The invitations have been sent out. Party is not for a few weeks. The ideas for the invitations are a combination of these circus party invitations by Caroline Drake of the blog Armelle and this wedding invitation found here. I swapped the invitation fonts for circus style fonts and wrote a little story about my son's first year of life.
I'm pretty sure there are spelling or grammatical errors in the invitation wording so please don't look too closely.Along with the invitation, each guest also received an 'admission ticket' similar to Caroline's party invitations. I was a little worried I would insert the incorrect amount of tickets into each envelope so I enlisted my husband to help me count and re-count the number of tickets per family. Imagine a family of 4 receiving 3 tickets!
So tell me, have you found any ideas in the big wide blog world that have inspired you to try them out too? Feel free to share in the comments below.
See you next week! I'm off to plan activities for the party.
(Images by me. Ideas by the super creative bloggers mentioned above.)
It looks gorgeous Viv - I have a favourites folder of links to blogs and online shops that are full of gorgeous party ideas (still waiting for the baby to have the birthday parties for however).
ReplyDeleteI love the circus theme - this website has some good real party photos if you haven't seen it/still want some inspiration: http://lifeoftees.wordpress.com/tag/circus-carnival/
Something that I'll be doing this year that I saw online: bamboo cutlery stamped with a little message (Happy Xmas '09) for our Christmas lunch!!!
They are lovely (didnt spot a single error!) I also caught your lovely home in the new real living (my sub copy arrived yesterday in the mail). Congratulations it was a great spread and your looked gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE.
ReplyDeleteI really, really love your invites. What a fantastic idea. I'm bookmarking this one for 6 months time when my daughter will turn 1!
ReplyDeleteKirrily - thank you for the link! I'm in need of as much circus theme inspiration as I can get although if I could plan a party that comes together nearly as good as Caroline's I would be happy. In the end I will probably be the only one that notices the details but I still enjoy the planning.
ReplyDeletelanne - thank you! xx
What a wonderful idea! Your son is one lucky little boy - he's going to have a blast at his party.
ReplyDeleteViv-
ReplyDeleteWe did a circus themed birthday party for our girl when she turned one last April! It was great. A cotton candy machine is cheap to rent and really ads to the atmosphere. Face painting is a fun activity for the older toddlers and the best part is the cake! I'm going to post some how to's on my site soon, here are some pictures of it and links to where i bought everything (for cheap): http://prudentbaby.blogspot.com
XO
jaime
Wow, it must be great fun planning this!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy.
These are great! I saw you in Real Living too. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteIt looks perfect!! I found a great cake website & attempted the hungry caterpillar for little one's 4th bday - wasn't as gorgeous as the site but I tried!!
ReplyDeletehttp://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/
What a gorgeous concept Viv!!
ReplyDeletetoo many to name, I always get inspired reading blog like yours, for instance! :) Loving the circus theme, it's one of my choices for my baby's party too.
ReplyDeleteSo adorable! I can't wait till my husband and I have children so I can use some of these great ideas!
ReplyDeleteMy goodness Viv, as if I didn't just open real living to see your smiling face staring back at me from your front door. I love it! I would be shouting it from the roof tops if I were you! You look great, I love your house exterior colour. Oh, and I saw your butterfly tree on kenziepoo.blogspot.com as well.
ReplyDeleteYour invite is just adorable (and wrapped in so much love)! What fun you'll have!
ReplyDeleteAfter finding your sweet blog just a month or so ago, I've explored and enjoyed...it's quite serendipidous to see you in 'Real Living' just yesterday.
Ingrid x
They are just beautiful Viv, happy birthday to your gorgeous wee man and a big congrats on your feature in Real Living, just received my copy in the mail today and was flicking through when your picture caught my eye. Hooray to you!
ReplyDeletelove this, Viv!
ReplyDeleteThank you lovelies for all your kind comments and links to more circus love.
ReplyDeleteFaith, I'm tempted to make a circus tent cake. Surely it can't be too hard? Okay it is hard. I think I'll buy one instead.
I really love this invitation. The style, colours used and fonts are adorable and so fitting. I decided to take a peek at you blog as I liked your home in RealLiving this month :) Tracey
ReplyDeleteglad you got some inspiration for the party! thanks for linking to me!
ReplyDeletelove your blog!
Do you have a template or instructions on how to make the tickets? I Love your invites!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
Kim
cutest bday party EVER....
ReplyDeletehey viv! i loved your invites! can you make one for me for a 11 year old party! you can just send me by email and il print it!
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