Early on, I decided on a numbers theme for Elise’s second birthday party. She can often be heard counting from one to ten over and over again or shouting out whatever digits she happens to see on an interstate exit sign or price tag. The girl loves numbers.
I found this number scrapbook paper and knew I had to use it for her invitations. It’s so happy and festive. And it was on sale for 25 cents a sheet!
I found the coordinating orange paper in my stash, then discovered some leftover business-size envelopes, so I designed the invites to fit in those.
I took Elise’s photo, cropped it to a square, changed it to black and white (the colors of the photo didn’t really complement the colors of the paper), then printed a bunch of them out on photo paper. I left plenty of white space between the photos so I could cut them out to resemble a Polaroid.
I’ve been working on the same jumbo box of photo paper for like 10 years. The sheets have a bit of a curl to them, and I like how it pops the photo off the page a bit.
So the grand total for about 20 invites? 75 cents! Just three sheets of the numbers paper, and everything else I had on hand.
I love this idea! My best friend and I have kids that are 3 days apart and are planning on doing a combined birthday for our one year olds. I was struggling to figure out a theme that wasn’t too cartooney but was also gender neutral and a numbers theme is pefect. You gave me a bunch of great ideas! I dont have the luxury of a balloon animal making sibling so I think we will do a cute number backdrop and take polaroids of the kids holding up their age number prop and put them in a frame as a favor.
Thanks! I hope the numbers theme works for you. There are so many possibilities with it!