Pajama Party DIY Invitations (Labor of Love)

Me: "Alexa, I hope you appreciate that I'm doing these for you.  It's definitely a labor of love."
Alexa: "What's a labor of love?"
Me: "It means this is taking forever, and I'm only doing it because I love you..."

So here is the process for making these cute PJ party invites...

To get some ideas for the invitations, my sister googled it for me, and this is where I got my inspiration...





Mommy took over the dining room for crafting while Daddy was out of town...

1.  Download, print, and cut out the slipper template here:





 

 

2.  Cut out some cute fabric into a 5 by 7 rectangle.

(This will be the back of the invitation)

I used pinking shears so I wouldn't have the fabric

fray and I wouldn't have to hem the edges...

and it looks cute.

 

3.  I used Word to type up the party details...kinda tricky cause I

wanted to have 2 per sheet and I wanted to be able to cut them down

so they fit nicely on the 5 by 7 fabric backing. 

I'm sure if I was smarter with computers, this would have been a lot easier...

 

4.  Sew the paper invites onto the fabric rectangles. 

Did you know you could sew paper?  I love how it looks!

 

5.  You'll cut out 2 slippers, and two top pieces for each invite.

You'll also need to cut out 2 clipper shapes out of felt

(that is used as the "sole" of the slipper)

After cutting out the slipper templates, I decided to glue the bottom fabric

onto the felt pieces.  I used fabric glue and it worked like a charm.

Let the glue dry a bit, and the sew the top piece onto the bottom piece.

(Not the easiest thing in the world, at least for me. Requires a lot of patience.)

 

6.  Use hot glue to glue the finished slippers onto the invitation.

7.  ENVELOPES: I bought coordinating scrapbook paper to use as the envelopes.

I bought the 12 by 12 sheets, which was stupid because I ended up cutting them down

to 8.5 by 11.  It worked out in the end because I used the excess

paper to add the girls names to the front of the envelope.

Anyway, just fold a piece of paper in half, and sew up the sides!

Here's the finished product!  I used my Cricut to cut out each girls name and

stuck it to the envelopes with some spray on adhesive.  

 

Not too shabby, if I do say so myself :)

Now off to work on some pajama party decorations!!