My DIY: Simple Airplane Invites

I hope your Monday is off to a great start! I started my day taking care of my sick boys and hubs, a long with a long to do list, of course the to do list is still on hold, most of it anyway. 

I did manage to finish up my baby boys 1st birthday party invites and get some of them delivered.  I thought I would share these simple Airplane invites with you. I will share better photos soon...

4x6- Red cards
White card stock paper
Left over red & white ribbon
All from: Hobby Lobby




Xoxo~ Nycia

DIY Lollipop Invites

One of my good friends and I had a craft day and designed Lollipop invitations for her daughters 3rd bday party.   They turned out pretty darn cute!  With a little card stock paper, glue, popsicle sticks & ribbon, you never know what you can create!   I will be sharing details from this Lollipop party in a few weeks!

STYLEVITES

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting fabulous Nicole Muirhead the owner of STYLEVITES at an open house, it was great chatting with her and viewing her work up close. I love her style as well as the creativity that she brings to her stationery.. STLEVITES is based out of Austin, but ships all over!! Visit her site HERE

*Special: Receive 10% off one set of custom thank you note cards on all orders over $75.

Love in 3 Languages - The Invitations

Happy Friday!!

Welcome back Vivian, bride to be...


If you're a friend of Nycia's, you might have heard that I design and make invitations, for fun and mostly for other people. I now realize it's a lot easier designing for someone else who has a feel for what they want. I had no idea what I wanted. I played around with a lot of different options before finally settling on this:




The invitations were entirely handmade and printed in my own home. The vellum was purchased at the Do It Your Own D*mn Self Show in Chicago, where crafters sell their leftover scrap materials. I got a great deal on this vellum, which was offset-printed with a custom flower drawing by Art School Girl. The red card stock I used for the backing was half off at The Paper Source.

The envelopes were lined with a chiyogami crane print. This ties into the 1000 paper cranes that I will have floating around at our ceremony.

Here's a look at the inside of the card. I found out that dafont.com is a great place to download open-source (and mostly free) fonts. There is a great selection, and I went crazy playing around with all the different font options.




On the back of the card is the word "love" printed in 3 languages - Chinese, English, and Punjabi.


For the finishing touch (and to personalize the invites just like we did with the rings), we sealed the envelopes with our thumbprints in the shape of a heart.

Creative Passport Invites

I saw these fun passport invites on Pink Design Events and had to share. I love the unique style of these invitations. Nicole's clients are so creative, the use of the monograms are so unique.