Planning: choose a theme!

A personal and original theme will help make your marriage or Bar/Bat mitzva party memorable for your guests too. Invitations, names by the dinner plates, a personalised kipa: guests love to take them home as a souvenir.

The big celebrations in Jewish life can take a lot of planning. They are not called simches for nothing and we want our family and friends to share in our joy: we want our ideal, unforgettable party.

For your guests it is often the little things that will give their memories of the party a taste and style of their own: that cute little nephew mangling a poem, the hall, the invitation, a little souvenir. A special theme or logo repeated on different things will help make an impression without adding much to your budget. Choose a good image and print it on your invitation, on the cards that help your guests find their place in the table setting you spent so many hours breaking your head over, or maybe on a kippa.


The Jewish Webshop offers you a wide choice of beautifull and professional images and the extra service of being able to consult with the artist about how to present invitations for shul, a reception, extra cards for those you are inviting to a dinner or that super birthday party you are throwing for just the friends of your Bar or Bat Mitzwa child.

Such parties can be expensive: when choosing a theme there are several ways to keep an eye on the cost. Two elements that tend to drive up the price are designer costs and the number of colours. The invitations at the top of this page aref quite striking;  you may not even have noticed, but they were printed in duotone with just one colour. Another possibilty you will find here is the use of an existing image, peresonalised with a nice font and colour to achieve the atmosphere you are looking for. Read more about this here and find out about personalising kippot here (it needn't be as expensive as you might think!).

And if we may give the proud family and happy friends a hint for a present: help the bride and groom to be or the parents of the Bar/Bat mitzwa child by giving them the invitations or personalised kippot! And though surprises can be wonderful, it does help to consult with them to avoid getting them something they don't like...