With all the beautiful paper options out there, you’d think it’d be fairly easy to find a classy, elegant fill-in invitation. Not so much.

In fact, I was searching for invitations the other day (for a surprise party my boyfriend and I are throwing–more on that later) and all I could find in the paper stores in Brooklyn were party invites for kid’s birthday parties and cheesy ballon/cake illustrations with generic messages.

I know that in general, most would like to get custom invites created for their special days, but sometimes it’s convenient and cheaper to go with the classic fill-in. Luckily, the Internet saved the day on this one.

Here are a few of my favorite fill-in invitations. (I’ll show you the one we chose for the party at the very end.)

Art deco bouquet from Ilee

Vittoriani Invites from Angela Luguori

Pink Floral with Bird from Ilee

Letterpress Celebration from Duet Letterpress

And what did I end up choosing? The Blue Dahlia style from ILee. They arrived yesterday and I’m ecstatic! Where do you normally order your invites? I’d love to hear about your favorite stationery stores.