an Up birthday (part two)

Read about the Up invitations we designed for our son right here.

Part Two...We continued our love for adventure over into the postage, using these USPS "scouting" stamps designed by another former Chico State University alumni, Craig Fraizer.

We also designed these little "Thank You's" to tuck inside the party favor bags.

Overall this custom design is one of my favorites to date...and though I can't speak for everyone, I think a sugary, good time was had by all.

*Up concept art published on the Pixar Facebook page

an Up birthday (part one)

Recently our youngest son turned 2 years old and we decided to have a small celebration honoring what he loves most: balloons and Pixar. We subtly played off of some of the underlying Up movie themes, one being that Adventure Is Out There! We invited our guests to join us in celebrating the "Spirit Of Adventure" which was really just code for come have cupcakes and mingle with us!

Of course we designed the invitations for the party. Billy watercolored the different colors for the balloons to give them an arts and crafts feel, which we felt appropriate for a child's birthday celebration. We even printed the invitations on water color textured paper to keep the playful feel in the completed design.

We seem to enjoy putting our son's face in circular shapes, because last year he was inside a bubble on his invitation, and this year he is floating away in the sky just as happy as he can be inside a balloon.

I love that the invitations carry out an Up theme in a subtle way, versus being loud and in your face or with any characters from the movie on the actual invitations.