Poly Graphics

For many years people relied on sending paper invitations to their guests. Paper is nice, but there are some things that paper invitations cannot do.

1. You can not send paper invitations to the wrong email address. You may confuse Bill Anderson, your accountant, with Bill Andresson, your neighbor, when looking up their email addresses to send emailed invitations.. I’m pretty sure your neighbor will be more fun at your party than your accountant.
2. A paper invitation will not get automatically moved to your email’s spam folder and get lost. Did you know that the most opened piece of paper mail delivered are invitations? An invitation sent through the mail will not be stamped “spam” as unwanted mail without you knowing about it.
3. Have you heard about the computer virus going around that looks, at the start, like an emailed invitation? When you click on a link in the email to see the invitation details, you are taken to an unscrupulous website and a virus is loaded onto your computer. A paper invitation won’t do that.
4. What does your email inbox look like? Are there hundreds or thousands of emails that are unread and waiting for your attention? Is there an electronic invitation to a party that was held last week in there? A paper invitation won’t get lost in your computer’s inbox.
5. If your inbox is looking pretty good and you are on top of everything that is coming in, do you read and remember everything as it arrives? Have you ever been distracted while going through your inbox and forgot what you just read? A paper invitation, because it is something that you can keep and post on your bulletin board or refrigerator will not be forgotten easily.

P.S. OK, you’ve figured it out – I think paper invitations are far, far better than emailed invitations. I thought it was kind of interesting to look at it from a different angle. Did you?

P.P.S. There’s just something wonderful about paper – so many things these days are on the computer or smartphone – to actually touch something and have it to refer to are just great. I’ll write more about this soon.

P.P.P.S. Oh, find some great invitations at PolyGraphics.com

Recent Related Posts

Be The Director of Your Invitations, Not The Designer

We Take Special Requests for Custom Invitations

How To Recover From Invitation Disasters

We love hearing from our customers. Tera sent us this note today:

I really appreciate your kindness and your care for detail. I have been ordering invitations from you since 2008 and I have never been anything but happy with the quality of the invitations as well as the service I have received. I always get compliments on the invitations. Thanks for making it SO easy!”

Do your invitations get compliments?

Do you want a SO easy experience when you order your invitations?

The next time you have a need for invitations or announcements or personalized note cards, come to Poly Graphics.

Your order will receive the utmost care and exceptional attention to detail that Tera receives.

Recent Related Posts

5 Reasons Why Having a Designer Work on Your Order is A Great Thing

The Importance of Proofreading

Avoid the Three Most Common Invitation Mistakes

One of the essential parts of an invitation is the time of the celebration.

But how should you write the time in the wording on your invitation? Is it correct to use an A.M. or P.M. after the time on an invitation?

Here are a few things to consider:

• Could the time on your invitation be confusing? If your party starts at 4p.m., the “p.m.” is not needed. Only a crazy person would start a party at 4 a.m. (and if you do start a party at 4 a.m., please put the “a.m.” on your invitation).
  If the party starts at 9 p.m. and it is a breakfast party, then please use the P.M. designation. You don’t want people showing up in their jammies at 9 a.m. for your pancake fiesta.
• Are you having a formal celebration? (wedding, shower, rehearsal,…) Don’t use A.M. or P.M. Don’t use these abbreviations. And state 1/2 hour starting times as “half past” – for instance, if the wedding starts at 4:30 p.m., your wedding invitation should say “half past four o’clock“. Correct formal invitations don’t even use numerals – it is proper to spell out the time using words instead of digits (use “six“, not “6“). If there is any doubt about whether the time is in the morning or the evening, use the words “in the morning” and “in the evening“
• Does the party start or end at 12:00? Use “noon” or “midnight” so that your guests will not be confused.
• Is your celebration informal? Sure, use A.M. or P.M.
• Is this a military celebration? Use military time. Can’t remember how to convert to military time?  If the time is after noon, add 12 to it. For example, 9 p.m. is 21:00 in military time. 11:00 p.m. is 23:00.  Midnight is 24:00.  Start over at 0:00 after midnight.

If you’ve decided to use A.M. or P.M. on your invitations, the experts say to use both the letters and the periods (a.m. and p.m.). But we at Poly Graphics will print your invitations any way you would like them. Part of learning and knowing the rules is to know when they can be broken. It is perfectly acceptable to use just the letters with no periods if you like them that way.

Hope that this helps,

P.S. Your goal when writing invitations is to get the important information to your guests. As long as they can figure out what time your party begins, you’ve given them what they need.

P.P.S. As Steve Miller says “time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future”

Recent Related Posts

The Four Essentials of an Invitation

Saving Money on Party Invitations

“You’re Invited” or “Your Invited”?

Today I’m letting our customers write:

“Thanks for the great invitations-they were a hit!! I’ll be looking for the thank you notes in the mail!! Thank you again,”  Christy E.

“Perfecto!  You guys rock!  I can’t believe how fast your response is.” – K.B.

“Have recommended you guys to several friends, will be needing his graduation invites next May definitely will be using you. Stay Cool” – Fran V.

“My son is very excited about the invitations.” – Carrie R.

“We recently ordered retirement invitations!! they were GREAT!” – Sandy S.

“Thank you so much for your speedy service!” – Leigh C.

“I LOVE the sample!!! It looks great.” – Shea C.

“Thanks sooooo much.  I love the design and it is perfect for my son’s party.” – Christine M.

“Everything looks great and [my son] is so excited that his invitation has a hockey player on it!” –  Cheryl M.

These are just a sample of how hard we work for you. Do you have an upcoming celebration that you need invitations for? Try Poly Graphics… and add your comment to this list!

Thanks,

P.S. Do you have a comment about your order – or just want to tell us something? Send a comment to Poly Graphics here

Recent Related Posts:

Your Order is Drafted by a Designer

Save Money on Your Invitations

Your Price Includes What Others Charge Extra For

If the heat is getting to you and you’re near Apex, North Carolina, a great place to go is Pelican’s Snoballs & Homemade Ice Cream. There are also Pelican’s in Garner, Cary, and Clayton, North Carolina.

For $1.50 you can get an icy snoball in about a zillion flavors. We’ve tried a bunch of them, but not Dill Pickle (not sure I want to try it!)

Technically they sell “New Orleans Style Shaved Ice”. It takes a little while to get your snoball because they actually shave the ice for your treat right in front of you. Sometimes we add a scoop of ice cream to the middle to really help us cool down.

Pelican’s is a tasty treat for a hot summer day

P.S. We’re not connected with Pelican’s, we just like their stuff

P.P.S. If you’re near Damascus Maryland, try the Jimmie Cone. mmmmmm. If not, please support your local ice cream store!

We like to recommend and support businesses that have provided us good service and good products. In the spirit of “sharing the love” we’ll mention them here occasionally.