Walk the Walk Part 2

Speaking of birthdays....if you are going to have a party then you need invitations. Normally I go to Target and pick up some cute (print your own) invites. But recently that sort of thing just feels wrong. I know several ladies who make their own with stamp it up, or creative memories and I have been known to make the random post card on my computer. So, why not?

I'll tell you why not... it is infinitely more time consuming. Plus its WORK. First I had to think of what the heck I was going to do. My goal was to not buy any materials, just use what I had in the house. Second was to see if the stuff around the house would fit my vision and third I had actually spend the time MAKING the dang things.

Braden drew the picture. He absolutely LOVED the idea of making the invites for his baby brother. Side note: his interest in Tristan coupled with participating in an art project made all the effort worth it. I scanned it into the computer and used left over samples of photo paper to print (the now shrunk down) cover art.

I typed up a brief "come Celebrate Tristan's first birthday" write up for the inside of the card and printed it out on some construction paper we had lying around the house. (I think it is a rule or law or something that if you have a child age 2 or older you must have in your possession a tablet of constructions paper.) That actually was the hardest part. It took forever to measure the paper, line it up so the printing came out centered, and then hand feed each piece of through the printer. Not to mention the 4x6 photo paper was too big for the card after it was cut down. So I shrank the picture even more then eyeballed trimming so it would fit right.

I popped them into some invitation envelopes I had (left over from something 8 years ago) and slapped my (already purchased from awhile ago) Star Wars commemorative stamps on (stop laughing) and DONE!

I feel good about using the resources I had in the house, plus Mason is happy that I didn't drop any money on "something we don't really need". I have to say though, having Braden's involvement and excitement was the best part. I felt like for a moment I was a real "back in the day" mom...