Ahoy there! I’ve been working my little socks off and crafting away. Being born on Christmas Day, we wanted little Roo to have another day in the year to look forward to. Last year he turned 3 and started preschool so we wanted to throw him his first ever birthday party!
The theme? Pirates!!! he’s not keen on the whole skull and crossbones but loves the idea of treasure maps and dessert islands. For the day, we have some swashbuckling games planned and more than a few chocolate coins. But first, we have to invite his little ship mates….. What better way than a message in a bottle?!
Even the children got involved, crushing oats and branflakes into sand… It’s possible there are a few hidden raisins in there too somewhere…..
I found the bottles on eBay, they were perfect for this project because they’re plastic rather than glass
For the labels and invites I turned to publisher, I actually had a go on photoshop before accepting defeat and turning to old faithful, but I think they came out well and nothing beats a teabag for ageing up the paper…
I did nearly set off the smoke detector when browning of the edges though, still, this makes a change from cooking and cake related disasters 
I added glitter detail to make the image pop… Mainly because I have a shed load of red left over from Christmas…. I’m putting red glitter on everything at the moment… Water bill cheque all blinged up!
The charms were a fab eBay find from China, just 99p for 50…. I don’t really know what I’m going to do with the rest, so if anyone wants one or 45… give me a shout.
And finally the name labels were another Christmas craft leftover..
Aside from adding the wrong phone number (sigh) it’s one of my more successful enterprises…. And those invited know me anyway so I don’t think some poor old lady is going to have too many confusing phone calls from mini pirates…
This is SO cute I love it! What a fab idea doing a message in a bottle! I bet those little pirates were so excited to receive them
Wow! These are flipping amazing! I would pay good money to have invitations like these made,how clever are you!x
They’re amazing, I love them! I used to love making maps and dipping them in tea before I’d put them in the oven…. Lol x
Wow this is great! such an unique idea #makinghome
Everything looks amazing! Love the invitations and the bottle labels look fantastic. Really lovely work 🙂 Sue J ~ The World of Suzy Homemaker
How amazing are those invites?! Sounds like a fantastic theme for a party
What a birthday party, I bet they all had a blast!
It’s not happened yet, but I’m planning like crazy x
Great theme for a party – Pickle loves pirates! Cute invitations too. Kaz x
I love this! What a fab idea for celebrating his birthday on a different day. Pirates are brilliant, a great theme to choose.
Laura x
I absolutely love these. They look brilliant, awesome theme too!
So cute! I love the message in a bottle idea! great birthday theme too!
This is a genius idea! I hope he has a swashbuckling fantastic party! #homeetc
What a brilliant idea! Hope the party goes well! #HomeEtc
Aaah these look fantastic!!! Our boys have got their pirate party this weekend too! I’m so looking forward to it!! The little bottles are gorgeous!! Well done mama — great job! 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up with us! 🙂 #HomeEtc
These are so great. I love a themed party and these are so creative. Sure to get everyone in the spirit! #MakingHome
Love these and what a super idea!!!! Thanks for linking up lovely, Jess xx
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Such amazing invitations, who could say no after receiving an invitation like that? #MakingHome
What an ingenious idea…my daughter was obsessed with Pirates a couple of years ago, she would’ve loved this! #makinghome
We have a Christmas Eve born baby in this household. I had planned for another day in the year to celebrate, but quickly got rid of that idea when I had two more children. I love this pirate theme though
It’s hard to know what to do is t it? We have a birthday tree… His gifts go under there on Xmas day, they’re not opened until Boxing Day though. X
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