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- 02/15/2011
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- Kellie
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Parties: 1st Birthday Invitation
Once again, I am in the midst of party planning, which I love. This time, it is a shower/1st birthday party for the little girl of some friends of ours. My Mom is actually planning the party and she asked if I would want to help with the decor and of course I jumped at the chance :) The invitations have all been handed out and so I thought I would share them with you. The actually party is on Sunday so next week I should have some pictures of the decor.
I started off with purchasing some 3” cards at Michael’s. They were having a sale and I thought they were so cute and perfect for the theme of the party. There were 2 different sets in the perfect colors.
Since they are so small, I wanted to add to the cards a bit and make them something special. First, I found a small floral print fabric and cut out squares with my pinking shears that were just a bit smaller than the cards. Then, I laid it inside behind the animal cutout shape.
Next, I sewed around the edge of the fabric, securing it to the front of the card. Here is a picture of how they look from the front. I love a little bit of floral peeking out :)
Onto the next part of the card. To make it a bit bigger, I designed a flat card for the little card to attach to. I printed them all and using double sided tape, I attached the little envelope to the larger card. This picture shows what the guests would have received once they opened the larger envelope. I even had a chance to use my tissue paper tape.
Once you open the little envelope, here is what the small card looks like against the larger one:
And lastly, I also made an insert for the little card with all of the info. I printed it so I wouldn’t have to hand write each one and then I stuck it to the back of the small card. I also made another insert that gives gift suggestions.
I’m really happy with the way they turned out and I can’t wait to finish the rest of the decor items and see how everything comes together. Do you have any ideas for me to make it really special? I would love to hear them :)
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Comments
OMG. My uterus just skipped a beat. SO CUTE!
Adorable, Kellie! I love what you did with the fabric —- totally “makes” the cards. Since you asked for decor suggestions, the first thing that occurred to me was flag pennants using the same fabrics you used in the invitations. You could reverse out animal appliques in solid colors…just like those in the cards, only larger. (You wouldn’t really need to “applique them” —- just use the shapes.) I’m sure whatever you do will be amazing. And now you’ve set my mind spinning on how to use those die cuts with peek-a-boo fabric in my own life. Hmmmm…. (good job! Can’t wait for photos!)
You’ve done it again! These are adorable!! It would be cute to incorporate that sweet print that you used on the invites into the decor. Perhaps some mini pendents on the cupcakes or birthday cake that that material?? A monogram birthday hat using that print for the initial on the hat?? I’m sure you’ll come up with lots of fabulous things! Can’t wait to see!
they are wonderful!!! And I got the joy of passing them out!!!!
thank you sooo much.