How to Send Attendees Invitations Via Email

Send invitations for your next party by email instead of postal mail.

When planning a party, sending out invitations by email instead of postal mail saves money and gets guests their invitations more quickly. Creating an invitation can take just a few minutes and can be sent to as many recipients as needed, as long as they have email addresses. Ways to create email invitations range from typing a simple email message to scanning and attaching a paper invitation or sending invitations through a website that specializes in email invitations.

Instructions

Using Websites

1. Go to a website that offers free email invitations.

2. Browse the available invitation designs and select one that fits the theme, color scheme or type of party.

3. Type basic required information about the event into the invitation template. This includes the title of the event, such as "Jimmy's Birthday Party," and the theme, such as "Jungle Safari." Also include the time and date of the party and the host's name.

4. Type additional information into the template if desired, including the specific party location, a map, the host's phone number and a note that guests will see in the email message before they click on the invitation to view the full details.

5. Type the email addresses of the guests that you would like to send the invitation to. Type a comma between each email address.

6. Preview the invitation and send it through the website.

Homemade Email Invitations

1. Type an email containing the basic party information that guests need to know.

2. Type guests' email addresses into the area for recipients of the email. If you would prefer that people receiving the email not have the email addresses for all the other recipients, type the addresses into the blind carbon copy field.

3. Attach an image to the email if desired. The image can be a photo that relates to the party, a more colorful invitation that you made in a computer program or a scanned copy of a paper invitation for the party.

4. Send the email.

Tips & Warnings

• Some people consider it tacky to send email invitations for formal events. Try to avoid emailing invitations for weddings.

• People with strict junk mail filters on their email accounts may not receive invitations sent through websites. Call or email guests that you have not heard from to make sure they know about the event.

References

• Evite: Invitations