Sip and see invitations
A newer format, and the one where the practical wording matters more than the design.
$65
Your details set by hand, usually back the same day. $145 to rebuild it in your own colours.
A sip and see happens after the baby arrives rather than before, which makes it a fundamentally different event from a shower. Nobody is buying nappies or playing games. People come to meet the baby, stay a while, and go home, and it is usually a drop-in window rather than a fixed party.
That format suits new parents enormously, and the invitation is what makes it work. It has to set expectations clearly: how long people should stay, whether to bring anything, and, delicately, the rules about holding the baby and about being unwell.
That last part is the whole reason to design one properly. Nobody wants to text twenty people about hand-washing and RSV, and a line on the invitation handles it once, warmly, for everybody. It is the most practical thing an invitation on this list does.
What changes for this one
Soft and relaxed. The visiting guidance, illness and hand-washing, gets a real line rather than being awkwardly appended, and warm wording makes it read as care rather than a rule.
When to send
One to three weeks, sent once the family knows they are up to it. There is no schedule and the invitation should not imply one.
Colours that work
Soft and warm. Cream, oat, the palest sage. Nothing that reads as a nursery.
Questions people ask about sip and see invitations
How is this different from a baby shower?
A shower happens before the birth and is largely about preparing. A sip and see happens after and is about meeting the baby. Different timing, different purpose, and usually a drop-in window instead of a fixed party.
How do we ask people not to come if they are sick?
Warmly and directly, on the card. "We would love to see you, please come another time if you are feeling unwell" does the whole job without anyone feeling told off. Saying it once on the invitation is far easier than twenty individual texts.
Do people bring gifts?
Some will regardless. If you would rather they did not, say so plainly. If a shower already happened, a line noting that is usually enough for guests to understand.
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How to have this made
Digital and paperless invitations
Designed to be texted, emailed or posted. Not an Evite template.
From $225
Custom invitation design
Designed from nothing for one event. No template underneath.
From $285
Thank you cards and stationery
The piece everyone forgets until the week after the party.
From $145
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.