Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Bubble Birthday Party ~ Invitations


One of my favorite parts of planning a party is creating the invitations. Not only do invitations set the theme, but they also give me an excuse to play with a few of my favorite things-- photoshop, paper and glue.

I find that if I'm not designing an invite on the computer, it's best to have a rough draft.  Some people are good at creating on the fly... Not me! I need to plan things out or I end up wasting a bunch of expensive paper.  So here's my rough draft:


And after a few tweaks, here's the final product:

i've made the invitations for all of our boys' birthday parties, some with results better than others, but i think these bubble-inspired invitations are my favorite of the bunch.