Happy Crafting | Invites for My Daughter’s Birthday

Every year, I look forward to my daughter’s birthday. I just love the thought of prepping for her to celebrate. Last year though, we did not do a grand celebration as I was preparing for a big purchase and we needed to save on expenses. 

Even though this year was pretty difficult for the family as we struggled financially and with mental health - I felt it would be a good time to still allow my daughter to celebrate as we see how important friendship is to her. 

I had her choose between celebrating in school with her classmates or just a day out with limited friends. She chose the latter. She was happy to choose 3 of her besties. I still wanted to make it special for her - so I decided to make it a little girl’s day out. We planned together the activities, her outfit, the loot bags and her invites to make it special. 

Now, crafting is just my happy space really. I love the challenge of putting something together then seeing the outcome. Really brings me joy. 

To start, I asked her to choose a color palette - as long as she felt it was something she liked then I was happy. Initially, it was going to be a milk tea theme but with changes in venue - she was fine to opt for a non-coffee frappe as she loves these too. 

Her color palette was a combination of pastel colors and with the inclusion of black. 

Here is what it looked like with the use of Canva


And here is the outcome when printed and with a sprinkle of magic:



I felt this sense of happiness when I saw the output from Canva to this. I can just imagine if I had it made versus making itself, it would not have the same feeling at all. What do you think of the output? Have you also made any DIY invitations lately? 

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Layout App: Canva App for iPad

Inks Used: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Mustard Seed from The Crafters Marketplace

Card stock from Shopee

Blending Technique by KMheARTmade

Machine Used: Sizzix Vintaj Bigkick from Shopee





 




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