After some great feedback on my sister’s shower invitations, I decided to take the plunge and print these suckers out. I made a few minor tweets tweaks on the text sizes/colors, but overall it seems that the birdie invitation design was a winner from the get go. These were printed on simple white card stock – turns out you can only buy card stock in massive economy packs, so I have enough to get me through the next 50 years.
I decided to use a corner rounder to soften up the edges a bit, making it more appropriate for a baby shower. Sharp edges + baby = bad idea. I can relate, since I cracked my head open as a kid on the corner of a coffee table. Ow! Did you catch that bird reference – cracked? Yeah, there’s more where that came from.
Since the invitations were brightly colored, I decided to have a little fun and forgo the standard white envelopes and pick up some punchy colored ones from my favorite Charlotte stationary store, Papitre. (unfortunately, no website – boo!) I had my mind set on some cool blue envelopes to mimic the blue in baby Greenlee’s nursery, but couldn’t help myself when I saw the rockin orange envelopes. Why not do half and half? Now all I have to do is address these birdies and send them on their merry way. :)
So cute, still love it! Great call on the rounded corners and the fun envelopes – your sister is soooooo going to love you!
Oooooooh!! They look awesome!! Love the rounded corners. I wouldn’t have thought of that but they look great! Can’t wait to see you again!!! Love you sis :-)
Send me one, too. They look great Audrey.
They look GREAT! Is it too overkill to make some matching labels with the bird graphic on them for the envelope? I’m loving the 8.5″x11″ labels, you can print 10 or so to a sheet and cut them out in whatever shape you want. CUTE!
Nice job, LOVE the envelopes!
@brooke: great idea about the envelope labels – I never thought of that! I might have to take a stab at that and see how it turns out! :)
Oooo. Do try the labels. I found some birdie fabric to make a runner for the table and some other stuff that I think will work. Fill you in later.
Update: we had the shower… and it was perfect! See if these give you any ideas! http://ohbrooke.com/2009/05/17/birdie-baby-shower-details/
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