Baby Announcements

I recently received an adorable birth announcement from a friend. It’s one I may never have considered myself but now I have it, I will use it every single day. The ceramic mug birth announcement was and still is a good idea. Mugs are practical, children are beautiful; the combination is obvious.

When it comes to choosing the style and color of your mug for the birth announcement, cost plays a large role. The cheapest mugs are the diner sized coffee cups in white pretty much across the board. If designed properly, the whiteness of these mugs can actually compliment and carefully contrast the design of the birth announcement.

Choose a sharp image of your child for your birth announcement mug. The process of printing on mugs seems to leave a slight fuzziness to the edges of the image so the sharper the beginning photo, the better the finished look. Personally I like a black and white image on a photo mug. My friend gave me a sepia toned image which is also adorable. Monochrome works well in this medium.

Consider the photo collage in one color for the birth announcement mug. A multi faceted image that wraps around two thirds of the mug provides the ultimate wow factor for this medium. Place the birth statistic text on the top and the bottom of the image. The child’s name in the bottom right corner of the photo collage makes it look like an artist’s signature.

Order enough of the birth announcement mugs to give one to all your close friends and relatives. These are sure to be popular among your social group and people will be upset if they don’t receive one of these “wonderful mugs they have been hearing so much about.” There is always a price break for buying in bulk.

Finish the birth announcement mug by filling with candy, lollipop or cookies on sticks and shrink wrapping, talk about a luxurious way to celebrate your new baby’s life while showing your creative side.

Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, new parent life on August 31st, 2010