As you very well know, my big sis has a bun in the oven. When an event like this comes around, I can’t help but get creative and get involved, whether is be designing a nursery or helping to throw a baby shower. I’m basically a wannabe Martha Stewart, but without the criminal record (zing!). So, for my sister’s upcoming baby shower, I thought I’d take a stab at designing some invitations. I’m by no means a graphic designer – I’m limited to my minimal knowledge of photoshop and the free brushes I can find on the internet (anyone want to give me Illustrator? teach me the program? Anyone?). But, I digress. The whole bird theme seems to be popping up everywhere in baby land. Even ol’ Martha featured some bird themed shower ideas on her website. With the fun words like “hatching” and “nesting”, the bird theme really is a win win.
While thinking about a bird themed shower, I just so happened to come upon the most perfect invitation during a little light blog stalking. I had to borrow OhBrooke’s text design for my invitations (because it was downright perfect), but decided to try my hand at creating a different design to fit my sister’s taste. Behold, Option numero uno.
option one
Does this invite make you wanna pop on over for some yummy treats on a saturday morning, or would you prefer something a bit different, like option numero dos?
option two
I would love love love some feedback on these (like “ew that’s gross, change the colors” or “oh my goodness, you’re brilliant!”) so drop me a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Love the birdies, love the colors! I admired those invitations over at OhBrooke, and your new take on them is great, too!
Love the birdies! In fact, my hubby and I are in the process of adopting…and would love to theme our room for our baby like that!!
Yea! Glad you were inspired. I LOVE doing the *legal* martha things. You did a great job, and I love the first one. Good for you for working with what you’ve got… you wouldn’t be able to tell you didn’t have Illustrator!
@brooke: yay! Thanks for the vote of confidence – and thanks for the inspiration!
Great job Audrey! I too love the birdies :) So cute!
birds, brilliant.
I think the birdies fits the theme better – the twigs is a little more abstract, tho I like the layout better on the second one.
I would say stick to the first one, but take look at the arrangement of the text. The trapped whitespace on the right is a little awkward…
hmm. have you thought about lining up the text in the bottom right so that it is the same width as the birdies on the top right? that might help break the right and left sides up a bit.
I’d also consider adding more emphasis to the text on the date and time, since those are important elements. Similar to what you did with “baby greenlee.”
But what the heck do I know, right? Just trying to be helpful, hopefully not sounding critical… drop me an email if I’m coming off sound like and a**!! :)
@jenny: no, I love the feedback! I’ll definitely play around with the text and see what I can come up with. I was thinking the same thing about the place/date, so I’m glad someone else mentioned it. :)