The Mixily Blog · Issue №95
Tips, guides, and comparisons to help you plan better events — from RSVP etiquette to choosing the right invitation platform.
Someone invited you to something. You don’t want to go, or you can’t go. And now you’re staring at your phone, typing and deleting, trying to figure out how to decline an invitation politely without sounding like a jerk. I host a lot of parties. I literally wrote a book about throwing them. So believe […]
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Good birthday invitation wording does three jobs. It tells people what’s happening, it makes the party sound fun, and it gets them to actually RSVP. That’s it. You don’t need to be a writer. You need a template you can copy, paste, and customize in two minutes. That’s this page: 40+ birthday invitation wording examples […]
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I sent myself a test Evite last month. When I opened my own invitation, the first thing I saw wasn’t my party details. It was a banner ad for a meal-kit delivery service. That’s the moment most people start searching for Evite alternatives. The good news: the options in 2026 are genuinely great. Some are […]
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Punchbowl used to be the free alternative to Evite. Not anymore. Punchbowl switched to a subscription model, and here’s the part that surprises people: some of the paid tiers still show ads to your guests. That changes this whole Mixily vs Punchbowl comparison. One platform charges $3.99 to $15.99 a month. The other has a […]
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July brought a handful of updates we think you’ll actually use: reminders that reach more than one guest group at once, cancelling your own subscription without emailing us, and a much clearer view of who actually got your messages. Here’s everything that shipped this month. Send Reminders to More Than One Guest Group at Once […]
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Paperless Post has the prettiest wedding invitations on the internet. It also has one of the most confusing pricing systems — a coin-based model that makes it genuinely hard to know what you’ll pay until you’re checking out. Mixily takes the opposite approach: a flat monthly subscription, free to start, and no coins to calculate. […]
Evite is fine for a lot of things. A wedding usually isn’t one of them. The free tier shows ads next to your ceremony details. The templates lean toward “generic party invite” rather than “this is the biggest day of our lives.” And if you want the ad-free version, Evite Premium runs up to $99.99 […]
Christmas in July party ideas sound like a joke until you actually throw one. I hosted my first one on a 94-degree Saturday in Arizona. I strung lights across the patio, put a plastic Christmas tree next to the cooler, and told guests to show up in the ugliest holiday sweater they owned. Half the […]
