INVITATIONS: I bought cardstock that was the color of parchmant paper and used a treasure map clipart picture which I faded out to be in the background and put the wording on top. I got 2 invitations per piece of paper. The wording was a follows: Aye Me Hearties ... Ye be invited fer some birthday spirits at Captn Jacob's Pirate Bash. Chart yer course fer the pier at XXXX (our last name) Lagoon. We be a meetin Sunday July 18th at 1 pm fer some swashbuckling fun, grub and kiddie spirits. Wave yer flag if ye be attendin or have yer mum send message by yer phone. See ye there...Aarrgghh! I then burnt the edges of the invitation to look like a real treasure map. I rolled up each map and tied with raffia. Each rolled up map was placed in a brown glass rootbeer bottle (bought in a pack of four, emptied, rinsed and air dried). Since the caps were twist off, I twisted the caps back on to close. Around the neck of the bottle I tied with raffia a tag that said: To: XXXXX Ye be Invited w/ treasure chest clipart to give added decoration. The invitations were then hand delivered. Everyone thought they were great, the children were excited about the party!