Housewarming party invitations
The first party in a new house, which makes the invitation partly an announcement.
$65
Your details set by hand, usually back the same day. $145 to rebuild it in your own colours.
A housewarming invitation is doing two jobs at once. It is inviting people to a party, and it is telling everyone your new address, which is genuinely useful information they will save. That dual purpose is why the address deserves more design attention here than on any other invitation.
The tone tends to be relaxed. These are rarely formal events, most of them are open-house style with people coming and going, and the invitation should say that clearly so nobody arrives at seven expecting a seated dinner.
The nicest ones I have made used a simple line drawing of the actual house. It costs a little more because it is real illustration, but it turns a party invitation into something people put on the fridge, and it makes a lovely first Christmas card later.
What changes for this one
The address gets prominence, because half the purpose is telling people where you now live. If the party is open-house rather than a fixed start time, that window has to be unmistakable or people will treat it as a start time.
When to send
Two to four weeks. Long enough that people can plan, short enough that you have actually unpacked.
Colours that work
Warm and architectural. Clay, bone, ink, a little olive. Something that suggests a home rather than a party.
Questions people ask about housewarming invitations
Can you draw our house?
Yes, and it is the thing that makes these memorable. Send me two or three photos from the front, ideally in decent light, and I will do a simple line drawing. It adds $85 to the project and you keep the drawing for cards and stationery afterwards.
How do we say no gifts?
"No gifts, just bring yourself" works. If people insist, a line suggesting a bottle for the house is easier than a registry, which reads oddly on a housewarming.
Is it an open house or a party?
Whichever you want, but the invitation has to be explicit about it. If it is a window, say "drop in any time between two and six" rather than listing a start time, or half your guests will arrive at two and the other half will feel late.
5,400
US searches a month for housewarming party invitations, measured rather than guessed. Nearly every page here targets a term almost nobody is defending properly.
- invitation to housewarming party — 6,600/mo
- open house invitation — 590/mo
How to have this made
Digital and paperless invitations
Designed to be texted, emailed or posted. Not an Evite template.
From $225
Announcement design
New baby, new house, new name, new chapter.
From $165
Custom invitation design
Designed from nothing for one event. No template underneath.
From $285
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, back in three days. It comes off whatever you book, and if you do not love it you keep the file and owe nothing.