Cheryl, although your parties are different, maybe you can copy some of what I put in our invites for our wine tasting. I also had a clip-art picture inserted where the big space is, of candles,wine glasses and a wine bottle but it didn't "copy" over to this forum. I made them up in a Word document and sent them as an attachment to an email which said "please see invitation attached".
Hope it helps!

WINE TASTING AT THE ______________

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO
A CELEBRATION OF GOOD WINE
AND GOOD FRIENDS

Date: Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: 1545 Mountain View Drive

Please Bring:
A bottle of wine you would like to try

In lieu of Host/Hostess Gifts:
Cash Donation to Operation Christmas Child (a charity we support, please check out website for more info http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/occ/aboutus/)
A donation box will be provided at the party

RSVP: ________(Phone #) or __________@hotmail.com

We hope you can attend!

_____________________(our names)

I occasionally visit verseit.com when I'm looking for invitation wording ideas. I'll take a few lines of the invitation wording I like and make my own to my specifications. But they have ideas for all types of parties.

I have heard good things about evite.com

but I haven't used them myself. Maybe you could get some ideas there.

Have fun and merry Christmas!

Here is a link that might be useful: Evite.com

All three of you have helped me greatly!

Going back to my info - I didn't put RSVP
and we do have to take up a donation
for the building we are using - duh!

verseit.com - I knew there had to be a place
on here and I never thought about
sending it out as a Christmas card - Evite.com. - another -duh!
You'll are amazing. I've just been so over worked/out streched beyond the norm lately.
Thank you for your help............cheryl