Well its Halloween and we all know that tomorrow stores across the nation will start pulling out their holiday stock. Its time to start thinking about holiday gifts, especially if you intend to give custom items to your friends and family. If baby is just around the corner too or just recently arrived consider baby focused calenders for your holiday gift this year.
Most online printers offer calender options these days so finding a basic template shouldn’t ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements on October 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
I came across a letter from an unborn child to his grandparents online the other day. It was adorable and got my gears turning. Instead of a letter to the grandparents from the baby to be what about soon to be announcements from the unborn? Wait until you get the all clear at your six month check up and then hit the custom printing websites.
If you have a sonogram image feel free to use it on ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements on October 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
No matter the mom or party organizer baby shower parties has a theme. It may not be obvious such as a ladybug theme or a baby animal theme but there’s a theme nevertheless. It could be as simple as a color scheme or buzz word but its always something. Right now I’m planning another dinosaur themed baby shower and I’m wondering if I’m about to take the theme too far.
An over decorated or thematic ..read more
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There are plenty of grapes to go around at my house at the moment and making jelly has become a top priority. Of course being as cheap as I am I don’t feel like spending a fortune on glass jelly jars with special lids. When you do, the cost per jar of jelly makes making your own supply seem sort of redundant. Unless of course you create freezer jelly instead of traditional jelly. Freezer jelly makes for an ..read more
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There is no substitute for classic birth announcements for family and friends. As the holidays approach though there is no harm in trying to think outside the box and make some creative additions to gift giving with birth announcement gift tags.
Now birth announcement gift tags don’t have to be replicas of traditional birth announcements. In fact they wouldn’t make much sense if they were. I’m thinking more a custom printed gift tag that friends and family ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements on October 27th, 2011 | No Comments »
I love ordering new business printing and getting freebies. This time it was 25 free magnetic business cards. The printer offered a number of different magnet sizes from business card up to car door decal size. I thought how easy it would be to alter the template to make a magnetic birth announcement. Great favors for the christening or post baby shower, magnetic birth announcements is an idea that might just stick.
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Filed under: birth announcements on October 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
The best way to know you had a successful baby shower is not from the number of gifts the guest of honor received nor the amount that was spent on food and decorations. Its all about your guests reactions. I’m happy to report that the shower I hosted over the weekend was an absolute success with smiling faces all round.
That’s not to say things went smoothly before the guests showed up for the shower. ..read more
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“Its just a baby shower.”
“Its not like anyone is getting married.”
“Perhaps over thinking it a little bit?
These are just some of the comments I have heard in the last few weeks as I plan a baby shower for this coming weekend. It really hasn’t been much work but I’m starting to think folks don’t see why they should extend any amount of effort to organize and create a gathering to ..read more
Filed under: baby shower on October 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
A lot of people have their newborn child christened or baptized or in some other way ritual sanctified or blessed by a religious institution. Often this is to give them an extra spiritual title or name or just to official welcome them into the church. But its also an opportunity for some more baby focused printing. We announce births so why not christenings? Making a christening invite more like an announcement gives it extra formality and creates ..read more
Filed under: new parent life on October 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
When you go to order your baby shower invites think about all the different custom printing you are going to need in the next few months and get everything in one go. And don’t forget about you. After you have designed the thank yous and the announcement make yourself some mommy business cards to use as inserts and for future play date planning.
A lot of online printers offer the package deal for baby related printing these ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, invitations, mommy cards, new parent life, thank you cards on October 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
