I caved and decided that if I'm going to have Barrett's birthday party at Gattitown, then I can at least give the kid a Titanic-themed party like he wanted. My main concern was the cake and I think we've come to an agreement on that. I had a stroke of genius when it came to the invitations though.
My original idea was to make them look like boarding passes to the Titanic. I looked through Barrett's Eyewitness: Titanic book and couldn't find a good picture of one. But I did find a poster advertising what would have been the Titanic's second voyage and decided I could replicate it on word and make changes to promote Barrett's birthday party.
I was able to use fonts already installed on Word to create this document. I did download a font called "Titania" from http://www.dafont.com/ for one or two parts of the invitation.
I think it came out super cool. Barrett actually walked in while I was making (after I'd already put him to bed like three times) and got so excited he didn't go to sleep until after midnight. I was so excited about it I had to do something else to get my mind off it and didn't go to bed until about 3 A.M. I think I couldn't sleep because I felt that the invitations were incomplete because I didn't have any cream colored printer paper to print them on.
I got some at Walmart today though and printed those bad boys out! I wanted to share their awesomeness with the world because I think they are supercool. Please note that just because it's posted for all the world to see doesn't mean the whole world is invited. If you receive a hard copy, you're in. Otherwise... no. And I'll be able to spot any counterfeits. ;P
Amazing! It looks like a superb ad in a newspaper and that’s pretty cool. It’s good to search online for ideas. I was just looking for some for my son’s and my nephew’s birthday party. I have booked an event space Chicago for the party but there is still a lot that has to be done. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea.
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