for my nephew’s 1st birthday we did an airplane themed party.
all the guests we’re mailed invitations that resembled airline tickets. each invitation was personalized with each guest’s names printed on each ticket to give it a more personal and realistic touch. maybe too realistic because a few aunts and uncles really thought they had won a free airplane ticket! lol…
my mom created this amazing airplane shaped cake with little cupcakes with cloud toppers surrounding the entire cake.
with my niece turning 2 and my nephew being baptized, my sister needed an invitation that merged two celebrations together. this garden inspired party came from the 2 peas in a pod invitation idea i had. these hand cut and handcrafted invitations resembled a pea pod shape, with the two little pea heads (images of my niece and nephew) being taken out to reveal the event information on each backside. the final piece was actually embellished with curly ribbon to represent the curly vines that are usually depicted with pea pods.
most of the time i get great responses and feedback from women regarding my invitations, but this time i actually had a man, my uncle, say, “it’s soooo cute!” now, that is the best reaction ever! when a man can ooh and ahh over an invitation and say how cute it is, that is when you know you did something right.
my sister and i asked my mom to create a little garden cake and she completely blew us away with this creation. i made little garden signs to label each little area and my mom added little garden tools to give it an even more realistic scene.
a lot of things can be tucked away inside a pocket. especially a fun little surprise!
i thought this was a fun theme to base my sister’s baby shower on. i sent out these pocket inspired invitations which had the shower information slipped inside the die-cut shaped pocket, with an actual button embellishing each invite.
my mom used my invitation as inspiration for the baby shower cake. a cute decorated teddy bear tucked inside the big pocket was a really sweet surprise to me.
for my neice’s 1st birthday we had a cupcake themed party.
this was the invitation and matching thank you note that was sent out to each guest.
each handcut and handcrafted invitation included the die-cut cupcake invitation along with a little sheet of directions tucked inside the back that fit nicely in a polka dot vellum pocket. and to top it off, an image of my niece was used as a little topper on the cupcake.
my mom decorated over 50 cupcakes and displayed them on a three tier stand and i topped it off with a die-cut image of my niece from her most recent 1 year old photo shoot.
