But since I worked really hard to get this assembled, I couldn't help but post the invitations. The only thing I did not take pictures of are the games and prizes and wanted to keep that information a surprise.
First off, I wanted my invitations to be handmade. This party is really going to be special for me as the theme is based on one of my favorite series of novels. I wanted everything to be very personal. I love almost anything handmade (cards, journals, jewelry and so forth) so that prompted me to send a handmade card.
Etsy.com (an online store for all handmade) had a variety of choices for handmade cards. But being the picky perfectionist that I am, I opted to do the invites myself. I had a vision on how my cards were going to look like and no one would be able to see that vision but myself. To see a larger view of the card, click on the image.
What I did was create a simple card with layers. I absolutely love the damask print and wanted to incorporate that onto my cards. Of course I had to use the official fonts used from Twilight.
I added some rhinestone stickers to the printed foilage that was on the corners. The rhinestone stickers were purchased from Walmart ($2) and they can be found at the scrapbooking section.
I had to include my favorite quote from the book, "So the lion fell in love with the lamb" somewhere on the invite. If I had a folded card, I would've opted to put it on the front. But since I had a flat panel card, I added the first part of the quote on the top left corner and changed the opacity so that it wasn't so bold. The second part of the quote is on the bottom right corner.
On the envelope I added a stamp that features the Cullen crest stamp. I had these custom made. I didn't really like how the ink got onto the block that surrounds the crest, but there's nothing I can really do about it now. It'll just have to suffice :)
If you want to know what I used for the cards, I'll post a separate entry :)
