I’m back! I did not mean to go 2+ weeks without blogging, but it’s been a pretty crazy couple of weeks around my house! Perhaps I will divulge some details later, but for now I want to talk about the fabulous birthday party I attended a couple of weeks ago to celebrate my baby cousin, Gabriele’s first birthday!
Aside from my own daughter, I can’t think of a sweeter, loving, more precious little girl than Gabriele, and I was thrilled when her mom, Mychele asked me to help design her party invite!
Those of you (like me) who spend countless hours surfing Pinterest would know that chalkboards are a hot trend right now, a trend that I’ve become slightly obsessed with! I will be the first to admit I am not at all talented with actual chalk. In fact, I have terrible handwriting, which is why for the past few months I had been dying to design a chalkboard invite, no handwriting required!
Gabriele’s party theme was “A Year in A Flash”. I used a chalkboard invite to sum up the details of her party by creating a blackboard background and then backing it to a rose pink, metallic card stock. I played around with fonts until I found a few that looked just like what you'd see on a chalkboard! I then added a list of a few of Gabriele's favorite things along with some of the the milestones she’d hit throughout the year to tie the invite in with the theme!
- Chalkboard Invitation
It was an awesome party! The entire house was decorated in blues, pinks and purples…check out some of these adorable decorations!
There was even a photo booth! So much fun!
I can't wait to see what Mychele has up her sleeve for next year's party! :)
A special thanks to Crystal Newcomb Creative Studios for taking some great shots of my invitations and of Gabriele!
