Invitation Inspiration: Baby Makes Three
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:00AM .... Really, baby makes four, as there is also an adorable family pup to take into account!
If you are like me, you love making invitations, cards, anything of the paper variety. Because our friends are planning a fun bebe shower for friends Wrigley-T and Senor Diamondback, that meant invitations - my favorite! SO, today I am sharing the invites I created in order to inspire those of you planning showers of your own.
First, the porn - addressed most appropriately to our buddy Dirrrty Nurse:
We are going with a chicken theme to the shower because... Wrigs and Diamondback like to call each other Turkey and Chicken - I know, total weirdos ;) - and they call bebe boy "Chicken, Jr." See???? Makes total sense now, doesn't it. :D
These invites were actually super easy to make. I just drew up and colored the main invite, then printed it out on a normal printer. Then I affixed mailing labels and envelopes liners and... voila! All set.
One note about envelope liners - two big moneysavers to know is that using gift wrap as a liner is usually a big costcutter AND there is no need to line the envelopes all the way to the bottom of the envelope. Really, you only need about 2" worth of liner to be effective. Nobody would ever know that you didn't line all the way to the bottom of the envelope unless they checked. Which would make them hilarious.
Also, I used the lauded Paper Source Envelope Template pack to measure out the width of my liners. Something obvious (but easy to miss in the heat of crafting!) is that for square flapped envelopes, there is no need to trip off the pointy tip, wasting paper... just turn that sucker around and use the squared off end of the template.
Happy crafting!
INGREDIENTS:
- Stardream lapis A7 envelopes (shop the 'net for the best prices on Stardream)
- Paper Source Curry Dots Decorative Labels $4.95 per set of eight
- Linen Cardstock (I already owned, but you can pick this up cheaply most anywhere)
- A pen and a scanner (if you don't have Adobe Illustrator, you could hand-color and then scan in the finished image) to draw the main invite
- Paper Source White Swirls Gold Dust Vellum ($5 per pack, which can net up to 30 A7 liners)
- Double-stick tape to affix the liners.
EASY PEASY!
Reader Comments (2)
I LOVE THE INVITATIONS!
Thanks Penny
Those are absolutely adorable!