It's that time again...

Planning Bar Mitzvah Numero 2...

Apparently doing 1 isn't enough...

So here we are finding ourselves in pre-BM mayhem once again...

All the plans are in place and apart from all the clothes shopping (shame that) that will need to be done, the main thing left is the invites...

Queue yours truly.

I started printing them yesterday and true to form I have off cuts that I simply can't bear to throw.

I'm certain they are fit for nothing, apart from filling up your recycling bin, but I just can't bring myself to chuck them.

I thought some would make cute little book marks, some could be used to make paper chains, but quite frankly I am a bit overwhelmed with everything else going on that it won't be me doing that.

So...would you like them??

Just leave me a message with a way I can contact you to get them posted to you.

And don't worry...there will be plenty for everyone...these are just from the first 20 invites...I've another 80 to go...

The other major event in our lives this year is getting somewhat overlooked thanks to all the renovations.I wouldn't have planned it like this.

Samuel's Bar Mitzvah is less than 3 months away. Actually I think it's nearer 2 1/2 but who's counting? This is an event that we've obviously known about for almost 13 years and, like a child's first day at school, I can't quite believe it's almost upon us.

It's a major milestone and a major celebration. We are celebrating by having a big party in a marquee in a field. We are all very excited...but there is SO much to do.

Invitation design has been top priority. We decided that we needed to design it ourselves...especially after one friend asked if this was going to be a 'Handmade Bar Mitzvah'?...was I hand-knitting the invitations? So the pressure was on...

We went round the houses with so many different ideas (hand-knitted not a million miles away!), but kept coming back to paper cutting. This was greatly aided by the delightful Hazel and her access to a laser cutting machine. With some tweaking from Hazel, I think we are just about there.

As for the uber cute cut-offs...I'm thinking table decorations...