I've sent out the e-vite for Fox's 1st birthday/Halloween party, but to follow up I want to give out a special, one-of-a-kind, something you'll never forget reminder. These oughta do the trick:
Here are mine in progress:
Chris has access to molding stuff (I don't know the correct terminology...) at dental school so he set up a lab on our dining room table. Looks complicated!
He concocted an alien-green and blue paste like so:
Then I stuck my two forefingers into the slime and waited for it to harden after five minutes.
Then, over the period of a week, Chris would mix up a formula and pour it into the mold, wait a few hours for it to set, and then he'd pull out the fingers. We made 40 fingers total.
This afternoon Chris took them to school and sanded off all the rough edges. Then this evening I dipped them in an India ink wash and now they look super duper creepy.
The "coffins" have been die cut and assembled, the reminder info has been designed/printed/trimmed, and the moss has been installed:
So alls that's left to do is tie a black ribbon around each finger and drop them off to the guests!
These things creep me out now that they're dyed. Haha
ReplyDeleteThose things are awesome! SO cute! What a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteThose are super duper creepy! But Ohhh sooo cool! What a fun invite ;)
ReplyDeleteno way! That's awesome. Those are better than the original!
ReplyDeleteWow, how awesome in a 'icky' kind of way!
ReplyDeleteo paige these are so gross and so awesome, love em.
ReplyDeleteI want one.
ReplyDeletethat looks incredible! i like it way more than the original! you guys are seriously awesome for putting in so much effort to make these amazing invites!
ReplyDeleteOMG!! Such an amazing invite!!! SO cool!!
ReplyDeleteEeek! These are *so* perfectly creepy! What an awesome job, making these!! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cool!! And pretty creepy :)
ReplyDeleteLol! This is so cool! The results are perfect! (and creepy) Your guests will be aaahing and oooohhing for months hahaha
ReplyDeleteThese. Are. Awesome!
ReplyDeletethose are so gross! People will love it.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteyou guys did an awesome job with these invites!! the dyed fingers are so nasty!! LOL!! :) *
ReplyDeletelol! paige, i'm sorry, but those look totally disgusting. mission accomplished i guess, right?!
ReplyDeleteWay creepy, Paige! But what a clever and creative invite! Can't wait to see the entire party! :)
ReplyDeleteSo legit! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThose are totally gross and awesome!
ReplyDeletethose are really something else! how cool and very creepy, Fox will get a kick out of it someday when you show him those were his birthday invites...Was he born on Halloween? My oldest son turns 14 on Halloween, it was a fun birthday when he was younger, but now he's not into the theme parties anymore... :(
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh. these really do look real! bravo, paige and chris!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT! I wish I were there and could get one :)
ReplyDeleteTotally awesome and creepy!! How are you going to top that in the years to come?
ReplyDeleteThese are so awesome!!! The coffin box is waaay better!
ReplyDeleteThey look so real! Love them!
ReplyDeletei really wish we lived closer! so i could check out this party in person.
ReplyDeleteyou are so amazing!!!! i think i still have a paige crush...
now the pressure is on to make Evie's birthday as special.
holy cow paige these are seriously sooooo cool and sooooo eerie!! haha i love them!
ReplyDeleteThese are great!!! They look so real and creepy!!
ReplyDeleteMy boys were sitting by me looking at these pictures and they were SO into it! They are going to freak (in a good way) when they get one!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had found this before, but maybe next time: http://www.cafepress.com/+pregnant_boy_due_october_bell_maternity_tshirt,166083481
ReplyDelete(They also have "little pumpkin" shirts for October babies).
omg I was totally grossed out and amazed at the same time LOL. So fun Paige!
ReplyDeleteOHHHHHHHHH MY! These turned out FABBBBBY! Love love love how you colored them! This is a great invite--clever clever clever:)
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