Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Homemade Birthday Invitations...

Well I decided to try my hand at making my own invites for Jolea's birthday that is coming up. I always fall madly in love with the cutest invitations only to realize that they are madly out of my price-range. I love playing with different scrapping websites and I got the bright idea to design my own! So tell me what do ya' think? Too much...not enough...just right? I'm sure if you look close enough you will see something that I didn't do right...but hey I am a self-proclaimed rookie! If you have any bright ideas...please feel free to share them!
This is the first invitation I worked on...something about it just wasn't "right!" The font was too small or something...

So I kept playing and this is what I came up with! I like the modern and funky twist it has with the added polka-dots...and seriously...don't polka-dots just make you want to smile? I am noticing that the pictures are a little off-kilter, but I bet I can fix that a little later before I commit to printing them!

I am sure my hubby will be reading this post sooner or later (yes...my husband is one of my most frequent readers...believe it or not) and when he does, he should give me a pat on the back for saving him lots of money!

5 comments:

ajphillips said...

My suggestions: Make sure all files you used are at 300 dpi, plus the entire file is at 300 dpi, to prevent it from being pixilated when printed. I'm guessing you made it a specific size... 5x7?

Michelle said...

i think they look great! i do like the second better with the bigger font and polka dots. think what all you can do with all the money you saved....

M'chelle said...

TOO cute! I love both designs and think you did a great job! (not that my opinion matters, lol)

PS sorry if you get this comment like 8 times, it kept giving me an error!

ajphillips said...

The only way I know to check it is in photoshop or any other photo editing program. you can always just print 1 and see if it prints okay, then print the rest! Just a tip, cause I'd hate for you have all of them printed and then notice they came out blurry! Been there, done that!

ajphillips said...

Oh and 300 dpi...means 300 dots per inch!