The party invitations went out this week for my girls’ 8th birthday party. I wanted to make them homemade…. and I wanted to keep them simple.
A bowl was my best friend for this project. I used it to trace the toadstool cap. Then I drew the bottom of the toadstool free hand. Once I had one template, I used it to trace the rest.
I used inexpensive red, kraft and white colored cardstock. I used my 7/8 inch circle punch for the white dots, but white round price tag stickers from the grocery store would have worked just as well. The girls punched and glued all the dots on the red mushroom tops. I try to get them involved in my project whenever possible, especially when it’s for them.
I wanted to print the invitation directly onto the kraft cardstock. But guess what? My printer must hate cardstock. The pieces came out streaked.
So I printed on vellum…. which was one more piece to trace and cut, but at least it wasn’t streaked.
I love “Little Days Font.” It’s my “go to” font for many invitations.
I love little red brads too. Which is what I use in the corner of the mushroom to attach it all together.
And last but not least, I purchased wonderful green American Crafts envelopes (on a 40% off coupon at Roberts of course.) And in the end, these invitations were very inexpensive.
I tried to use these sweet little Martha Stewart stickers on the cards… but they just didn’t look right. Darn, I guess I’ll have to find some other use for them….
Now it’s time for creating the rest of the party… I’ve got some fun projects in the works. I can hardly wait.
Oh my! I think I want to have a woodland adventure birthday party. Those are adorable!
How cute & simple! I’m loving it . . . can’t wait to see what else you come up with for the pary . . . and too see pictures from the party. We get to see them, right? :)
Cute! Sometimes simple really is best.
Looking forward to seeing what else you have planned!
I have had the same problem with printing on Kraft cardstock! I thought it was just me. I have to say that I love love love all of your wonderful ideas and your upbeat personality comes through on this blog :)
Can’t wait to see what else you do! This is starting out soooo cute.
With lots of girls in my house I’ll for sure ‘borrow’ your ideas!
Super cute!
I think these would be really adorable for a Brownie event too…maybe a flying up or something!
So cute! I can’t wait to see where you go with that theme!
they are really cool. Sounds so fun
These are so adorable! I love the woodland theme. Can’t wait to see what you do!
These are so cute! I was really excited when I saw you featured on craft because not only were these adorable but we have the same name :). And you spell it the “right” way – no “e” at the end!
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What did you use to keep the top and bottom together? A clasp? Or do you have a tool that puts the two together?
I used a small red brad, available from scrapbooking or most craft stores. They are the easy to use and you don’t need a tool to use them. (I did used a small hole punch to make a hole for the brad to go into.) I’ll make sure to go back and put that into the post!
how do you use the font after its downloaded?
thanks x
Hi! Love these invitations!! I am interested in using this font but is it free and if so how do you get it? I tried to download but then I am not sure what to do from there. Please Help?! :)
Thanks!
Love, Love, Love your website!
Hi Crystal, the font is called Little Days and it is a free download. On my Mac, I download the font and drop it into my font book, not sure what the process is on a PC though??? Good luck!
hi, how did you put the brads? did you punch a hole for it or just cut a slit?
I used my mini hole punch, I think it’s 1/8 inch. Good luck!