Anyone Find Cool Birth Announcements?

I ordered birth announcements for Laszlo from www.storkavenue.com and I was
really happy with them, but I want something different this time around.
I'm actually considering making them myself (in these wee hours consumed by
insomnia!) but in case that fails, I was wondering if any of you had found
any unique birth announcements online.

Thanks!

- Jen, momma to almost 2 year old Laszlo and expecting Lily Parker 3-13

I don't really have any clue on buying birth announcements. But I do own a
graphic design company, if you want some help you can email me at
leannestacherski (at) bigpond (dot) com

I ordered birth announcements for Laszlo from www.storkavenue.com and I
was
really happy with them, but I want something different this time around.
I'm actually considering making them myself (in these wee hours consumed
by
insomnia!) but in case that fails, I was wondering if any of you had found
any unique birth announcements online.

Thanks!

- Jen, momma to almost 2 year old Laszlo and expecting Lily Parker 3-13

New York Jen wrote:

I ordered birth announcements for Laszlo from www.storkavenue.com and I was
really happy with them, but I want something different this time around.
I'm actually considering making them myself (in these wee hours consumed by
insomnia!) but in case that fails, I was wondering if any of you had found
any unique birth announcements online.

Thanks!

- Jen, momma to almost 2 year old Laszlo and expecting Lily Parker 3-13



I have been very impressed with what people have done with that
computer paper, the half-sheet with pastel footprints around
the edge. I've received quite a few in the past few years
with baby photos, baby's footprint, family photo, hand-
painted additions, calligraphy, etc. Yes, it's standard
paper, but it can be treated very creatively.

gloria p

Sounds very cute and incorporates some of the things I was considering too!
Thanks!

"Richard" wrote in message
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New York Jen wrote:
: I ordered birth announcements for Laszlo from www.storkavenue.com and I
was
: really happy with them, but I want something different this time around.
: I'm actually considering making them myself (in these wee hours consumed
by
: insomnia!) but in case that fails, I was wondering if any of you had
found
: any unique birth announcements online.

Jen, one neat one that I saw was self-made. It was a five-part fold out
with monochrome images: (1) "+" from a home pregnancy test, (2) u/s image
of baby (recognizable features), (3) (very big) belly shot, (4) the
newborn,
with name/date/weight and footprints below, and (5) the new family, all
radiant, of course.

It looked like it was made in something like Photoshop, then brought to a
professional photo finisher for production. Very simple, very
to-the-point.

Richard
Micaela's dad

First off, hello all.
This is my first post here (so be gentle). :-)


New York Jen wrote:
: ...happy with them, but I want something different this time around.


We were the last of our friends to have a baby, so we had seen just
about every possible announcement out there. You know how it is -
those are nice, but my son is SPECIAL! :-)

We finally found these two-sided cards that we could print his picture
(and birth info) on the front. On the back we had a picture of the
three of us in the hospital. Then we put a verse about how special he
is (of course!). At the bottom we had his footprints. To do that, I
took about a half-dozen sheets of plain white paper to the hospital.
As they did his birth certificate, I just had them stamp his feet a
few more times (on my paper).

I liked the fact that we could put more than one picture on the
announcement. Wow, this is getting to be a long post. Can you tell
I'm a talker?!? :-)

The announcement also included a blue pen that said "It's A Boy!" on
the side. We mailed a few with the announcements, but I handed most
of them out (instead of cigars or candy bars, or...).

First, the bad news:
These weren't designed to be birth announcements. We found them
because my wife and I own a promotional products company (you know -
putting company info on pens, coffee mugs, calendars, etc.). They
were desinged as business advertising. We just changed what was
printed, and they turned out great.

Now, the good news:
WARNING - SHAMELESS PLUG:

We got such a positive response from friends that we decided to design
some others and start another business selling these. You can see
what I'm talking about at www.BallpointBabies.com

Whew, I feel better now. Okay. You don't have to buy these, but I'm
so proud of what we did I just HAD to share it. Since we started
this, I've checked out just about every birth announcement out there.
If you want me to post what I thought some of the other cute one's
were, let me know.

:-)

P.S. Congratulations!