February 27, 2015

first birthday invitations

i have dreamt of his birthday, since the day we found out we were expecting. back in elementary, my school was having a book fair and book sale. i found "Now We Are Six" by A.A. Milne for $.10 and fell in love with all the illustrations. i have kept that book in my bookshelf ever since, and brought it back out along with a couple other books that i purchased antiquing to bring his first birthday party to life. these invites are simple. i took a photograph of one of the images of the book, photoshopped it and printed it on cardstock at home. i am happy the way they turned out, a little vintage, a little classic pooh, and whole lot of love went into these.


kraft envelopes: Hobby Lobby
white cardstock: Walmart
green twine: Walmart 
wood washi tape: Hobby Lobby
classic pooh stamps: eBay purchase 
black ink: Walmart
Johnny Cash stamps: USPS

17 comments:

  1. They are perfection! I love them.

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  2. These are so cute! Hard to believe he's almost one.

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  3. How adorable! These are perfect! I've been planning the first birthday for a while too!

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  4. LOVE!!!!! They're perfect! One of my future children will be having a Pooh first birthday. AB's is a bumblebee party because like you, I decided on that theme years ago. Thankfully my first baby is a girl so she can wear a gold and black tutu. ;)

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  5. Also! I'm so glad your husband will be home for the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. Such a great idea to take a picture of a page in a book! I will have to remember that!

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  7. Holy wow! No way he's ONE already! Oh my goodness *heart eyes for days***

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  8. The invitations turned out just perfect....and I love all the extra little details that you added with the stamps! My son's first was Classic Pooh as well and I still love the theme today (he is turning 15 this year - yikes!!!) Can't wait to see pictures from the big day!

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  9. Love these, Whit! I can't wait to see all that you do for his party! And by the way...how is he turning 1 already?!

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  11. Very easy to prepare these 1st birthday invitations!! I will give a try to do. Thanks for the lovely post on preparing the cards!

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  12. This is one of the coolest and creative birthday invitation card I've seen and I like the wording you used!

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