Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Invitations and Goodie Bags

My friend has two sons who both have birthdays in April. Over the last couple of years, their family has been focusing on a healthy lifestyle and bike riding is one of their family activities. Both of the boys are getting bikes for their birthday, so she asked that the theme be around that. After the call, I was showering and the first thing I thought of was Livestrong! This is what I came up with for the invites and goodie bags. I suggested she put trail mix, raisins, granola bars, and non-food treats like stickers and tatoos into the goodie bags. She is also giving each child a Livestrong wristband. How nice to help out a charity while celebrating with her children! The kids get the oppotunity to try the climbing wall at Lewis & Clark during the party.


Doing a "generic" type theme rather than choosing one from the store and buying all of the matching paper goods can save you some money! Now she can purchase a combo of black and yellow paper goods which are priced much less and you get more per package.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Birthday Cards



While coming up with the first set of cards, I made these cute presents. It was just too busy with the other patterned paper. The colors are much brighter than it shows here. (My scanning skills are better already!)

Flower cards with a bling center!

So my scanning talents are not as good as my papercrafting skills, but they will improve! This paper collection has been one of my favorites for a very long time. I have used it for MANY projects and still have some left. The colors are much brighter than the picture shows. I don't like to make exact duplicates, but I do use the same general patterns a lot.