into the woods ...

over the weekend, we went camping in celebration of wade & my 30th birthdays w/ 42 of our friends. yes - 42!!! i'm so excited to share all about our adventure! i mean - i probably have a good 7 blog posts to share with every little detail! but of course, i should first "invite" you along on our little journey ...

the invitations:



a mini field guide w/ all the necessary details for our trip:



merit badges to be earned:

• map reading - a map + directions.
• participation - a tentative schedule of events.
• camp cooking -  the menu. w+i purchased/prepped all the food ahead of time and each camper brought $10 to pay for their part. that's right $10 for a full weekend of yummy camp food! (next year i'll have to perfect my vegan and vegetarian cuisine as well!)
• camp making - a guide of what to pack.

 

everything was packaged neatly together w/ baker's twine and placed in a hand-made craft paper envelope:



think you've seen this before? that would be because i borrowed inspiration from christine & ian's amazing woodland wedding invites featured on oh so beautiful paper. ah-mazing w/ pop-up trees and embossed type, right? sadly my inkjet and exacto knife skills aren't quite up to par. yet still ...

i love how they turned out!

in even more important news ... though we celebrated over the weekend, today is wade's actually birthday. time to head home to celebrate.

{courtesy: reed hummell photography}