Baby Shower Invite

Baby Shower Invite
Originally uploaded by mama's doodles.

This is a background to a Safari themed baby shower invitation. The wording will lie in the dark sky along the right edge. I used Powerpoint to add the wording, and can't figure out how (or if it's possible) to upload the final product here.

The wording is:
It's nighttime in the jungle, and the moon is on the rise...
The whole family is snoring in Whisperings and sighs.
Some day soon, (after midnight), the baby lion will yell... ROAR!!
And the whole Brown family won't be sleeping anymore...

And then the shower details are itemized. All the writing is spaced so that it only falls in the blue space and does not overlap any of the image. I'm happy with it's uniqueness...

Stork Delivery

Stork Delivery
Originally uploaded by mama's doodles.

Here's the background for another Baby Shower Invitation that I'm working on (for my sister-in-law).

Not in love with it, but I had to run with "tan and white" as my only guidelines - as she hasn't decided on a room theme yet...

The shower details will go at the top, and in the yellow sections int he middle.

Super Secret Baby Shower Planning

It's probably not the wisest of ideas to post a surprise creation on the worldwide web, but I couldn't help myself. Below is the development of ideas for our friends, Matt & Jen's baby shower. Fortunately, they don't know about this here blog - so I think I'm safe.

The Invitation is the first photo. It's a textile art creation incorporating a background of sand. The shower details will be printed in the blue wavy "water."

And as their gift, I'm designing a textile art relief. The beginning characters for the relief are below. The nursery is to be done in happy crabs, funny fish, and other sea world wonders. I hope that what I have in my mind lends itself to the final product.

Above, are the sun, happy crab and silly little bird. It's going to be an ocean scene, with several more textile characters.