Out here in windy Wyoming we are enjoying our first few days of warm weather. A week of mid seventies is much better than the snow and rain of the last few weeks. And with several baby showers quickly approaching my mind has turned to the summer weather. The outdoor summer baby shower can be a crowd pleaser or a looming disaster. Here’s a few things to keep in mind with the outdoor summer shower.
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Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations on June 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
Don’t you hate when you go to a baby shower and the first half hour is spent explaining the shower theme, organizing game packs and corralling guests into kind of designated seats and order? No one knows when to eat, what to say or where to sit. Avoid disorganization on the day by letting guests know what to expect with a detailed shower invitation.
For the detailed shower invite a postcard style works best. It ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, invitations on May 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
I love love love new babies. I also love love love custom printed items as baby keepsakes. It seems at least once a week I am online designing a new card or notepad or t-shirt to celebrate my darling child. But that’s because I have a toddler now instead of a baby. Toddlers run around all day and wear themselves out but babies have nothing to do but eat, poop and if you are lucky, sleep. Once baby ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations, mommy cards, new parent life on April 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
For some of you this blog is a refresher course. For new readers its a list of ways you can celebrate your baby through printing and personalized mementos. Sometimes we forget and sometimes we need help getting started, especially if we are celebrating from pregnancy brain.
Pregnancy announcements. The first chance to let everyone know officially that a new family member is on the way. Use your sonogram picture or a picture of mommy’s belly ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations, thank you cards on April 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
We’ve all seen the offers, the packs of cookie cutter and super cheap invitations even the free birth announcements offered by baby websites. But even in this economically challenged time going with the free or cheap option when it comes to your baby may not be the best way to go.
As I may have mentioned before I am the self confessed queen of bargains and will always opt for the cheaper option when it ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations on April 28th, 2011 | No Comments »
After designing the perfect baby shower invitation its time to start thinking about the actual party. When money is tight the choice of venue, food, decoration and theme can become very important to the bottom line. I am the self confessed queen of bargains and thought I would share a few cheap baby shower ideas that don’t look like you spent the bare minimum.
Rubber Duck theme. Babies and rubber ducks go hand in hand ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, invitations on April 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
I love love love new babies. I also love love love custom printed items as baby keepsakes. It seems at least once a week I am online designing a new card or notepad or t-shirt to celebrate my darling child. But that’s because I have a toddler now instead of a baby. Toddlers run around all day and wear themselves out but babies have nothing to do but eat, poop and if you are lucky, sleep. Once baby ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations, thank you cards on April 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
Finding out your pregnant may be the best day of your life and keeping this happiest of news to yourself can be quite a challenge. Once all the tests have come back good and you are starting to show why not send out pregnancy announcements?
Pregnancy announcements are like birth announcements but obviously they tell of the pregnancy and not the birth. The image is usually of pregnant mom or mom and dad and bump. ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, invitations, new parent life on March 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
I just received an invite in the mail for a baby shower. Its been quite a while since one of my friends either had a baby or actually sent out custom printed shower invites. Its only a few weeks away and being a mom myself I have decided on some practical baby shower gifts.
Of course every new mom that went to the trouble of designing their custom printed shower invites loves to get one ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, invitations on March 11th, 2011 | No Comments »
Its been quite a wonderful week. One of my friends gave birth yesterday and one found out there’s a new family member on the way. Oh babies babies babies! Every time one of my friends shares their wonderful news I don’t get broody I get out a to do list. Its time to arrange a baby shower. Time to put my organization and bargain finding skills to good use.
Once you decide to throw a ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, invitations on March 10th, 2011 | No Comments »
