for the Lil' Man

often, when the suggested theme suits your own taste, it's mostly joy working on the said order. in this case, a party for a 5 year old boy. the theme - Lil' Man. the colours - blues, greens, silver/grey.

birthday boy's mom very kindly left me to play about with my (not exactly most adventurous) own ideas, to come out with the party's printables. i designed + made the party invites, doodle pads, as well as a couple of small birthday signages.

below, the photos (some, courtesy of birthday boy's mom).

thanks much, Nadia.

: splish splash! :

a pool party for a one year old boy.
simplifying the beach ball + pool waves, i came up with these invites and TQ tags.

'tis the season to be ...

crafty? creative? industrious? one can always hope, right? ;-)

Anyway, I made these Xmas party invites for Big Z's school. Just over 40 pieces.

:: part of the lot ::

Kept design very simple and somewhat plain even, with only design motif being my interpretation of Xmas tree decorative ornaments/lights.

note: date and RSVP details ommited for privacy purposes

the surprise birthday brunch

A late entry this is.

Had a small surprise birthday brunch at the house for the hubs.

But small as it was, I just had to make a lil invitation (even if it was only circulated through email). :-)

The lil 'voucher' made for birthday dude.

And a mini detail on the paperbag containing his other gifts from me.

And yes... design may look familiar as they currently frame my blog. And yes too... teal, choc brown and olive greens are my signature colours. As much as I try to 'run away' from them, they just keep calling out to me. :-)

3G

Did a hundred of these invites for my dad. A 'lil' function to be held this weekend at the house. Honouring the 3 generations - my dad, my dad's son and my dad's son's son.

SEEING DOTS!

I get such a thrill and burst of energy thinking up and planning a themed party.

The photos here were from my son's 3rd birthday party (Aug '06).

The theme was POLKA-DOTS in blues, greens, whites and browns.

... the invite ...

... the favour bags, each decorated differently with theme colour dots ...

... close-up on them favour bags, with TQ tags attached ...

... into the bags went a 'doodle book' each ...

... a do-it-yourself, dot-it-yourself art kit ...

... which came with 'instructions & a selection of circles cut from origami papers ...

... how a finished D.I.Y. D.I.Y. artwork may look like :-) ...

... the birthday cake (made by my sister) ...

... and everyone went home with a polka-dotted cupcake each ...

~ am now in the midst of planning and preparing for Z's 4th birthday party ... watch this space for updates on the party planning (theme and the whole works ;-)) ~