Gossip Girl Inspired Party Invitation

My 24th birthday is in exactly ten days. Rather than spending time freaking out over the fact that I'm going to be in my mid-20s (EEK!!!), I spent some time designing this invitation for a celebratory dinner that following Saturday. This design was inspired by one of my favorite TV shows, "Gossip Girl." I miss Blair and Chuck dearly and it was actually while re-watching the entire series on Netflix that I came up with the idea for this invitation. I figured that just because I live in suburban Orange County doesn't mean that I can't add a bit of Upper East Side style to my life. ;)

Once again, just because I'm poor and slightly lazy, I won't be printing and mailing these out. I'll just be posting these on Facebook and maybe sending a text or two (in true GG fashion!)

The inspiration:

Ugly Sweater Party Invitation

I designed this invitation for the Ugly Sweater Party that Faustina and I are throwing the Thursday after Christmas. I am obviously not a graphic designer, but I thought it would be fun to design something to post on our Facebook event page. Since our holiday party is in that awkward time in between Christmas and New Year's Eve, I wanted to steer away from the traditional red and green. However, I felt that hot pink, teal, and gold would look just as festive.

If Faustina and I weren't so poor (haha), we would have wanted to actually print these out and send them to our guests. I imagine these invitations would have looked pretty nice in black envelopes with black and white patterned liners. Oh, and gold sequins too.

Our party is a little over three weeks away and I'm already excited! UPDATE: pictures from the party posted now!