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when it came time to plan for baby sister's bachelorette party, we knew we wanted it to be fun, fun, fun. she's not much for being the center of attention, but we had to play videos of her younger days as a power ranger! we rented a 15 passenger van to cart all the girlies around, and made middle sissy, who doesn't drink much, drive. ummmmm. poor valet guys!
for the invite, on top of fun, i wanted it to be different. gotta say - pretty proud o' myself when the idea of a big diamond ring came to me. and, then more pride, when i cut around the diamond making a pocket for the info...
have a little look
i wanted to be tongue-in-cheek with the invite, so did fun strike-thrus. i also took some of the cute things her hubby wrote on their wedding website, and added them to the back. when you pulled the info out, it said 'let the fun begin'. and, no bachelorette invitation is complete without a little bling!!
we hosted the party at my mama's house, so people from out of town could get ready there, and we could have a lingerie shower without a bunch of looky-loos. we had to hide baby sister so she didn't see the prep - that was fun!
we set up the desserts and drinks (take the plunge punch) in the dining room, along with the favors.
the girls got a ring pop and candy necklace with a cd in an ice cream bowl, complete with every bachelorette must-have - the penis straw. for the cd, we had each girl send the song that reminds them of baby sister. and, that jumbo van was rockin' all night long!
and, the last of the decor - the banners and all her gifts
it was a super fun time, and you wouldn't know that baby sister is younger than middle sissy and i by 9 and 14 years respectively. ahem. in fact, this is the face we got every time we told her what we were doin' next.
at least she's got her penis straw.
bachelorette party coming up soon? check out these other designs, too. let's chat.
i don't get too many orders for bachelorette party invites, but when i do, man, are they fun to design. especially when the party's in sin city, and you're told to make the design vegas-y and fun and bright.
since the party was also a lingerie shower, i was thinking maybe showgirl or vegas flyer style. (do you get bombarded with those things as you walk along the strip, too?) and, then i thought, what about the welcome sign? because nothing says vegas like the sign. and, how excited was i when i realized 'charity' has the same letters as 'welcome'... it's the little things, people, it really is!
we started the party in the mailbox, by carrying the design over to the printed envelopes!
the back of the invite (all my designs are double-sided, you know) was a fun design, listing the bride's unmentionables sizes, so we'll leave that off the blog.
i have it on good authority that they thoroughly embarrassed the bride. i guess they say 'what happens in vegas, stays in vegas'. so, might as well 'go big, or go home', huh?!
So, I know I'm always going on & on about the beauty of custom, but I'm here to say it again.
The other day I got an email about a bachelor party invitation from the site. My new friend did a search of something along the lines of "new orleans invitation", and lo & behold, one of my designs popped up.
So, after a little chit chat, a tweak here & there, we went from this:
to this:
She found the bachelor party invitation, and made it her own. We threw in some pink, changed the phrase to the french version, and added the bride-to-be's name to the Bourbon sign. How cute is that, by the way?
Now, you might be thinking "well, that's not totally custom". But, it is. Because you know: if you find somethin' you like on the site, but you want to move this there, and change this color to that, it's still custom. It's custom, because you found an idea you liked, and ran with it your way.
See how fun this is?! And, please. Would you not book your ticket immediately to the bachelor/bachelorette party if you received this in the mail to set the tone for the weekend?
