Sunday, 23 October 2011

Gruffalo party time

I made a Gruffalo invitation for my friend's little boys second birthday party recently and she asked if I could create a menu to give to the children so they could select the food they wanted in their little lunch bag.

So I set to work and instead of painting this one I decided to really try and get to grips with Photoshop. Over the years I have used it but I really do have a limited knowledge. Fortunately Jim doesn't and after installing a Wacom pen tablet on my laptop (which I have had for 2 years but never used), I decided to use it and have some fun. Again with help from Jim we got it up and running and then I just played about.

Here's the menu as it is right now. Not sure I will change anything else as my friend loves it....it just depends on how well it prints as I hope the background won't be too 'busy' once printed.

Hope you are having a great Sunday. Today has been lovely and relaxing so far with the family. Perfect!

Added to Sunday Sketches - please head over to Sophia's blog to check out the other entries,

17 comments:

Heather said...

this is really awesome!!!!!! WOW, I love it!!!! I want a menu for my house! really cool.

Christine said...

cute and delicious menu!

Kristin Dudish said...

An adorable menu based on a very clever book! I am impressed with your PS skills (I received a wacom tablet last Christmas and still have to try it out... It scares me, but I know it would probably make many of the things I do much easier!)

I can't wait to see what other goodies you create with it :)

xo
Kristin

Unknown said...

Great job Helen...love it

martinealison said...

Une excellente idée...
Gros bisous

WrightStuff said...

I love the Gruffalo! Great menu - though I may have to pass on the snake and fox crumble...

Morph Waffle said...

How adorable, looks awesome.

carol l mck said...

Wow! Kids will love it ~ very cool ~thanks, namaste, Carol (A Creative Harbor) linked with Sunday Sketches ~

Joni Nickrent said...

LOVE IT! Yummy and delicious fun! POP ART MINIS

Teri said...

You did a fab job on this!! Looks perfect for kids.

Jennibellie said...

Fantastic menu, thanks so much for sharing (and stopping by my blog to say hi) much love Jennibellie x

Julia Christie said...

I LOVE THIS! what a great idea!!!

Smiles

Molly said...

adorable! i'm definitely going to pass this idea on to my sis for her little ones! and your execution is great! thanks for sharing.

Joanne Osband said...

Very clever and well done. The kids will love it too.

m7 said...

hehe..so cool! :)

GalleryJuana said...

now that is a great idea and fun way for a child to choose what they want to eat! cool design.

Unknown said...

oh what a cool idea!!!! I love this....I once created a fun artsy fartsy drink menu!!! people loved it!!!