Time Flies Birthday Invitation

This “Time Flies” invitation was a design idea I had because, at the time, my son at the time was obsessed with airplanes. We live near a model rc airplane field, and I would take him to watch the guys fly and their planes and he would yell, “Airpane!!!” and point at them. It was the perfect theme for his 2nd birthday party.

I always take photos of my boys for their birthday invitation before I design them, and let the photos inspire the design. Here are a few that I didn't use but that I think are pretty cute. He was in his own little world playing with his “airpanes”.

I also put this invitation in my etsy shop. You can find the listing here. Below is the an example of an invitation I designed on etsy for someone, based on the original design. I love that they used this design for someone who actually was a pilot!

Where the Wild Thing Are - Wild ONE Birthday Invitation

I wanted to share the first of many of my custom birthday invitations. It’s one of my favorite things to design! I started when my first son turned one (he’s 12 now and we are still going strong!) and I have designed something new and fun every year after that. It’s a great bonding time as we always talk about what they’re into that year, plan and execute a themed photoshoot with some rough ideas of what we might want, and then I let the photos inspire the design. It’s been so fun bringing their ideas to life and I love that I also can extend the ideas to other parents and kids by listing some of the designs in my Etsy shop.

front of the birthday invitation

This is an invitation I designed for my son’s Wild One birthday party. His middle name is Wilder, and while he isn’t as wild these days, he certainly was when he was one, as you can see in his photos! This theme is available in my Etsy shop. I offer various printable for a Where the Wild Things Are themed party, a birth announcement, t-shirt designs and more. Multiple items can be customized with your own photo as well. You can find the invitation here.

back of the birthday invitation. Like I said, he was wild!

I also designed several table signs to be used for a party. This one is available in my etsy shop here.

Scroll through some photos from the party to see some of the things available in my shop. Signs, food cards, party favor bag topper, and t-shirt designs!

In my Etsy shop, I have this printable file for the King of all the Wild Things shirt. Also available is this printable file for a Brother of the Wild Thing t-shirt. I printed on iron-on printer paper meant for dark tshirts and transferred it for his 2 brothers. I am always happy to customize t-shirt designs to say sister, dad, mom, Grandma or whoever else you need to make a birthday t-shirt for! This file can also be used for any other purpose you may have for the graphic.

Printable file is available in my Etsy shop!

Below is a crown yourself sign for your party, also available in my Etsy shop. You can also buy crowns on Amazon for the party guests, and a special crown for the birthday boy or girl.

Another way to use this invitation is as a pregnancy announcement! I had this request through my etsy shop and I love it. So adorable!

This is another custom option to use on the backside of the invitation.

I hope someone is inspired by this blog post and lets the wild rumpus start! It’s a super fun theme - think bugles on all your fingers as claws like we all used to do as kids! Was it just me?

Feel free to reach out here on my website or through my etsy shop for any design request or new birthday theme ideas!