Using Traditional Party Invites as your Graduation Invitations

It is graduation season and you aren’t really sold on the preprinted graduation invitations you have seen. You are not crazy about the illustrations of hats and the tassels, the images of robes and the mascots. Well you are in luck. You don’t have to use preprinted graduation symbols for your graduation invitations, you can just use traditional party invites. Instead of sending out an announcement full of commencement images, then send out a colorful striped invitation, to add a pop of color to your invitation, while avoiding clichéd graduation imagery.

Is your graduation party in the summer time? Use summer stripes to likewise invite your guests to a fun cookout without using tassels and gowns to lure them to the celebration. Use the bright colors of your traditional party invitation to set the tone for your party decorations. Cheerful and playful, the reds of and browns, greens and blues give you a rainbow of colors to choose from for all your decorating needs.

If blues are more your style, then ditch the pizzazz of graduation clipart for the subtle and cooling tones of greens and blues. Blues and greens are a perfect way to invite friends and family to your party, because both colors have extremely positive connotations. Blues are associated with the inviting and calming nature of water and sky. Greens, likewise, are comforting and often connected to growth. As you step into the expanse of your future, use this powerful and soothing color combination to celebrate your growth, without the need for traditional graduation symbols.

Do-it-Yourself Graduation images

Are you someone who likes the images associated with graduation—the caps and the gowns, the globes and the books—but would prefer to draw them yourself? Instead of using preprinted graduation images, take a plain invitation and draw your own graduation hat, diploma, or whatever other symbols you wish to use to announce your big day. You can hand draw the images if you wish, which would give your invitations a personal touch. If, however, you are adept with software like Photoshop or Corel Draw, produce your own custom graduation invitations, using digital images of your choosing.

You could also use a traditional party invitation featuring images of an activity that you were involved in during your time in school, whether that was theatre, orchestra, or golf. You can tweak traditional graduation announcement language to incorporate your activity and its importance in your life.

Your graduation announcement should represent you and your interests, so if preprinted graduation invitations are not working for you, use a traditional party invitation instead. Send the invite as-is, or personalize it with hand drawn images or other customized touches. The colors in your traditional party invitation can also serve as a jump-off point for your party decorations, so choose an invitation that best represent you and your school experience and get to celebrating!