Before we left for Disney, I secretly letterpress printed + mailed these fun party invites for Kacey’s birthday.
I was inspired by these invites and the shower in a box party that my family + friends put together for my baby shower a couple of years ago. Since we were going to be returning from Disney on his birthday and his friends are scattered all across the US, I thought this was a great way to get everyone together for a virtual party.
I came up with a little poem asking everyone to use the balloons + confetti included in the package and take a picture of themselves. I put a little card inside with his email address so they could forward the pictures directly to him. I kept it all a secret, and so did everyone else [thank you!], and day by day pictures started sprinkling into his inbox. Finally, on his birthday, I gave Kacey his own party in a box to open. He was surprised + loved it!
Inside the party in a box, I included three balloons + handmade confetti. Instead of driving myself crazy looking for matching confetti, I used two different sized craft hole punches to create confetti from the letterpress invite prints that weren’t quite perfect. Great way to recycle + keep the look consistent!
The invites + email card were tied up with twine and placed inside a kraft box along with the balloons + confetti.
Mailing labels were also letterpress printed and adhered to the boxes for mailing.
These were so much fun to do. Everyone loved the idea and he received so many funny + memorable pics and even videos for his birthday. I plan to put all the pictures in a little album for him.
It’s been quite a whirlwind over here. After we got back from Napa, we repacked and headed to Disney World for a seven day family vacation with Kacey’s side of the family. It was so much fun but quite exhausting, too!
Then, when we returned [on Kacey's birthday], he got pretty sick with a wicked stomach flu and he ended up in the ER. That was Sunday night and he’s just now getting back to normal. Poor thing. I’m so thankful Em and I haven’t caught it yet. Crossing fingers we don’t!
That darn bug made us change our holiday plans since we don’t want to infect my family. So, we’ll be having a small + cozy Christmas at home – a first! I’m really looking forward to Christmas morning with Em and her seeing her presents from Santa. Oh, the magic of Christmas!
Happy holidays everyone!
I blogged about these gorgeous sari tutus before and received several emails about where to purchase them. Good news! They are on sale on Zulily today.
The last time they were on Zulily, I actually bought a couple of them – one for em and one for my niece. I was really impressed with the quality. The waist tie is even silk dupioni. So pretty.
