We sent out invitations that looked official, complete with a red seal marked with an H.
I pulled out my calligraphy pen, left over from 6th grade art class eons ago, and wrote out the names.
The invitation is available through Google Drive:
Word document
PDF document
I downloaded Lumos, Scriptina, and Aquiline for the fonts. You can find them for free on the internet--just be careful!
We decorated the front of the house with a brick entrance and a sign for platform 9 3/4. The bricks are made from a sponge dipped in acrylic paint and pressed on a piece of drop cloth. I mixed dark brown, red, and tan paint to get the variety of colors.
The sign is made from poster board (69 cents at Dollar Tree), a printable sign, and lettering written with a gold acrylic paint pen.
The entrance to our house looked like this:The guests ducked under the bricks to enter.
More to come!