While we’re on the subject of baby showers it is important for the new or soon-to-be parent to be aware of traditions associated with this type of party. The baby shower is not as simple as buying a cute cake, putting up a few balloons and asking friends and family to bring gifts for the baby. Baby showers are the preamble of your birth announcements and thank you cards. So here are just a few reminders of the right way ..read more
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It seems I have cupcakes on the brain lately. This could be due in part to my new diet or the fact that there seems to be cupcakes everywhere. Whether I go to a wedding, watch a television commercial or go to the grocery store or coffee shop sandwich bar there cupcakes cupcakes cupcakes. Why are they so popular? There are easy, economical, and make a great edible notice board. So of course, cupcakes are ideal items for baby showers ..read more
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When your baby has arrived and the gifts have been opened it is time to start thinking seriously about thank you cards. Ideally you have already designed and ordered the thank you cards. If not, time to get on the online printer’s website. Once you have thank you cards what is the appropriate wording doing for your messages? Here is a little guideline to writing thank you cards to specific people.
Think homemade gift means extra special thank you card. When ..read more
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The thank you card is alive and well. Many people have become quite lazy with thank you cards but an e-mail simply does not measure up. After all the baby gifts, the handmade quilts, the crib, buggy and clothes it seems only appropriate to extend a custom printed thank you card to all your friends and family. Don’t make thank you cards an afterthought; order them at the same time as your birth announcements.
There are two ways to go when ..read more
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The problem with birth announcements is if they are not organized and planned for in advance they can become a burden to the new parents. Consider creating birth announcements that are mostly complete before the birth of your child. The baby calendar concept is one way to include all of your pregnancy information as well as you birth statistics in one document.
Begin the baby calendar by keeping track of major events in your unborn child’s life. Your timeline could include ..read more
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Like any formal announcement, the birth announcement can be confusing. Often tired pregnant or new mothers are unsure whose name they should include in the announcement text. Here are some guidelines that work in the newspaper birth announcement as well as the custom printed birth announcement.
The most important person to include in your baby birth announcement is your baby. If room is tight and no one else can be included, be sure you write out your child’s full name and ..read more
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Everywhere I look lately there are young people having babies. In our local playgroup we have a number of young mothers who are having their second or third child. This is wonderful but pregnancy is the time to prepare. If there are children already in the family it is important to remember each child is special and deserves the same attention and preparation is the first child. This goes for birth announcements, thank you cards, baby showers, photographs, photo albums ..read more
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I am a terrible mother. The first few months of my son’s life I spent most days taking anywhere from 20 to 200 photographs of my darling baby boy. As the months have passed I still take the photographs but the getting them developed part has become more of a hassle. I know from experience that pregnant moms and new moms are the world’s best photographers but it is a small window of opportunity that every parent should capitalize on. ..read more
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In no time at all it will be trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples, scary costumes and fake haunted houses. Many babies are born around the holidays and using the holidays in birth announcements is common. Many people enjoy the pumpkin patch theme for the child born during the Halloween holiday. But don’t limit yourself. There are a number of different creative ways to include All Hallows Eve in your child’s birth announcement.
Of course there is the spooky birth announcement. You have ..read more
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When I was pregnant with my darling son Nik not only did my taste buds change the level of my sensitivity to smell was greatly increase. I spent a lot of my pregnancy buying scented candles. It was interesting to see how sensitive to smell you become when pregnant as well as what smells attract you. For me it was black cherry and after the birth of my child it remained black cherry. What a great way to memorialize this ..read more
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