I say it every 26th. "I can't believe she's another month old!" As of yesterday Jayna is one month shy of turning a year old! And we just pushed her birthday party 2 weeks earlier so it is crunch time! I've got the invitations all printed and pretty much ready to go besides postage so they will be in the mail today! I am having so much fun planning this party! Thanks to Pinterest, I came across the perfect theme: One Year Old in a Flash. Stacy at Elle Belle Creative threw her daughter an awesome party that I am borrowing LOTS of ideas from. I saw her invitations and I tried to create something similar, but with my own style. It didn't really work out. My creative juices just weren't flowing so they turned out pretty much the same and I love them!
Since I don't have any fancy software, I turned to my trusty Microsoft PowerPoint to create them. I got the camera and filmstrip from an online scrapbook store, here. And I downloaded a couple of the fonts for free from dafont.com. It was a little tricky getting those pictures to fit in the filmstrip though. Lots of trial and error, glad that's over with.
This is the insert I included with the invitations. I love the idea of a time capsule and am really excited to see what people bring! I also thought it was a nice alternative to bringing a gift.
This is the insert I included with the invitations. I love the idea of a time capsule and am really excited to see what people bring! I also thought it was a nice alternative to bringing a gift.
A couple of notes on printing:
- Save your document as a PDF to get a clear printout when using Microsoft PowerPoint.
- I copied and pasted so that there were 2 5X7 invitations on 1 8X10 sheet, and 5 3X5 inserts on 1 8X10 sheet. This will save you $$ when you print them.
- Before printing all of them I tested on different types of paper. They looked the same hot off the printer, so I ended up ordering the gloss. When I got home I liked the matte finish better.
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