On a rainy and even chilly (what's up with that?) Sunday afternoon, this is whats been going on in our house.
My almost 10 year old is planning her upcoming birthday and decided to make invitations for her five friends. She typed up the information in a word doc, chose the font and type colour -a dark brown, then I helped her format it (ie make it pretty with line spacing , alignment etc).
Amaris then printed them out onto A4 white cardstock (yes I parted with my precious white bazzill) and she cut them up with the paper trimmer.
It's funny watching her do all this stuff - they take in so much by just hanging around you scrapbooking over the years. Amaris doesn't often actually get involved in scrapbooking (I think she is quite sick of it actually with the amount that I do), but they just take it all in subconciously and via osmosis, they just know how to print, trim, and make sure they are trimming evenly.
She decided to find the new butterfly punch that she saw arrive during the week, and set about going though my scraps and punching out little piles of colour coordinating butterflies. And this is what she came up with. She is super independent, and wants to do everything herself so I had to take a back seat while she set to work. She even asked for my corner rounder!
And how CUTE are the results. I love these little invites. So simple and so effective.
The best part is that I basically had nothing to do with this event, and birthday invitations can now be made by oneself while I have a coffee!! There is much hope for the future.
This butterfly punch has SO paid for itself already!
This afternoon i'm going to give the invatations out but mums gonna drive me cause it's the school holidays. I'm so exited cause my birthdays in 19 days. For my birthday party i'm going to take five friends to the movies and my two best friends Livvy and Sammy (samara) for a sleepover afterwards. i've gotta go now L8R
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Told you she was a chatterbox...*eyes roll*
ReplyDeleteAmaris, Love the invites, you have great style, perhaps I should employ you to do Katelin's next year. How are you with boy ones?
ReplyDeleteBet your 10th birthday will be your best yet!
What a great way to spend an afternoon like this - lousy long weekend weather.
Forgot to say that I love that the butterflies are all the same colour family - Nicole you have way too many scraps, and I need one of those punches!
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea how many scraps I have, Shannon! And Amaris says she will consider employment!
ReplyDeleteI bought the slightly bigger one of that punch a few weeks ago and am absolutely loving it. Yay Amaris on the gorgeous invites!
ReplyDeleteI think they are so lovely and pretty - perfect for a girls party (grown up girls that is) and Stephanie my daughter would like to know where you got your cut out from? Nicole S.
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole (another Nicole S!)
ReplyDeleteTh butterfly punch came from fantasia (local scrap shop) and it made by EK success. The punch is orange in colour, and is their small butterfly (I think). The butterfly is about 1" wide. Nice to hear from you other Nicole S.
These invites are just perfect! Amaris, you did a great job! And Nicole, I'm glad for this hope in the future that you get!!! Hold on tight to your butterfly punch (as well as the round one). I gotta get me one of those ASAP!
ReplyDeleteI think the invitations are gorgeous - love the colour combinations. Well done Nicole for providing the inspiration over the years and Amaris for your efforts with your stylish party invites. On a side note, Nicole, I notice you have 'isabelle b' photography as a link - does she have a blog or a gallery? I can't seem to click into anything other than her main page.
ReplyDeleteher mothers daughter? marvellous job! very professional and love the colour coordination on each - now that HAS to be genetic!!
ReplyDeletegreat post Nicole, thanks for sharing - and surely there will be a page to follow (of course?!) ;-)
Wow! She did such a fantastic job- these are wonderful. :)
ReplyDeletevery very cute...and more butterflies. Great buy!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic job Amaris! And congratulations(belatedly) on the public speaking - I used to do a lot of it as well when I was in high school, it can be very nerve wracking but it really helps with essay writing later on in life!
ReplyDeleteI've been catching up with your blog Nicole, it seems as though you have had a lot happening recently - love the scrap pages as usual though.
Amy Eaton.
AMARIS:
ReplyDeleteYou are one amazingly talented young lady!!
These invits are fabulous!
So when do you take over? ( I mean over Mom of course! ;-)
Wow, your daugther is so very creative! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd her invitations make me want to run out and find one of those butterfly punches right NOW. lol
Renee, the Isabelle b link is working for me???
ReplyDeletewhat a great post. and totally inspired me to get out my photos, and look at pages that ive been 'meaning to scrap' but put off because its an event... so now Im just doing it!!
ReplyDeletethanks nicole!!
Wow, I am very impressed by those invitations! Great simple design and I love the color coordinated butterflies in different groupings for each card!!! WTG Amaris! Hope your birthday was a blast! :D
ReplyDeleteGreat invitations, such a simple effective idea. I love the colour family thing too :) Can you bring that punch on Thursday when I see you so I can test it out...I have a fantasia voucher waiting to be spent :)
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