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Posted on March 27, 2012
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It is party planning mode here at our house. Venue booked. Invites done.

I have seen some amazing invites. Some are truly truly inspiring and all soooo fancy. There is no doubt that a snazzy party invite is just really grabbing. Right from the second of receiving it it has this “I want to go feeling”.

When I saw one of my dear blogger friends post her party invite ideas I was blown away! Literally!

There is so many places the imagination can take you…

Like a lego themed party and invites…

Not quite sure how you would send these… but still love them!

and this one is great for the boys…

or these ones…

And these are just simple and gorgeous

I had to expand on her ideas as I just knew there was no way I could compete with her inspiration and these fabulous ideas. I love them! Totally! but….

Ok, I must stop there!

Because….

In all honest fact I really have not got the crafty skills, time to go buy all the little trinket details for the invites, time to sit and cut, detail, paste, stamp and send.

And I wanted something QUICK! EASY! and CHEAP!

So this is what I did….

It is one of our latest photos which I have edited and added text to. With online editing sites like picnik (sad face as they are shutting down :( ) it is so easy to add text to photos.

and then….

EMAIL!

Ok, so I admit, it is not like these fancy invites… but everyone also loves a good recent photo of your cherub!

Sometimes the simple things go a long way. Sometimes a simple photo can grab people in a second and give you that “ahhhhh” feeling too…

What are your party invite ideas?

 Linking up with Diary of SAHM to share my party invite ideas

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I like red wine, coffee and a good book {not necessarily in that order}. Mum to 2 rugrats, ex-psychotherapist turned tech entrepreneur.

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  • http://www.sakuraharuka.com Ai Sakura

    I’m planning my girl’s birthday too and have no idea about thr invites yet! But definitely, everybody loves to receive a cute photo of kids :) E-invite is a good idea too. Environmentally-friendly, fast and efficient. My sis does that all the time heh

    • Tahlia

      thanks beck :) fingers crossed on the weather as it is meant to be outdoors :)

  • http://www.ramblingmummy.com Beck @ The Rambling Mummy

    What beautiful invites. I too love looking at all those beautiful ideas, but just don’t have the time to execute them.

    I hope you have a lovely day :)

  • http://www.noonetoldmandie.blogspot.com MsMandie

    Beautiful invitations!
    I am aiming to be more organised for my Small Child’s next birthday. Unfortunately, I did miss out on the crafty gene, so I should get started now, as it will probably take me the full 7 months until her birthday to make something… anything!

    • Tahlia

      just go the photo idea my dear! everyone loves it and it is so easy! no need to stress and plan for 7 months either! x

  • http://diaryofaSAHM.net Jess

    Oh I like yours best!

    While the others are cute, I know that if my kids got them, they would never want to throw them away, and would end all over the floors of their bedrooms until they were trodden On and destroyed, and I could chuck them without too much drama.

    • Tahlia

      hehe… thanks jess x

  • http://mymummydaze.blogspot.com Fiona @ My Mummy Daze

    Such a gorgeous picture. It is a bummer that piknik is closing. I use photoshop elements now. It was a bit of an expense at first but it’s paid off. I love it for editing photos now. Fi xx

    • Tahlia

      fi that is my next project and next mission… tackle photoshop and learn how to use it!

  • http://www.theblingbuoy.com Misha-TheBlingBuoy

    I love what you’ve done because it is so personal, so sweet and captures the essence of little E so beautifully… and that’s really what celebrating her birthday should be all about!!

    • Tahlia

      thanks misha! You are so right… the invite and birthday is all about little e and it certainly shows this :)

  • http://www.emilyspetblog.com/ Julie

    Wow! The Lego-like cards look really amazing! Very simple but creative! Sometimes, less is more.

    • Tahlia

      so true julie! sometimes less is best! x

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