Fly Away with the Captain - Vintage Planes Themed Party

Time really flies when you're having so much fun! Seanny and I had a really great time putting together Navin's 6th birthday party.

My son has been a plane enthusiast since he was 2 years old.  He's totally obsessed with planes and has his heart set on becoming a fighter pilot when he grows up.  When he was 4 years old, we threw him a Fighter Jet themed party so this time our challenge was to come up with another "airplane" theme.  

Have no fear, Navin is also into vintage WWII airplanes, so that's just what we did. His favorite plane from that era is the P-51 Mustang.

Where do I begin? With the design of the invitations of course, but you already knew that! (If you are interested in ordering this invitation, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com for more information.)

We also designed matching address labels and thank you cards to go with this party.

Ideas started flowing once we had the design down. (Drum roll please...)  I present to you, our centerpiece table!

Here are the details for our treat table:

The entire table was decorated with the help of our wonderful girlfriends. We hung about eight

(15-inch) vintage planes from the ceiling and printed our own clouds backdrop. We made mini-airplanes out of tootsie rolls and gum sticks. We even made use of Navin's aircraft carrier and I made the runway. The treats on the table included home-made red velvet cupcakes, cake pops, jelly beans, chocolate bark, and lots of fun goodies found via Oriental Trading Co. We even gave out US Army lanyards, dog tag keychains, and pencils.

We also created name badges for all of the kids. We had about 26 kids at this party. All the kids were very excited to find their names on the table and proudly wore their badges. Navin was their Captain and they were his Lieutenants. As a surprise to Navin, we framed 10 of his drawings and displayed them like an art gallery. It put a smile on his face each time someone gave him a "high five" for his drawings. I bought the supplies to make the name badges at Staples. For the picture frames, I found them at the Dollar Tree store, what a steal! I highly recommend going there to look for favors and supplies.

But wait, I'm not done yet! I've got one more trick up my sleeve for our guests! I wanted to do something fun to get both kids and adults excited. Seanny and I came up with a "Pilot's License" photo prop. We made oversized licenses so that our guests could stick their head in a frame and make their own "Pilot's License". The result, our guests had a BLAST, as you can see in the photo collage below.

In conclusion, guests of all ages had one high-flying time!! As for our Captain Navin, he is one happy pilot! 

Photo taken by
Creative Vision Photography
www.mycreativevision.com

Check out other kid's party invitations at http://www.invitationparlour.com/birthdayinvitations.php. For a limited time only, enter SPRING2012 discount code for 15% off your entire order at check out. 

 ~ Justina

New Shower Invitations & Spring Sale!

Happy Spring everyone! It is time for the friends and bridesmaids to start planning those wedding showers for the Summer brides, and we are happy to show you some of our newest designs at www.invitationparlour.com Plus now we are having our Spring Sale, use the code SPRING2012 at checkout and get 15% off. Happy planning!!

Bright Florals

Chevron Stripes

Photo Save the Date Cards & Magnets

Yay, we finally have our photo save the date cards & magnets available on our website to order. Go and check them out, www.invitationparlour.com

Here are a few of the designs.

Vintage Polaroid

Modern Lines

And if you wanted any of the designs from the original Save the Date section, changed to a design with photos added to it, just email us at info@invitationparlour.com  or call us at 951-241-0417, we can definitely help you do that.

Thanks for check us out, have a wonderful day!

2012 Spring & Summer Color Ideas

Planning a spring and summer wedding? Here's some inspiration for color ideas. 

Color sets the tone of any event. It determines the color of the bridesmaid dresses, flowers, decor and of course the stationary design. 

Here's Pantone's fashion color report for 2012.

Kim and Daniel {Real Wedding}

On February 5th, 2012 Kim and Daniel were married, at the San Diego Marina aboard a yacht. They kept the wedding small and intimate, with only about 30 guests, but the details for the wedding were not overlooked, and everything was elegant and beautifully done. 

Kim's wedding colors were tiffany blue, silver and off white. We chose to print the invitations on a shimmery pearl-like paper to give it that extra elegant touch. Other items she had were custom address labels, place cards, menus and thank you cards. You can order this Classic Peonies Design at www.invitationparlour.com, call us at 951-241-0417 or email at info@invitationparlour.com for any questions.

Some of the other details Kim had, that I loved, were the cute bow ties on the favor boxes and the cute flower pins that were placed on the lady's place cards, made by Pink Clouds Designs

Here's some more details and pictures from the wedding. Photos were taken by Eric Kieu Photography

Congratulations Kim and Daniel, may your life together be filled with love and happiness!!

2 simple words: LOVE life

Through the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, these are the two simple words that often get taken for granted. They are two simple words that have so much impact on us. I put emphasis on "LOVE" because we can spread it out as much as we want to. The word "life" has less emphasis because we are one body of life in this vast world we live in. LOVE life. 


The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for me. It started first, with me suffering from a bad case of vertigo, which many of you who have suffered from it for the first time, knows how it feels and what a bad sensation it is. It's basically feeling sea sick, nausea, dizzy and being helpless. I was miserable. Secondly, I get upsetting news of my friends losing their jobs. I know that I'm not the only one struggling. Everybody's got their struggles and issues.  However, just think, how do you deal with it? How do you cope with your daily struggles? How do you deal with new challenges? 


These things happen to all of us and is a part of our life. They happen because we all need reminders of how small and fragile we are.  We need to be reminded that there are many things that happen to us that are out of our control. We need to be reminded that no matter what happens, we need to love the life that we have. We only have this small one. And, although we have this one small life, we need to spread the LOVE that we can give, as far reaching as we want it to be. 


These are good reminders that I often see:  
Work as if it was your first day.
Forgive as soon as possible.
Love without boundaries.
Laugh without control
and never stop smiling.


With Valentine's Day coming up, make it a point to tell anyone you care about that you love them and appreciate them. Make it fun and send out Valentine's cards to family and friends. Show everyone that you LOVE life and LOVE that they are in your life. 


Here is a cute card Seanny and I put together for all of you. Just click on the image, print, cut out the 4 cards, and distribute. You'll make someone's day for sure!! :)

I am reminded everyday of how life is so short and seeing my kids grow up so fast is the biggest reminder of them all! I LOVE my kids. I LOVE my husband. I LOVE my family. I LOVE my friends. L O V E l i f e. 

I'll leave you with this song by Orianthi called "Courage":
Take all my vicious words
And turn them into something good
Take all my preconceptions
And let the truth be understood
Take all my prized possessions
Leave only what I need
It's not how many times you've been knocked down
It's how many times you get back up

L O V E l i f e ~ Justina

New Paper Available!!

We have recently decided to offer 2 additional paper types for you to print your invitations on. In the past this option would be open to custom orders, but we decided to make it easier and just have it as an option on the website. The smooth matte paper will always still be available, but now, for only an extra $0.50 each, your invites can be printed on a shimmery pearlescent paper or a textured art paper. It definitely gives your invite an extra upscale look without breaking the budget. This option is open to all the invitations in the invitation flavors section, www.invitationparlour.com. Check them out now, and contact us if you have any questions. 951-241-0417 or info@invitationparlour.com.

*If you would like to see the paper, just email us, and we'll mail you a paper swatch.

** Paper option can also be available for our other products, just contact us.

Thank you. Happy Planning!! :)

smooth white matte

pearlescent shimmery paper

textured art paper

951-241-0417

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