My sister, Karyn, is due April 6 with my first niece or nephew! (We’ll find out which when the kid arrives.) There is a lot of excitement buzzing around my family (first grandchild, first great-grandchild, etc. for both sides [maternal/paternal] of our family) and I’m excited because it gives me an excuse to buy many things that I like but are more appropriate for children.
I’m hosting a family and friends shower for Karyn in early March and decided to go a little nuts with the invitations (click on the images for a better view):
![Supplies for Crafting](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/3229663857_08c24ff746.jpg)
I started by gathering all of my supplies at both Michaels and Archiver’s. (Note: I’m very experienced with an X-acto knife. Please don’t drink and X-acto… like I do.)
![Fancy Scissors to Make Fancy Cuts](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3230517932_7fc1194fcd.jpg)
I’m going for a jungle theme with this shower as Karyn has registered for a lot of monkey things and I’ve already (Christmas) gifted Baby Crouse with many stuffed animals (note what I said earlier…). I was inspired by some invitations at Archiver’s and got fun scissors that made a cut which reminded me of grass.
![Inserting the Details](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3230562326_0b6d9c9f06.jpg)
I printed all of the details on a white card that Mom and I glued inside of invitations.
![Adding the Ribbon](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/3229713461_51e3a4ca40.jpg)
After making sure she was doing it right, I let Mom add the ribbons to the front flap of the invitations.
![Placing the Animal Stickers](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3229714975_76c47efccd.jpg)
I got many cute, 3-D animals stickers made by Jolee’s, which we put on the front of the card. With the four different patterns of ribbon that we used, all of the invitations seemed unique!
![The Happy Crafters - Finished!](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3230570206_c9dbf50d4e.jpg)
Mom and I were happy to finish all of the invitations (we made 50!) and get them into envelopes for mailing.
And, of course, after all of our hard work and I handed Karyn the invitation I reserved for her, she informed me that I mistyped her address.
Think these are great? You can still sign up to have me make something awesome for you!
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