Charm & Fig — birthday

That face! It's no wonder our sweet friend, Miles got the nickname "Miles Smiles" from his parents... and even better than Jazz legend Miles Davis has an album called Miles Smiles, which created the most obvious invitation for little Miles's first birthday invitation. Full disclosure: Miles's mommy is my dear friend, Ginny Lee and I love her son and his juicy lips. She came to me with the idea of a Miles Smiles Album invite and I had just the tools to pull it off: photoshop for that ridiculously cute face, glassine envelopes for our "record" sleeve and scissors to cute...

It's fall y'all! I bet I'm the only person who has said that on the internet today. In the spirit of the first day of fall, I wanted to share these invitations from last year. It's a sweltering 93 degrees here in Houston, but hats off to all of you beautiful people wearing scarves and flannel. Sydney was having a party at a farm during pumpkin season, so was I heavily inspired unruly pumpkin patches, Oktoberfest and maybe some craft brews. It should be noted that no three-year olds consumed beer at this party. ...and look! We went to this shin-dig-- Sydney...

Pow! I'm a little late to post these, but not for a lack of love on the project. Having a baby of my own has been keeping me away from the blog... and here I am, almost planning my own 1-year birthday party. Unbelievable. Nash's mom wanted a throwback superhero look for his first birthday party invitation. I kept the colors classic and added some graphic patterns to make it pop! I'm pretty obsessed with the Nash Hats she made for the guests :) For custom birthday party invitations, contact Charm & Fig.

Pancakes & Pajamas --literally two of my favorite things. When this project came to me, I was secretly annoyed that I hadn't been celebrating my birthday like this for the past 10 years.  For the invitation, we knew we wanted it to be fun, welcoming and to feature the birthday boy himself. I illustrated a little pancake character and bunny slippers that were used throughout the party. Graham's mom Ashley, a former event planner, left no detail overlooked. She turned her home into Graham's House of Pancakes for his first birthday bash! How beautiful are these croquembouche-inspired cakes? Graham digging...

One of our favorite little friends turned two this year. It seems like yesterday I was working on her baby shower invitations. At two years old, little miss Sydney is already a renaissance woman -- a dancer, artist, Houston Rockets fan, Thomas & Friends enthusiast and lover of hearts. We created a first-class ticket invitation with her favorite character and added some graphic details -- fun icons on the front, and pinstripes on the back made phrases celebrating the birthday girl. And just for grins, we used her actual birth day and time of birth as the boarding pass number. She's the coolest. For custom party invitations, ...