Would you do an evite for your Sesame Street birthday party?

It might just be me, but I love paper invitations. I'm cool with getting Christmas letters via email or a link to a webpage. Don't mind finding out what's going on in my friend's lives via Twitter. OK with being sent to Facebook to see the latest family pictures.

But invitations? I love getting those in the regular mail. However, I've been invited to enough birthday parties and baby showers to know that email invitations are popular thanks to the quick turnaround, easy RSVP and low cost.

One of the more popular ones out there is eVite.com, of course. You can pick from their pre-done designs or design your own using pictures you upload from your computer. But there's a new player on the field now, My Punch Bowl. My understanding is that MPB is meant for bigger parties, but it does allow you to search flickr for images to use in designing your invite rather than just using what's on your computer. (I'm a little concerned that it's not pulling things that are under a Creative Commons license, but that's another issue.)

Now, neither of these have any Sesame Street invitations, but with some creativity (like doing a theme within a theme), you can find some invitations that will work just fine. I thought the designs for a kids birthday party were a little better at eVite, but that could just be my taste.

So what do you think? Would you do an evite for a kid's party? Or do you think it's more appropriate for one for adults? Have you used them for your own parties? 'Fess up!! I really want to know.

(I learned about Punchbowl from Venture Beat. Interesting thoughts in the post and comments about whether this is a service to keep an eye on.)