Each year we do two parties. The first is a backyard BBQ on a weekend close to his birthday. We invite Trevor's grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents, and best friend- about 20 people. The second party, on his actual birthday, is a smaller gathering for a few friends. We use the same theme for both parties. We just finished the invitations for his family BBQ.
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We'll alter it slightly for the party with his friends.
This was the first time that I've done an entirely digital invitation. I thought it would be fun to look back on the invitations for Trevor's first five birthday parties.
Here's the invitation I made for his 1st birthday party. Trevor's aunt didn't understand why the invitation had a hole in it. I thought everyone knew the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, but apparently not! As you can see, I printed the information, backed it with cardstock, punched a hole, added a sticker, and added a ribbon. It was an easy design to reproduce. I sized the invitation to fit in a standard envelope, so it didn't take long at all to get them in the mail.
Here's the invitation I made for his 1st birthday party. Trevor's aunt didn't understand why the invitation had a hole in it. I thought everyone knew the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, but apparently not! As you can see, I printed the information, backed it with cardstock, punched a hole, added a sticker, and added a ribbon. It was an easy design to reproduce. I sized the invitation to fit in a standard envelope, so it didn't take long at all to get them in the mail.
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For Trevor's 2nd birthday, I fussy-cut a picture of him in Cookie Monster jammies, then used a circle punch to create a cookie from the patterned paper. Then I cut out the bite marks. I wrote out the party information on the tan cardstock and backed it with turquoise cardstock. Because I had no interest in making a dozen fussy-cut Trevors, I scanned the invitation and emailed it to everyone. This worked so well (and saved both time and money) that I haven't mailed invitations since.
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Here's Trevor's 3rd invitation. I typed the information, then added the clip art of Mike and Sully. I printed that, then backed it with cardstock. Then I scanned the invitation and emailed it.
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Trevor had a maze party for his 4th birthday. This was the most difficult and time-consuming invitation to make, as he wanted it to have a solvable maze, plus it needed to have the party information. Once I got the base done and printed, I topped it with cardstock frosting and candles. Then I scanned and emailed.
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Here's the layout from the family BBQ for Trevor's 5th birthday.
I didn't scrap the invitation! What was I thinking?! Here it is:
I made a paper piecing of the giraffe on the yellow patterned paper, backed it with cardstock, then scanned that in and added the text digitally.
How awesome!! I love love love all the lo's you have made for his birthdays!!!
ReplyDeleteSweet! your layouts are just so adorable! and what a fantastic idea for party themes :)
ReplyDeletegreat collections of memories as he's aged. great post Cindy!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I love all the invitations to the theme parties! How fun it must be to plan and execute! At 4, he wanted a solvable maze? Signs of a great leader in the making! ;)
ReplyDeleteI just love your style of scrapping....wish I could play with you. Take care.
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