What the Heck is a Green Birth Announcement: Planet Friendly Printing

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Going green is all the rage these days and for good reason. Making smarter choices in all aspects of our lives saves money and saves the planet. The green birth announcement is certainly a hip way to go, but what exactly does it entail?

Of course there’s the whole recycled paper thing when it comes to green birth announcement printing. A lot of the major online printers offer a recycled paper option these days. Many have hybrid paper, half recycled, half ..read more

The Birth Announcement Pillow: Great Gift for New Parents

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It’s easy on this blog for me to get caught up in the parent’s point of view when it comes to birth announcements. It was just over a year ago when I myself was in the process of choosing my own baby’s birth announcements.  But I think this is also a great site for helping friends and family come up with great gifts for the new parents. Here’s one I just heard about: the birth announcement pillow.

Begin by copying the ..read more

Campaign for Cuteness: Birth Announcement Yard Sign

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Everywhere you look in my town lately there are yard signs. The campaign for mayor in middle of nowhere, Wyoming is on the verge of boiling over into revolution. And all because of the placement, professionalism and abundance of custom printed yard signs. So what about one for the new parents? What could be bigger news that the announcement of your child’s birth?

Now I must admit the yard sign birth announcement is not my own original thought. Many a birth ..read more

What to Buy and How to Spend: Determining a Budget for Birth Announcements

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The range of birth announcements on the market today is quite broad and it can be hard for first time parents to know what they should spend and what they are comfortable spending on birth announcements. Below is what I have found in my own research and I think it comes pretty close to average prices covered in baby buying guides. I’m all about saving money so this blog is geared toward getting the best for the budget you have.

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Things to Include in the Newspaper Birth Announcement

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The newspaper birth announcement is just as important to the new parents as the custom printed announcement. The newspaper provides an historic record of your child’s birth. Take a moment to review the main components of the newspaper birth announcement.

Name. Baby’s full name is usually preferred but a nickname is okay too. When we announced our son’s birth we wrote out his full pretentious embarrassing but ultimately character filled name in full and then wrote underneath: “aka baby Nik.” We ..read more

Baby Bottle Charms: A Cute Addition to Your Birth Announcement

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The traditional oriented birth announcement is for most of us a must when it comes to celebrating the birth of your new baby.  But that doesn’t mean you can’t be creative or try something new. What about charm bracelets or necklaces that carry a baby theme and compliment your printed birth announcement?

I’m a big believer in the world and culture of online shopping. I find my best bargains online and discover the most creative ways of taking the old and ..read more

The Birth Announcement T-Shirt

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I have spent the last few days trying to perfect the gentle (well not so gentle) art of printing your own t-shirts. But now I have the gist of things I have time to think over the many applications. And what came to mind? You guessed it: T-shirt birth announcements.

My one year old looks adorable in his newly printed custom t-shirt and all I can think of are t-shirts for baby and parents. But what about expanding the thought and ..read more

The Birth Announcement Banner

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Blogs really are a response to the real world however much the anti-Internet folks would like to have us believe otherwise. I have spent the last couple of weeks looking for someone to put grommets (you know the ring doo hicks on the corners to hold the ropes) on a few banners I ordered when they were on sale. It’s all about the cheapest way to go with me. But birth announcement banners are quite an affordable way to go ..read more

The Perfect Photograph Deserves an Announcement

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Okay so I admit my own baby boy is far from a baby these days. 16 month old baby Nik (read his antics at babypile.com) is quickly becoming a toddler. But that doesn’t stop me from finding images of him to fall in love with and wanting to print on something asap so I can share with everyone I know. So for those of us who have a cute photo of our growing baby and have already mailed the birth ..read more

Learning to Upload Birth Announcements to the Printer’s Website

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Some people choose to design their own birth announcements from scratch at home and then send them to the professional printers to have made into cards. Here is the basic process for uploading your birth announcement design to your printer’s website. Don’t panic it isn’t scary at all.

The first thing you will have to do is actually create the birth announcement and save the file to a compatible format. Depending on the age of your computer and the type of ..read more