I was just posting on my other blog about a leather wine label for my husband and it reminded me of something I’d done a few years back. If you knew my husband, you’d understand the leather thing. He’s nothing short of a good ol’ hard working country boy. So, naturally, for his 40th birthday, we threw a barn party.
I made these invitations with standard blank packaged invitations I bought at Target. I printed the graphics on my desktop Epson ink jet printer onto leather-looking scrapbook paper, cut out the patch, wadded it into a ball, flattened it back out and sewed it onto the invite. Pretty straight forward, with the only exception being that my garage-sale-sewing machine doesn’t like paper, so the stitching was somewhat unpredictable. I glued an insert with the party pertinents (date, place & time) to the inside to hide the under-stitching nightmare. That’s a technique I’ll have to work on.
...And here’s a few before and during shots of the hoe-down.
7 comments:
Very cool! I love these!
Great invites :)
these are such a great idea!! love them!
Really clever - looks like alot of fun was had too !
The invites look great! Looks like a fun time, too. :)
We always look forward to the Holden shin-digs! I can't wait to see the new invitation creations Cathe comes up with each time...
and then the party always has THE BEST decorations.
The Holden home is very homey!!
:)
Caryn, Santa Rosa
Now you are a party planner too! Cathe Cathe Cathe!
What next? You are like a one man band. You do it all!
I love it. Keep it up, you are giving me great ideas!
:)
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