You know when you have a great idea in your head for months and then when you finally do it, things keep going wrong and you don’t end up with the fabulous project you had imagined? Well, that is what happened with these invites for my boys birthday party.
A while ago, I found this image on Pinterest with this caption:
“Take a picture of a loved one with their arms stretched as shown, and then punch two holes top and bottom of the fist. When you thread the lolly through, it’ll look like they’re holding it! :)”
And then when I came across these adorable Monster Lollipop’s, I knew that I wanted to use this idea and make monster-themed party invitations.
But as I began making the invites, things quickly started to go wrong. I want to touch on some of the problems I had so we can learn from my mistakes.
Problem #1: Taking a picture of your almost 1 and 3-year-old, sitting next to each other, with their arms stretched out, making a fist, with both of them wearing their monster crochet hats = IMPOSSIBLE. I took at least 30 pictures of the two of them separately and then photoshopped the best four pictures together to get what you see in the invitation.
Problem #2: I forgot it takes at least a week (usually more) to order nice custom invitations and have them shipped to my house. Since I was short on time, I went with our local one hour photo. This was a big mistake. The photo paper is flimsy, the back of the card has the “image” name on it, they cropped the sides right up against the text, and the colors printed out all wonky. It is supposed to have a blue background with orange text on top. Do you see blue in the background? I sure don’t.
Problem #3: My hole punch looks like this:
I didn’t even think about it until it came time to punch a hole above and below the “fist,” but the paper can only go so far into the hole punch. Which means it wouldn’t reach the top of the fist. Which means I had to take an exacto knife and hand cut a hole in each invitation for the lollipop to go through.
Problem #4: Mailing was a disaster. Since the lollipops made the envelope bulky, I paid extra to have them specially handled. But almost all of my family said their envelopes came with large holes ripped in the side and the lollipop was gone. (Apparently there was no “special handling” and they were processed through a machine). On the few that actually did make it to the recipient intact, the lollipop was not in the place it was supposed to be. I think this is why the example I followed was made for Valentine’s Day…. you don’t have to mail it! You just bring it to school and hand it out.
All in all, I still think the invites look cute (prior to mailing). Maybe next year my boys will have school friends and they can just hand them out to their class :o)
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They turned out really cute, but I know exactly what you mean about being disappointed that they didn't turn out like you imagined. I find reality to be extremely uncooperative when it comes to crafting. 🙂
Very true Lorie! BTW, love your new blog design!
how frusturating those problems! Especially with the mailing issue! They did indeed turn out really cute and HOPE to attempt something like this! Wish me Luck and thanks for your ideas! 🙂
-Marisol
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Excellent article. I will be experiencing many of these issues as well…
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