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 »
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 »
Personally I think when you receive a birth announcement in the mail it means organize a time to stop by and meet the new baby. A gift is always appropriate. New babies needs lot of things and you can be sure sleepy parents will turn nothing down. But today I had a great idea for a new parent gift I wanted to share with you. Consider this my copyright: Pregnancy calenders.
Okay so you know ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, new parent life on June 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
Well I bought a few yards of fabric to make a baby quilt for my friend who is due in August. I then went online and bought a handmade already complete baby quilt just in case I don’t manage to get my sewing act together in time. I love baby quilts and I love buying gifts for new parents. A quilt is an heirloom piece that you can customize as much as you want. Combining birth printing and ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, new parent life on June 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
I was so happy to find a few brand new baby clothes during my yard sale time yesterday. Baby items can be quite expensive and being able to pick up brand new outfits for just a few dollars always means more money to spend on baby shower gifts and push presents. These days I don’t even wait for the baby shower invite or birth announcement to arrive in the mail. I start looking for bargains and deals as ..read more
Filed under: baby shower, birth announcements, new parent life on June 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
Now mommies let’s not be like our darling partners who scraped up an idea, card and gift for Mother’s Day at the last minute. Its a few weeks before Father’s Day and this is the time to start ordering custom gifts. You know I am a major fan of custom printing. Its so cheap and lets you get creative and personalize in a professional way. Let’s take the birth announcement concept to the next level and make some ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, new parent life on June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments »
I have flowers and gardens on the brain today. Making a veggie garden with my neighbors has got me in the mood for flower related birth announcements. How wonderful would it be to present friends and family with a living bloom to commemorate your baby’s birth? Its not hard to do and the results will be very much appreciated.
Begin by picking up some of those four inch clay pots at the craft store. You ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, new parent life on May 15th, 2011 | No Comments »
I’m online this morning looking for cute pictures of my darling baby boy for a photo card book and it got me thinking. Why can’t we make birth announcements in the form of photo books and give them to close friends and family?
Creating a photo book is pretty easy not to mention a deluxe birth announcement for baby’s new grandparents, aunts and uncles. I like the twelve picture albums because its just enough you ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, new parent life on May 15th, 2011 | No Comments »
Well ladies Mothers Day is here and its time to forget about designing birth or pregnancy announcements and enjoy your day off. Some partners still don’t understand why mom gets a whole day set aside for her. They just don’t realize how much work mommies do and that work starts in the first trimester.
What Mommies Do:
Create and grow human beings inside their once youthful flawless bodies.
Work 16 hour ..read more
Filed under: birth announcements, new parent life on May 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
Some folks have their baby’s name in mind as soon as they found out they are pregnant. Others start designing their baby’s birth announcement and realize its time to get serious about the name thing. No custom printing for baby can really begin until the parents have chosen a name which isn’t as easy as you might think.
Family names are common choices for the new baby. The issue here is usually one parent wanting ..read more
Filed under: new parent life on May 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
