Handmade Birthday Invitations

I made some birthday invitations for aiyden's upcoming 2nd birthday. they were really easy and cute so i thought i would post a little tutorial.

Supplies needed are the invite printed on photo paper ( i made mine in photoshop), foam sticky dots, craft paper, ribbon, scissors, and a hole puncher.

i got double sided 12x12 craft paper and cut it into 6x12 strips. this one had a cute animal print on the outside and polka dots inside, usually about $.69 from the craft store. put four foam dots in each corner of the back of your photo

stick it fairly center on the craft paper ( the foam dots add a nice bit of dimension but photo squares would work just as well)

fold each side in, they should overlap. (my photo was 4.5in x5.5 in which works well)

punch a whole in the bottom and top of both flaps and tie together with ribbon

and that's it! a cute, inexpensive, and unique invite!!

Birthday Panning...

so, aiyden's 2nd birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, and of course, i want to make the best, most fun birthday possible. we ruled out doing the whole chuck e. cheese thing and are going to have a party in the courtyard with sidewalk chalk and bubbles... anyhow, below are the invites i created. they took a ridiculously long time but i think they are so cute!

i don't know what we're getting him yet (probably something thomas the train related) but i saw this awesome tutorial at Noodleheads for a kids drawstring backpack made from old khaki's. sooooo cute!