of the guest;
• Name of the host;
• The schedule;
• The purpose of the event or any special instruction;
• Extra information about the venue (If any).

However, we are not done yet. Above are only the text, there is more to go such as the design, the decoration, the layout, etc. For the free and custom design templates of invitation design, you can go on these popular platforms: Canva, Freepik, Adobe Color, Lunacy, Remix, etc.

Online invitations are a new trending way of inviting people to your special events in the digital era. With the benefits of no need to know the person’s physical and email address; avoiding being ignored in the email box/mailbox; presenting as a fast and reliable way of sending things; being a more cost- effective, time-efficient, and effortless way to sending invitations, text message invitations, or also called e-invitation are increasing in popularity nowadays.

You can create by yourself a beautiful text message invitation on free design platforms online like Canva, Freepik, Adobe Color, Lunacy, Remix, etc., or download an application on your mobile devices to use their already-made invitation templates. Using these platforms, you only need to do some simple steps and it’s all done in minutes.

1. Import the guest list with their name and contact information;
2. Choose your favorite templates;
3. Set up the schedule to send your invitations;
4. Finally, ask your guests to reply on whether they will be present at the event or not.

Although the letter is a traditional type of invitation, people nowadays tend to prefer e-invitation more because of many reasons such as the convenience; the time and cost savings, the hope to keep the environment as clean as possible; the nice effects in the e-invitation like videos, gifs, pictures, etc; and more.

Just like any other type of design, there is a right or a wrong one; instead there can be an invitation letter that lacks information or one that does not match with the formality of the event. There is a guideline/standard for the designers to follow and create a custom invitation design that is informative, catchy and nice enough to gain people's hearts. A modern and well-designed invitation letter must follow some of these below guidelines in order to do so:

• The complete information of the event;
• A consistent form of main colors, pattern, layout, and mood throughout the design;
• The legible and appropriate fonts/typography;
• The right mood & tone of the design that matches with the formality of the event;
• The paper material (for the traditional invitation letter) or the choice of format/template (for an E-Invitation).
• The unique or signature style of the host of the event (if any).

Normally, some people will choose to buy an already-made wedding invitation letter format in a gift shop, but many others tend to prefer to have a designer make them custom-designed ones to make it more meaningful and memorable on the biggest day of their lives.

Depending on the type of event, an invitation letter will have different information written on it. Standardly, invitation design services will include these following elements:

• Date of the event;
• The location of the venue;
• Name of the guest;
• Name of the host;
• The event schedule;
• The purpose of the event or any special instruction;
• Extra information about the venue (If any).

Each of the information above serves an indispensable purpose in the invitation that will help customers in coming, joining in the atmosphere, and enjoying the event as much as possible.

A wedding card designer, who has experience not only in the design field but also in the wedding event planning field, will guide you to the right way of efficiently bringing the atmosphere of your meaningful event to the audience and successfully making them want to be in the place. In order to pick the right wedding card designer for your business, we have some suggestions for you to consider applying in your next campaign:

• Listing down all the needed information: It must have the time, date and names of those who are the main host, the schedule, the main purpose of the events, and so on.
• Determining your favorite style of design: Searching for a designer that has projects that reflect what you want your invitation letter to look like. Then things will get easier as you and your designer both have the same taste in terms of design.
• Staying close to your designer throughout the whole process: To make sure that the design will be right what you want it to be, as well as to adjust things in time when needed.
• Deciding on the type of invitation: The traditional invitation letter or the modern e-invitation. The difference between these types of invitations lies in the material of the letter and the end printing design.
• Your target budget: Setting out a budget helps you have things in your control and not causing you any financial issues after the event.

Not to mention; what steps should be done next for the most beautiful invitation design; which design technique should be used; what common mistakes should be noticed and avoided in general; in what way, an invitation can satisfy the visual experience of the guest; etc, and a skilled designer will help you handle all of it.