Halloween Invite 2011

I had lofty aspirations for this year's invite to our Halloween party — I'm a graphic designer, I should be able to knock it out of the park, right? Well, I never really got around to designing the perfect invite (one that I had planned on screen printing too, you know, because I have endless time), so I turned to the Holy Lady of the Holidays: Martha Stewart.

I downloaded this owl template, and customized the middle portion with some spooky type of my own creation (at least I designed part of it, huh?). I printed them on sparkly card stock (half silver, half copper) — leftover paper samples given to us who-knows-how-long-ago by a rep — and voila!

An adorable and memorable invite that was super easy to put together — although after cutting out more than twenty I must admit that I began to get the dreaded scissor-finger-claw.

Just download the pdf template, add your date/time/place, print, cut, secure the wings with teeny brads (I used matte black ones I just happened to have, and punched the holes first with a push-pin), mail to your friends and family and wait for the compliments to start rolling in.

And, if none of them happen to read Martha Stewart, you may just be able to pass it off as your own creation.

I promise I won't tell.

Also, if you happen to be in the neighborhood on October 29th, and you're not a complete weirdo, stop by! Consider this your formal invitation (don't make me cut out another damn owl).