Easy Birthday Invites

I whipped up some easy invitations the other night for Goose's 8th birthday party.  They are ridiculously easy to make.  I used DCWV "All About Girls" mat stack in both the patterned paper and the coordinating card stock.  I used my Cricut to cut out a bunch of number eights in several patterns and then simply glued them to the front of the note cards.  Cute, easy and we (yes, I made her help me!)  were able to whip up a dozen of them in less than an hour. I can't believe she turns EIGHT on Sunday. That is absolutely ridiculous to me. Eight!? EIGHT! My baby is so big these days!

Note to self...

Never volunteer to make 60 baby shower invites. EVER AGAIN!

One of my friends is due at the end of July and I am throwing her baby shower next month. I decided (regrettably) to make the invitations instead of buy them. What a pain in my ass!! They turned out great. Except that I had the wrong time (it was the one I had told her, but I guess she couldn't get the space at that time and forgot to tell me it was changed.)

So, I had them finished and she came to pick them up on Sunday and discovered the time was wrong. So I had to redo the inside... 60 of them. Yes, I made 60 of these fuckers. I cried right in front of her. It was terrible. I was so relieved that they were done and come to find out they were wrong. I tried SO HARD not to cry in front of her, but I couldn't help it. Steve felt so bad that he helped me fix them!

That said though, they turned out pretty cute! If I didn't have to make 60 of them, I would have probably inked the crap out of them, and distressed them (you know me! ;) ) but I just didnt have the time. I also used a sizzix die for the buttons!



TFL!