| Creating a birthday invitation for your kid's | | | | the front, inside front, message area then finally |
| birthday party is easy and affordable. Plus creating | | | | the back of the greeting card. 4. Choose the |
| your own birthday invitations makes it even more | | | | graphics for your birthday invitation If you prefer |
| meaningful for your child since you have taken | | | | to have a simple birthday invitation it is easier to |
| extra effort in making his or her birthday even | | | | stick with one image or a few simple icon-like |
| more special. You can make attractive birthday | | | | figures. If you prefer to use less realistic clipart, |
| invitations that are even more beautiful compared | | | | you may end up with a more cartoonish |
| to those commercially bought birthday cards by | | | | appearance. Unleash your creativity and make use |
| simply applying a few very simple desktop | | | | of color and lines. All of these contribute to the |
| publishing and design principles. Simply follow these | | | | overall style of the birthday invitation. Likewise, |
| ten simple steps to make not only birthday | | | | mix and match images that share a similar style. |
| invitations but also other types of greeting cards. | | | | 5. Modify the images There are some graphics |
| Here are the steps involved in creating birthday | | | | that work without modification but requires simple |
| invitations: 1. Make sure to use an appropriate | | | | changes in terms of size and color that can |
| software There are various software programs | | | | improve any birthday invitation layout. You can |
| used for creating birthday invitations as well as | | | | also use color and frames or boxes with dissimilar |
| other types of greeting cards. These include: | | | | images in order to come up with a more unified |
| PageMaker, InDesign, PhotoShop, and other | | | | appearance. 6. Select a font that would best suit |
| professional desktop publishing software. | | | | your birthday invitation Chose your font to best |
| However, if you are new to desktop publishing | | | | suit the type of invitation you're sending out. 7. |
| and your main concern is to create your very | | | | Arrange text and graphics Play about with the |
| own birthday invitations or greeting cards, | | | | text and graphics until you find a layout that |
| consumer software is an easier way to go. Be | | | | works best with your chosen graphics and font |
| sure to familiarize yourself with some of the basic | | | | style and size. 8. Create consistency in the look |
| operations before you actually begin your project. | | | | and feel of your birthday invitation. Try to keep |
| 2. Better to pick a birthday invitation format | | | | your invitation simple with clean lines for |
| Before you actually decide on the kind of birthday | | | | maximum effect. Too many conflicting styles, |
| invitation that you want to do, be it funny, | | | | fonts and pictures look messy and can detract |
| serious, oversized, top fold, side fold, and even | | | | from the actual purpose of the invitation. 9. Add a |
| personalized, it is important that you have a vision | | | | credit line Put a credit line on the back of your |
| of the design that you want to create. This can | | | | created birthday invitation. You may place your |
| help you in speeding up the designing process of | | | | name to show that you were the one who took |
| your invitations, even if you are using templates | | | | the effort in creating the birthday invitation that |
| straight from the software. 3. Try to set up an | | | | they are now admiring. 10. Proofread and print |
| invitation document If you are going to use a | | | | your birthday invitations. It is important to do a |
| blank template or wizard for the style of birthday | | | | final proofread before printing your birthday |
| invitation you want, use it to set up your birthday | | | | invitation on an expensive specialty paper. |
| invitation. You may also create a layout from | | | | Alison Palmer has an interest in topics relating to |
| scratch using your desired size. For a top or | | | | Family. To access more articles on birthday |
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| best to create a folded dummy and then mark | | | | birthday resources related website. |