Picture This

Creative displays of photo cards can spark interest in your home or store. With the holiday season upon us, retailers are getting their stores ready and always face a challenge of how to effectively display the wide variety of photo cards they offer in a small space.


The Umbra waterfall stands (shown here in Something Blue store in Conway Arkansas) are a great solution and are available for purchase on Umbra's on-line store.


A more natural approach is a wall display using a fallen tree branch. Left natural or spray-painted bright red, it gives you plenty of room to layer on photo cards for an attractive presentation useful in store or home.


Click here to browse Inviting Company's latest photo cards in our NEW CATALOG.

Stylish INVITATIONS for your life

All of the special details for your party are unique to your event. Why should the invitation be any different? Paper Style offers custom invitations with a speedy processing time. Perhaps you are hosting a simple, classic gathering with traditional cocktails and tasty hors d’oeuvres for guests to nosh on? Or maybe you are throwing the ultimate birthday bash! Whatever the reason for the celebration, we have just the right invitation to set the tone for your party. Paper Style offers printable Adult Birthday Invitations, Birthday Invitations, Kids Birthday Invitations, Baby Shower Invitations, BBQ Invitations, Brunch Invitations, Corporate Invitations, Party Invitations, Golf Invitations, Sweet 16 Invitations and 1st Birthday Invitations.

Here is what we visited about with Paper Style:

Favorite Inviting Company item? 

At Paper Style, three of our top sellers are 1-985 (Wild Mix), 1-1176 (Mom Baby) and 1-1186 (First Monkey Boy). For first birthdays, the First Monkey Boy is charming and fun! The Wild Mix is great for Girls Night Out, Sweet Sixteen Birthday, or a Ladies social event. The Mom Boy provides a neutral color for mommies-to-be who want to express their chic style while celebrating with friends!

 

How you set your business apart from the rest?

Paper Style just celebrated its 10^th Year.  Our World Class Customer Service, an extensive selection of unique products such as Inviting Company Invitations, professional one-on-one typesetting, and the fastest shipping times in the business and a passion for what we do, it’s clear we’re not just another retailer!

 

What do you offer that keeps customers coming back?

We have a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. If for any reason you are not satisfied with your order, we will gladly make a replacement or offer a refund. It’s that simple. Beyond that, we pride ourselves on our quick turn-around time, with the average order shipping out within 2 business days – and many of them, on the same day!

 

What she wanted to see new from IC? 

We’d love to see some traditional, elegant wedding invitations.

 

Do you have any special offers going on right now?

Paper Style is always looking out for the best deals for our customers! Each week brings a new bargain with the same great quality!

Check our their blog at www.paperstyleblog.blogspot.com

Yo-ho-ho and Shiver me timbers

Who wouldn't want to scury on over to this birthday celebration? This party was shipshape from the pirate translated invitation to the homemade pirate ship cake. Thanks Elizabeth for sharing. We love seeing your use of Inviting Company products and great party planning ideas!!

Giddy Up...Wells Turns Four!

Please pardon our lack of blogging. We have been so busy helping customers our blog has been overlooked. We are pleased to be breaking our haitus with Well's boot skooting birthday party. What is more precious than little boys and girls adorned in shiny cowboy boots and big hats. Little boy western themed parties can be done with as few or as many accessories you like.

Invitation Wording: "Wear your best western duds and Join us for some Horsin' around. Festivities begin at high noon at "your name" Ranch. Give us a holler if yer comin'!

"Howdy Partner! Come celebrate Outlaw (your childs name) Birthday. Y'all get ready for the best Rootin-Tootin party of your life. So saddle up your horse and mosey on down. See Y'all there (date and time). Have your Sheriff give our Sheriff a shout at (your number)

Decorations: Cowboy hats and bandanas are a must! Use them as decorations on the table and allow the kids to wear throughout the party. Red and white checkered tablecloth is a fun table setting with a southern-western twist. Inviting Company Red Dot tableware makes an excellent addition to the red and white color scheme.

Food: Serve BBQ, beans, potato salad and individual slices of watermelon- (kid's love anything they can eat with their fingers.)

Fun: The horse riding photo-op was a hit at the party with all the guests. You can find tons of wild background cutouts online or make your own. Wanted Poster or desert background would be a fun do it yourself project.

Photos by Fresh Photography of Denver- Check out their blog!

Just Monkeying Around

Monkey themed kids birthdays are so popular that we had to come out with tons of party goods to make the kids go banana's! One of our retailers Giftaria has a great selection for you to choose from.  Also, check out these cute games from www.entertaining.com  you can play at your little "monkeys" party.

Play Monkey See, Monkey Do - Have the children sit in a large circle. Select one child to leave the group momentarily, then appoint another child as the head monkey. The head monkey will lead the group in funny monkey moves such as patting their heads, or rubbing tummies, etc. However, the head monkey needs to do this as secretly as possible. The game begins when the child who left the room returns to the group. She or he has to guess who the head monkey is while the monkeys in the circle try not to look too obviously at the head monkey as they follow his lead. Once the guesser discovers who the head monkey is, she can return to the circle and the head monkey becomes the next guesser.

 

 

Goody Bags-There are many choices for banana flavored candy including taffy, lollipops, jelly beans, etc. Fruit shaped candy would also fit the theme, especially Wonka Runts. Other monkey items could include socks with monkey pictures; monkey notepads; monkey topped pens; monkey stuffed animals.

 

Happy Monkey Invitation 1-1884

Or this...Fill-in Invitation 31-76 Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh

Happy Monkey Oversized Tote

Or for smaller gift wrapping needs.....Happy Monkey Wrap!!!

Peeking in on Papers Plus

One of our Michigan designers, Michelle, stopped by Papers Plus in Grand Rapids for a visit to see the Inviting Company selection. It was a wonderful store full of everything from stationery, wedding & baby products and gifts. Papers Plus was no stranger to Inviting Company, they had quite a few invitations, cocktail napkins, frost flex cups and more. The owner PK was warm and kind and ready to help out all of her customers, she knew them on a first name basis and really knew their personal styles. The store itself was inviting and personable. The perfect spot for all your paper and gift giving needs. 

Michelle interviewed PK and here is what she had to say. Thanks so much PK, your store rocks!

PK Mason
Papers Plus
2213 Wealthy Street SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506

Q. How long have you been in the business and what are your biggest categories?
33 YEARS
TABLETOP & GREETING CARDS
Q. How do you set your store apart from the competition and what keeps customers coming back?
SERVICE, PERSONAL ATTENTION
Q. What special do you offer that is sure to get customers in the door even during uncertain times?
WE DO NOT DO MUCH IN THEY WAY OF SALES OR PRICE PROMOTION
Q. What is your favorite new Inviting Company item?
SHATTERPROOF CUPS (Frost Flex Cups)
Q. What are some of your most popular themes/color trends for imprintable invitations?
RIGHT NOW – NO STRONG COLOR (LIKE THE BLUE/BROWN OF A COUPLE YEARS AGO)

Reed & Wright Wedding

Love was in the air this past Saturday!! July 18th was the date of our own National Sales Assistant's wedding. Heather Wright and David Reed tied the knot in a garden ceremony in Little Rock, Arkansas in front of many family and friends. Special touches were everywhere, from the iridescent pearls draped on iron gates to the Polaroid instant photo room! One touch that was extremely popular with everyone was the outside drink station. Guests could get their fill of pink lemonade in darling "Love is in the Air" frost flex cups from the Mindy Weiss for Inviting Company line. Their wedding favors received Mindy's stamp of approval for originality!!! Because of their last names, Heather decided to use a photo bookmark and personalized pencil, reminding guests to "Reed & Wright". For guests wanting a midnight snack after an evening of dancing, another favor contained s'more fixings with a label that read "Take S'more LOVE home!! A wonderful time was had by all with Heather's new step daughter, Georgia, age 4, proclaiming it was the "Best party she's ever been to!!"

It's party time!

Papaya art tins as flower vases and also used their art boards throughout the hall as decorations.

Heather Bailey's bright floral fabric was used as table toppers and decoration on the buffet. 
Inviting Company's Mindy Weiss frost flex cups "Love is in the Air."
Reed & Wright Favors
Take "S'more" Love Home
Hilarious glasses & accessories for polaroid photo-opts.