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- 03/15/2010
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- Kellie
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ABC Baby Shower Invitations And A Freebie
This past weekend I made some baby shower invitations for a shower I am throwing next month. I love having parties at my house and I always get excited to start designing the concept and colors.
The materials I used.
For this shower, the mom-to-be wants an alphabet poster in her son’s room and so I took that as the inspiration for the theme of the shower. I designed a small version of an alphabet poster for the front, added some stripes, sewed some zigzags and called it a day. Here is a picture of the finished invitation:
and the back:
The back looks a little funny because I got rid of last names and addresses in photoshop before posting the picture :)
Most everyone who is invited to the shower is from our church so I knew I would just be handing them out in person. With that in mind, I created envelopes using my new favorite method of vellum and stitching. Then I added some labels for the names. Here is an invite in its envelope:
I am really in love with this color combination! I can’t wait to see how the whole shower comes together. I have visions of gray and white striped paper straws and lots of garland! I will definitely be posting pictures but we have to wait until next month until after the shower is over…
Once I finished them I decided to share the files with you so you can make your own if you wish. After all, why do to all that hard work for just one little shower?! I hope you can use them!
Instructions:
1. Download the pdf(s) of your choosing. I have made two sizes available. The square size when finished is 6” x 6” (these cost a bit more to mail). The standard size finished is 4 1/8” x 5 1/2” which fits into a standard invitation size envelope. There is a front and back file for both sizes so make sure you download everything you need!
Square ABC invitation front
Square ABC invitation back
Standard ABC invitation front
Standard ABC invitation back
2. Print the files on cardstock. I used a bright white linen textured cardstock.
3. Cut out the invitation. For the front (abc side), cut out using the stripes as the border, don’t forget to cut the corners. For the back, cut along the orange line. I used a paper cutter for nice smooth cuts.
4. If you have a scoring tool, score along the faint white line that cuts through the stripes on the front side. This will be your fold line.
5. Flip over and fold along your newly scored lines.
6. Put a small piece of adhesive onto the backside of the abc cardstock piece. Then, with the back cardstock piece of the invitation (the one with all the info), adhere it to the back of the abc piece.
7. Put your sewing machine setting on zig zag and sew along the back of the invitation along the stripes to made the folds stay in place.
You now have a finished invitation!
The back of your invitation will look different as you will have to write in the info yourself. I didn’t think you would want your guests showing up at my house!
Feel free to use these for any shower you throw but please keep these for personal use only! I will continue to make freebies as long as they follow these guidelines :)
Also, once they are completed they would make really cute artwork for a baby room. If anyone tries it, let me know!
I am happy to change colors to match your theme or change the info on the back of the invite for a fee. Contact me for pricing if you are interested.
Enjoy!!
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Comments
getting the invitation was almost like getting a gift – they are the cutest!
And the excitement you convey in planning the shower is going to assure one of the most fun (and most stylish) events of the year! Can’t wait….
sorry for all of you that can’t see it first hand!
Thanks! I’m throwing my sis-in-law a shower and we are making her a quiet book. These invites will go along with my theme perfectly! Nice job! Love the envelope. Did you just make the envelopes yourself out of velum? I’m going to try to figure it out. Wish me luck.
Thanks again.
Annie,
I’m so glad you can use them!! Yes, I did just make the envelopes out of vellum. They are super easy, just cut out a rectangle, fold in half, and sew along the two open sides. If you have any questions, let me know, I will be happy to answer them!
fits perfectly with my sister’s alphabet theme!!
Are you able to change the colour of the font, so that it is more girly? I’d be interested in purchasing it from you too, but I would need it rather quickly!
Beautiful and simple design. I would love to use this for my boy’s 1st birthday in a few weeks but I cannot open the attachments for some reason :( Can you check the links…
Great job!
Where can I find these to buy??? are they for sale?
Love, Love this design! Many Thanks :)
How did you do the Envelopes?
Hi Elizabeth,
To make the envelopes you just fold a piece of vellum and stitch the sides. Pretty simple!!
Hi I love the alpahbet invatations, thanks so much for making it a freebie!!
When I tried printing the standard invites it printing the size of my whole paper (8.5X11)?? Is there a way to skrink them down so I can fit them in a standrad intvite envelople? Thanks so much for your help!!
Is there any way to get the colors on the invites to be “green/blue/purple” with accents like fuchsia and orange or just earth tones?
Thanks a ton and LOVE this design. Thank you so much for making this available for us to do ourselves!
Do you make these custom and print/sew as you have for a fee? Would be very interested in ordering from you for my daughter’s alphabet theme birthday party. Please let me know either way, thanks so much!
loved the cards! I couldn’t get the square ones to print, but I did make the standard size ones and they look absolutely fabulous! I was wondering what there was for thank you cards that was similar or if you haven’t done that. Thanks again!