DIY : Princess Scroll Invitations

Rylee decided she wanted a princess themed party for her fourth birthday this year. Well... actually she wanted a princess party, a Rapunzel party, and a doctor party.... she doesn't ask for much does she? Anyways we told her she had to pick one and the princess theme won out.

So the first matter of business to make it happen was to create none other than a royal scroll announcing the event! 

It'd turned out amazing and better than that it was actually quite simple to create.

All you need:

Glue

Paint (dollarstore)

Dowel sticks (dollarstore)

Wood Beads (Michaels)

8.5x11 Cardstock

Paintbrush

I first created the card in photoshop and printed it on cardstock (4 invitations per sheet). 

Rylee helped me paint the dowel rods and beads gold, it took two coats with acrylic paint. 

Once everything had dried I put the beads on the ends of the rods.

Then I put some good ol' elmers glue on the top edge of the card and applied the dowel rod. This was the hardest part, just waiting for the glue to adhere, but I found holding it for a minute and then starting to roll the cardstock around the rod help it form to the rod easier. Repeat this same process for the bottom of the card.

Once everything is attached roll the ends to meet in the middle and voila you have yourself a royal scroll! I added some star stickers to give it some sparkle and finished it off with some gold ribbon to keep it all together.

Short Haired Princess

Little miss underwent a huge transformation after her birthday party and you can consider this her grand reveal! She traded in her long "let it go" hair (she thought her hair was just like Elsa's from Frozen), for short "princess" hair (think Rapunsel at the end of tangled). 

We had two reasons behind her gettin' the chop. One, her long hair was becoming a nightmare! Every day consisted of a battle to get her to sit down and let us brush through the reoccurring rats nest! Two, Sevio thought she was getting a bit of a distorted "princess" complex believing her long hair was what made her "pretty". Sure she's 3 and if she wants to be Cinderella or Rapunsel its cute, but... I have to give it to the guy, he wants his little girl to grow up knowing it doesn't matter what she looks like, that she is beautiful regardless of the ridiculous stereotypes of "pretty" society throws at us. Long hair/short hair, scars/flaws and all she is beautiful!

We amped Rylee up for this big change for weeks beforehand, and for a long time she thought cutting it would make it longer... we'd say, "you want to get your haircut Rylee?", and she'd say, "Yah, hair to my bum!" so after that misconception was sorted out it took some bargaining power to get her to agree to short hair. The deal maker was only if Jamma cut it... conveniently Jamma was a hairdresser once upon a time!

So after her birthday party, Jamma whipped out her handy dandy scissors and went to work. It was quick & painless and she had a whole new look in less than 10 minutes! Our princess now rocks a shoulder length bob... which definitely is a time and grief saver! 

AFTER