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I am throwing a bridal shower for MOH-Ho and it is freaking me out! I did accomplish one thing, though not without huge assembly help from MOH-Ho and her momma - the shower invites:
MOH-Ho is a big time baker (she’s the mastermind behind our wedding cupcakes) so she’s getting a ’Sugar Spice Nice’ themed dessert shower. The 3-page invite includes the basic invite on the front (sugar), details & RSVP info in the middle (spice), and a blank recipe card on the last for guests to share their favorite recipe with the bride (nice).
The linen texture strips of increasing lengths are aligned on the left side and sewn together with matching thread…
to give this staggering effect on the right:
The envelope is folded from pastel pink vellum and sewn shut. The invite info is covered by a matching address label.
I originally wanted the seal to be done with an off white linen ribbon matching the paper texture, but I wasn’t sure it would hold up in the mail. Sewing it shut was a practical alternative, and it turns out to have a cleaner feel, which I like.
The finished product:
Like MOH-Ho’s wedding invitations, this set is also printed on a single piece of cardstock. Included are the 3 strips, address label, plus a couple extra matching small labels/tags:
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS TEMPLATE
Also like MOH-Ho’s wedding invitations, matching thank-yous will follow. 
NOTES:
Planning this sweet shindig has been difficult for me for a lot of reasons. I’ve never attended a bridal shower before, I’m doing this long distance, and my summer field assignment has kept me super busy and exhausted, Plus I’m nervous that it won’t be good enough for her friends and family (I’m not around women much!). Fortunately, MOH-Ho has been very supportive and forgiving about my shortcomings. While I feel bad that she has to work on her own shower, I really couldn’t do it without her!
Would you mind helping with your own shower?
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I love it! These are so freaking cute - definitely including this in my Friday round-up.
oh yet another inspiration to use my sewing machine!!! the invites look really really pretty! congrats on the project. and YES, i would help out with my own shower, although my sister has a mind of her own and would like to take on the entire challenge. she feels as though it would be weird to ask. i would not mind in a heartbeat if she asked otherwise.
oh my goodness! Those are adorable! MOH-ho is a lucky girl! Those are just fabulous invites!
Oh my gosh, I love this invite! And what a cute theme!
wow! those are amazing! now that i’m married, i’m excited to help plan showers & wedding for which ever of my girls comes next! thanks for the inspiration!
wow!! these are amazing. I love them!!! thanks for sharing!
SO BEAUTIFUL! These are just incredible. How were these printed?
Your awesomeness just knocked me out of my chair. Now my butt bone is all hurty. Thanks. Seriously these are the most amazing things ever. I need to learn how to use a sewing machine, and also how to absorb your awesomeness!!!
They’re amazing! And no, I wouldn’t have minded helping with my own shower at all if it was going to involve anything as cute as this!
You.so.rock!! You totally amaze me with your skillz! I offered so many times to help with my shower but the girls have put their foot down and refuse to let me help. I’m only allowed to show up and enjoy myself
Love the invite; love the envelope; love the matching labels. I’m stunned! Beautiful work!
oh.my.sweet.baby. those are amazing green tea! wow. i love them!
my sister and bestie are nervous about the thought of throwing me a shower since i went over and beyond for the bestie’s shower so i offered to help and they were so glad i did! lol. i’m sure they’d do fine on their own though
Don’t worry about what THEY think…because WE all LOVE it! Cute, cute, super cute!
I LOVE those! Such a great idea to sew the envelopes shut too, I love the look. Great job!
I love the idea of sewing the envelopes shut. Super hip! Great job!
gorgeous! these look absolutely amazing. love the stitching on the envelope.
OHHHHH so lovin this! now if only it wasn’t pink I would have to have these for my shower invites!
AMAZING! I love them
I totally wouldn’t mind helping w/ my own shower, I wasn’t allowed to though, it was supposed to be a surprise.
Please DO NOT EVER feel like these are not up to par. These are by far the coolest, most complex bridal shower invites I have ever seen. I mean, you sewed the envelopes shut for crying out loud! You deserve a badge or something…
LOVE! THEM! I love the idea of sewing vellum, especially sewing it shut. Then you could rip them open like they’re perforated… mmm… love the sound of ripping paper…
These are amazing and I looove the envelope!!
Would you mind sharing with us the text that is on the spice page?? I know that you’re obviously doing a sugar, spice, nice theme, but are you asking them to only bring kitchen items, how did you ask them to fill in the recipe card, etc.
Thanks!!
Dang girl, these are awesome! Now I really need to get me a sewing machine AND learn how to use it!
This are AMAZING!!! You did such a great job Im going to look at this for soooo long - I am obsessed about “sewing my invitations”!!!
@fiftyfootbride: home printed with borrowed color laser printer.
@Miss Designer: i actually have very little love for pink, but MOH-Ho’s fav colors are purple and pink and purple was already her wedding color.
@tenmylove: well… i DESIGNED the ’sewing seal’, it was really MOH-Ho’s momma who did the real work of implementation. my sorry behind was too busy.
@kmattso2: it reads:
“(almost) endless desserts will be served at the shower, so bring your sweet tooth.
a pampered chef® rep will join us and MOH-Ho will get to pick out all the bake/cookware she has ever dreamed of for us to shower her with.
we’d love to see you come celebrate with us in pink!”
at the bottom i added my contact info for rsvp.
and next to the recipe card i put in:
“bring your favorite recipe for MOH-Ho to keep!”
and thanks fo’ da luv, everybody!
These are presh! I’m throwing a shower for my MOH and its going to be an older, church lady crowd. I wanted to have a fun theme, but couldn’t think of something that would be fun for the oldies…this is perfect! Mind if I steal your idea?! What kind of favors are you thinking?
Did I mention that these are awesome?! I am in awe of how cute these are!
Thank you! This is a great idea that I may be able to use for my MOH in the future!
You did such a great job! The attendees will be super impressed, I’m sure. What a lovely & fun little package to find in your mailbox. =)
What font did you use for the sugar-spice-nice text?
I love this! I can see using this template for so many different kinds of parties! Your envelope idea is BRILLIANT!
Would you be willing to add an MS Word download as well?
omg! these are beautiful!!! i love all the little touches of the textured paper and the thread and the font!!
@ktbabe: i’m always delighted to see my ideas used (hence the template). i’m DIY-ing vanilla extract and vanilla sugar for the shower to carry out the theme. i’ll be doing a post on that later.
@Miss Pinot Grigio: i don’t remember the name and i can’t look it up (i’m working away from home). sorry!
@CrstnBeach: the word doc i did for the purple invite template was cumbersome and i don’t think efficient at all, so i didn’t do another. but if that’s the route you wanna take, you can still download the old one and use it, just move the text boxes around (which you had to do with the purple invites anyway to line them up) hth!
Ok…I have to admit…I’m also stealing your favor idea too! But I’m having a hard time finding jars for the extract. What did you use?
@ktbabe: i found these tall jars at my local craft store. i’ll be posting about them soon
These are beautiful! I see that you listed the font you used, but would you mind telling me which font you used for the large sugar, spice, nice? I think its gorgeous!
@Ali: another reader, Miss Pinot Grigio, asked the same thing. unfortunately i don’t have access to it now. sorry!
[...] I go get myself fixed, I indulged in MOH-Ho’s sugary shower details. You’ve already seen my ’Sugar Spice Nice’ shower invites and I’ve also shown you the food and drinks dessert set up. Now I must confess that beyond the [...]
[...] knew I would be making vanilla extract favors for MOH-Ho’s shower before I came up with the ’Sugar Spice Nice’ theme, decided to serve desserts, or remotely considered any other detail. It was kind of a [...]
[...] wanted something simple and cute to hold up all the labels for the desserts at MOH-Ho’s ’Sugar Spice Nice’ themed shower and I came up with the perfect [...]
Did you orginally create these in Word, Publisher, Adobe?
@corrc7131: @font response, and i made them in powerpoint.
would you be willing to post your orginal powerpoint file in addition to the pdf file?
@corrc7131: i prefer to keep my designs intact, but thank you for your interest
[...] DIY shower invites (template included) [...]
I dont know if this is the exact font used for the ‘Sugar, Spice, nice’ but its pretty close: Sketch Block Bold.
@Mrs. Green Tea I’m loving everything you’ve done for this shower - great effort!
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Mrs. Green Tea, Sacramento
Age and Occupation: 30, Tea Analyst
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Coffee Critic
Engagement Date: November 17, 2006
Wedding Date: August 23, 2008
Blogging Since: June 10, 2008
Venue: Vineyard on the Delta
About Me: I'm just your average obsessive compulsive, arts & crafts loving, funky-on-the-inside/boring-on-the-outside girl, who dares to say 'Hey! I can make that!' Nerdy professional by day, goofy won-ton by night. The won-ton sometimes comes out during the day when I'm fed the dollar breakfast at Ikea. Since our engagement, wedding planning has put me on high alert for bargains and I've been pushing my nimble fingers through callous building experiments!
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