Motown Baby Shower Invites
My girlfriend, Earnee, is expecting her first son this February and I am co-hosting a Motown themed baby shower for her in January. I was in charge of the invitations for the shower and had fun coming up with something cute to fit the Motown theme. 
Because she is having a boy I decided to use a blue color scheme. Since I was going to be making a lot of invitations I kept the design simple and thought that embellishing the front of the card with tiny records would fit the theme and be easy to make.
I started with blue cardstock that had a woven texture, cut it into 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" strips and then folded in half to make the base of the cards. I printed the shower detail information on white cardstock, trimmed it to 4" x 5-1/4", and attached it to the inside of the card.
For the front of the card I cut 1-3/4" x 5-1/2" strips of white cardstock and then attached it with two mini records on top. To make the mini records I punched out 1-1/2" circles from black metallic cardstock and 3/4" circles from different shades of blue cardstock. I layered the blue circles on top of the black ones and then used a 1/8" hole punch to make the record hole.
Everything came together well and by making the invitation assembly line style I was able to get them finished pretty quickly. With the invitations in the mail I'm ready to start working on other fun items for the shower.
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 9:50AM | Posted by Lisa | 1 Comment | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article 
Reader Comments (1)
Hey Lisa! Your invites look really great! I was wondering if you've got any pictures from the shower or of any of the other decorations? We're thinking about throwing a motown themed shower for our friend who's having twins. I haven't seen much online in this theme, so would love to see what else you guys came up with.
Thanks!
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