Sophie has a passion for all things elephant, hence our plans for a birthday party at the Melbourne Zoo next weekend. Chatting with Carrie, the most accomplished "Martha"* I know, http://carrieyoung.typepad.com/love_laugh_live/ about our children's parties, themes, invitations etc a while back, she generously donated a fabulous idea right off the top of her head for Sophie's invitations - a paper elephant chain, trunk to tail. So now I had the inspiration, just needed the execution (always the problematic bit for me LOL)
Sophie loves craft and wanted full involvement in the invitation process - from design elements right through to colour choices and "calligraphy" (8 yo style). This invitation had so many different and disparate activities involved, it took us an entire weekend which of course pleased her no end. We found a zillion cute elephant images on the internet that we individually printed, cut and pasted them into a collage to scan. Then we made a template for our cute rainbow family chain of elephant dolls with different party information detailed on each one. These sprang out from the inside of the invitation, making it 3D. But that wasn't nearly enough for Sophie (not a less is more kinda gal) who then needed to let loose with her elephant stamps as well.
Ah, in the old days, I might have been too precious, too perfectionistic to let her mess with my originally minimalistic and roolly classy concept LOL, but after lessons learned from wiser friends, 8 yo creativity and choices reign in this household. And just look at the fabulous result - no, not the invites - the proud as punch, beaming child who totally owns and adores that creation. Little does she know how many gifts she (we) continue to receive from Ava and Sheye http://www.sheyerosemeyer.blogspot.com/
* "Martha" - noun (mar-thuh)
a creative individual, usually female, who possesses the ability to make everyday items/food/craft/homewares/moments look effortlessly chic and gorgeous: origin - American, from the infamous homemaker/felon
Thanks Carrie MWAH
xxxxx
3 comments:
you make me giggle!
well that is just effortlessly Sophie to a tee isn't it?
absolutely LOVE it & love that you let her have her own interpretation :o)
*mwah* back!
x
That is so cool, Charlotte loves elephants too!
Who is this Martha person (roflmao) :P
xxx
Oh God,
your so good, I'm so uncrafty it's not funny. My husband comes from a family of Martha's which was a bit daunting when we first met.
Here they were whinging about how much time it took them to make their fruit mince pies at Christmas and I just whip into Sth Melb and buy a dozen, they were horified!
I can make play dough though, that's as good as it get's in this house.
Love Sophie's picture, you'll treasure that invite forever.
Em
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