What have I been doing for the past two days (well besides being a mom and wife)? Baby shower invites! I had to do 55 of them! They are not your traditional baby shower invites but the nursery will be done in a pirate theme so I thought it would be fun to do a pirate shower too! I have lots of ideas so I will share after the shower is done! I do not like to do mass production but have learned a few tricks along the way that help…
1.Do each step all at once..for instance if you need 55 scallop circles, punch all of them at once. Cut all of the same size of cardstock at the same time and do it all before you start to assemble.
2.I always work in groups of 10. I don’t know why I started doing this but I have done it for a long time. I have all of my cardstock cut and sorted in my groups of ten. I then finish ten at a time to it looks like I am getting more accomplished and I don’t go crazy doing the same thing for numerous times in a row. Make sense?
3.Don’t sweat the small stuff! Anyone who knows me knows I am a little bit of a perfectionist but if you are doing a huge group of these you will have to sacrifice perfectionism (is that a word) in the sake of sanity!
I used the retired SU! set Ahoy Matey for these. Thanks Vicki!
Melissa said,
September 25, 2009 at 3:52 pm
They are amazing. I wish I could have been there to help, or maybe just sit back and watch you work while sipping a cup of coffee!
Kim said,
November 12, 2009 at 1:41 am
My friend’s nursey is pirate themed too….and I was thinking a pirate themed shower too…any ideas….most decorations are too mature for a baby shower…