Are you ready for another installment of the "Lil Man's 1st Birthday Stuff" series?? Hehe! I toiled over these invitations. I flipped flopped so many times with different ideas. I wanted them to be simple. I'm not much for the crazy busy invitations with a bunch of pictures and stuff on them. I was extremely pleased with how they came out. Of course, when I made these, I didn't know I would be starting a craft blog...so I have no tutorial, but I will tell you to the best of my memory how I made them.
Basically there is nothing to it, but if someone would have told me that when I was making them, I probably would have screamed.
I used a yellow, brown, white, and black cardstock and red 1/2" grosgrain ribbon.
I bought the envelopes first, and sized the invitation to them. I cut a yellow piece that size, and then printed out the information for the party on a white piece of cardstock. The brown underneath just covered up the extra white and yellow with 3 narrow black strips for the belt. Then, I cut out 2 triangles to look like the collar on his shirt, and added a ribbon tie.
They were a hit, and I loved them! Hope this gives you some inspiration.
Oh, and I couldn't forget these adorable stamps my mother ordered for them, too.
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so cute!! love how coordinated it all is!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute - I love the stamps! Hope you are enjoying your weekend ~ Stephanie Lynn
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you enjoyed your weekend as well.
ReplyDeleteComing over from Kelli's place. These are adorable! Do you have any other posts about what else you did for the birthday?
ReplyDeleteI put up the high chair banner I did, and the shirt and hat I made him. I can post up some of the decorations if you'd like.
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