Two of my girlfriends are celebrating their half birthdays this month, so I'm planning a pool party to honor the occasion. It's going to be a fabulous fiesta filled with sun, swimming, and serious eats. All this week I'll feature my best pool-party ideas so feel free to use them to host your own perfect pool party. When hosting a party in the Summer, it's best to give your guests an advance notice of the event, so send invitations as soon as you have the date selected. To learn how I made the easy invites seen here, read more.

To make a similar invite you will need the following supplies:

• image of a pool
• colored cardstock
• scissors
• glue
• computer and printer

To make the invite:

1. Drag the image into Photoshop or Microsoft word. Insert a text box on top of the image and write out the details of the party. For my invite, I used the font Dakota in size 14 to write this message:
   

   It’s time to jump into summer!
   Please help us celebrate
   the half birthdays of
   Emily and Katie

   Saturday, July 19, 2008
   2:00 in the afternoon

   Katie’s parents' house,
   Petaluma, CA
   regrets only 415.555.5555

   Check for grammar and spelling invites. Print out on plain paper and cut down to size.



2. Mount on the colored cardstock and cut down to size.



3. For this type of invite there are several sending options: you can slide into an addressed envelope, upload the invite image to your favorite online invitation service (evite, pingg), or add as an attachment to a regular email.

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