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Western-Style Invitations

09.05.2011 by Leah // 4 Comments

I am done printing Liam’s birthday invitations, all 90 of them.   Yey!   But for weeks I’ve been thinking on how to prettify the catalogue envelopes I bought for these invites.   I chose catalogue envelopes because I want them to be in brown, just right for Liam’s cowboy-themed birthday celebration.

Last weekend, as I was cleaning our “work room” – I saw my craft puncher in star shape.  An idea hit me right there!   Cowboys = western movies = sheriff badges = stars!

I was able to round up a few left-over materials from our wedding DIY projects, like the chocolate-brown paper boards I used for the misalettes and table markers and the ticket puncher that we used for our bridal registry cards:

I used the craft and ticket punchers to make fancy holes on the flap and on both sides envelopes,  alternating the stars and dots, like this:

Next, the chocolate brown paper boards were cut into 1.5 x 8 inches paper strips:

Each paper strip was folded vertically, then glued inside the punched areas of the envelope (the 2 sides and the flap):

We have now transformed the utilitarian-looking catalogue envelopes into hand-crafted western-style envelopes:

Liam’s birthday invitation with the envelopes – a labor of love from his Ninang Tita (godmother-aunt):

I hope he and his birthday guests will like it!

 

Categories // At Home Tags // at home, diys, family, paper craft

Comments

  1. Faye says

    July 13, 2015 at 7:20 am

    Hello! Just want to ask, where you bought the kraft board papers? I’m looking for kraft board papers for making souvenirs. Thanks for your help!

    Reply
    • Leah says

      July 17, 2015 at 1:56 am

      National bookstore =)

      Reply

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  1. Dalmatian Dog Bone Invitations for Liam’s 2nd Birthday « The Bright Spot says:
    September 29, 2012 at 4:22 am

    […] in October last year, his parents threw a cowboy-theme party for him and his guests and I made the simple, Western-style invitations for […]

    Reply
  2. No Fuss Birthday Prep « mommyjuvs says:
    January 18, 2013 at 11:40 am

    […] accepted by Liam’s Ninang Tita, Leah of  The Bright Spot,  She is also the one who made Liam’s Cowboy invitattion when he turned 1.  This year, she made Dog Bone Invitations for Liam. She also blogged about […]

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