Many of you have asked me for more information on how to make the Rocket Invitations, so I have decided to add some more details:
I used rocket clip art from Microsoft Office Online. Type “rocket” in the search box. The rocket I used is on page 10 of 17. You should be able to copy the rocket and past it into whatever format you choose.
I cropped CJ’s photo with a digital crop tool and pasted multiple copies into a blank Power Point page so I could print them out on one page of photo paper. I drew a circle shape and digitally pasted it on the center of the rocket to use as a frame for the photo. I then glued the photo in the center of this circle on the rocket clip art, and accented the rocket with Scribbles 3-D paint in Charcoal Grey (metallic look) and Bright Red.
Inside I wrote something like:
We’re blasting off to CJ’s 5th birthday!
Lift off: 10:30 a.m.
Coordinates: 100 Main St., USA
We hope you can join us on our mission!
I hope this info is helpful 
I would love to see your rocket invitations too!
[...] For more details about these invitations see my post Rocket Invitations (part 2). [...]
I absolutely LOOOOVE your rocket invitations. My son is turning 5 as well and is obsessed with rockets and space ships. I am trying to replicate your invitation. My only question is what program did you use to make CJ’s picture into a circle shape? Mine only allows me to crop it like a rectangle/square.
Thanks!
Hi Rachel, thank you, I’m glad you like the invitations. I don’t remember exactly which program I used. I used Microsoft Publisher or something like that. You could go “low tech” and use a circle punch (get one at any Michael’s or Joann’s). It’s probably cheaper than buying software. Good luck!
I just wanted to thank you so much for the great rocket invitation how-to! i made them for my son’s party and they came out great!! I would love to show them to you…do you have an email address?
Thanks again!
What a great idea, I will use this for my son’s upcoming 5th birthday!
The following link details how to crop pictures into any shape (circle in the case for the rocket card).
http://office.microsoft.com/en-029/publisher/HA011464001033.aspx
Thanks again for sharing!
Sabina