I asked a friend for a few pictures of her baby filled belly. She is in her final trimester and informed me that they: “hadn’t got to that yet.” I was shocked. How could the most logical organized person I have ever met not be prepared to document this life changing period? Is it the ‘too cool for school’ mentality? The urge not to do what everyone else does? I get the whole anti-sheep syndrome but it really ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations, new parent life on June 29th, 2011 | No Comments »
Its getting hot, the fan is on high, and you are ready to pop out that beautiful baby. It’s hard to think about designing baby’s birth announcement in this heat but it sure would keep your mind off those swollen ankles. A summer themed birth announcement is fresh, colorful and makes people think of having fun. You know, like you will once that baby comes out.
When searching for summer themed printing templates its all ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements on June 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
So you ordered the birth announcements, got them in the mail and need to send them out but what are the rules about writing in or on birth announcements? Of course a short note needs to accompany the announcement. So what is the protocol for writing on birth announcements? What should you write?
It’s important to realize that hand writing nothing on your birth announcements is not wrong. A lot of people just send them ..read more
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The Fourth of July is just around the corner as is the birth of thousands of new babies ready to make their own fireworks for mom and dad. The 4th of July birth celebration is an opportunity to create birth announcements in red, white and blue. Giving birth around the holidays is not only an excuse to get out of cooking, cleaning and hosting its a chance for a patriotic themed birth announcement.
Just because you ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements on June 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
Well I just found out my friend is having a baby boy and his anticipated arrival is this November. Its so exciting when a friend is pregnant but there’ a big gap between getting pregnant and giving birth. If you’ve already sent out pregnancy announcements and plan on sending birth announcements what about something in between? Save the date cards to share expected due dates is a cute custom filler for that nine month waiting game.
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Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, save the date on June 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
The newspaper birth announcement is the official announcement of your baby’s birth and requires your attention. Let’s take a minute to review the basic parts of the newspaper birth announcement.
Baby’s official full name should be prominent in the newspaper announcement. Nicknames are okay especially when you live in a small town and your friends and family will be the ones reading it. When we announced our son’s birth we wrote out his full pretentious embarrassing ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements on June 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
Babies are growing in my friend’s tummies and my genetic desire to plan, organize and host a baby shower is getting strong. I write blogs every day about organizing events and ordering printing so I hope I can think of more fresh ideas for a baby shower and shower favors. Today my brain is on a major useful shower favors kick. Here’s a few ideas I’ve been kicking around.
Useful baby shower favors have to ..read more
Filed under: baby shower on June 20th, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Well today is the day we celebrate dad and all he does. My husband just opened his beautiful framed photo of baby Nik. Nik had decorated the frame himself and even scribbled on a card. Its been a good day so far as my husband enjoys his twofer day (father’s day and birthday) and the digital photo album went down a treat. Fathers play such a big role in their child’s life and its great they have a ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, new parent life on June 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
So besides ordering your pregnancy announcements, shower invites and birth announcements, new parents have to decorate the nursery. Now a lot has changed in the last few years and so many more options are available. With the low to no VOC (yucky toxins) paints out there even mom can help get the nursery ready. I’m redecorating my little guy’s room and have discovered the wonderful world of decals.
It was just a few years ago ..read more
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Its Father’s Day today. Yesterday I heard of a man who was raising five kids on his own and like so many these days had lost his job and unemployment was running out. His wife had passed away and his youngest child was just a few weeks old (mom had heart problems). He was suddenly all alone in the world and must have been feeling awful. But what about that little baby? Okay enough of the sad ..read more
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