Baby Shower Invites

I'm currently planning a baby shower for my best friend.  Its at the end of this month and it's hitting me that I still have a lot to do!  Luckily I have most of what I need - I just have to buckle down and make everything!

So today I'm going to show you how I made the invites!

The shower's theme is baby clothes because my friend hasn't really had a chance to go clothes shopping for her little man.  We're assigning clothing sizes so my friend is prepared.  As it is, by the way things are growing he's measuring as a big baby so he may only be in newborn sizes for a very short time.

I knew I loved the idea of those onesies with the ties for baby boys.  I still may end up making one of those for her too, because they're so adorable.  I wanted to have that reflect on the invites too!  So I found a onesie shape online and traced that onto white cardstock:

The tedious part is the cutting.  It takes a while!

After all the onesies were cut out, I cut a shape of a tie and traced that onto scrapbook paper I already had.  I like the idea of different patterns.

 After those were cut out, I started gluing them onto the onesies.

 I'm really happy with the results.

After that was done, I got stuck.  How do I word this?  I googled for help but there really isn't much on "Baby Clothes" themed showers.  The themes that are common are "Bath Time" "Bed Time" and assigning themes like that.  But assigning clothes?  Is that weird?  I kept going back and forth about it but my friend said she really needed clothes for the little guy!

So I just decided to think of something original.  I don't pretend to be a creative writer but I was able to come up with a little poem that got the point across:

A baby boy is coming soon,

And while he may be tiny,

He'll need some clothes to keep him warm,

And cover his little hiney!

After that hurdle was over, it was just a question of putting it all together.  This is where I get lazy: I have regular sized envelopes so I wanted them to fit the envelopes I already have.  So I measured and cut the backing which I decided to do in tan.  I printed out the poem along with the registration information.  I have a stamp for invites which I used for the bottom.  After mounting it with a strip of cute paper it was done!

The blurring isn't smudged ink, I just didn't want my address up here along with my friend's last name.  You know...it could make things weird.

Done!

I cut out cute paper to assign baby clothes sizes.  Addresses, stamps and one thing down - about 20 more things left to do!

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