pagesMaking Baby Announcements is Fun
A friend of mine recently had her second baby shower and was telling me while she was getting her birth announcements ready to go about the first birth announcements she sent out. The main thing that she said was she did not want to do it alone again. This time around, she planned to get the family involved in making it a joyful event. This meant she was going to get her husband and her eldest involved in the process. She figured because it was a special event for the family that they should be involved in the process of notifying the rest of the family.
She told me that the baby announcements this time were going to be a collage of ideas. She was going to combine them with the thank you notes for the baby shower gifts that she had just received. She figured this way she would be able to let friends and family know how much she appreciated the gifts as well as informing them of the birth.
She was also considering one other idea that she was not sure would be appropriate. Her eldest child’s 1st birthday was also approaching and she was considering combining the 1st birthday invitations with the announcements. I, myself, thought this would be a little strange and suggested that she include in the envelope the announcements with the invitations for the birthday party. She agreed with me on this point and just added an additional item to the envelope.
The birth announcements were the most unique I had ever seen. She gave her young son a crayon and let him decorate the announcements. She then put these through her computer printer and printed the announcements and invitations herself. Her husband, who is a designer, designed and printed the envelopes. She ended up with something that every friend and family member could treasure as a keepsake. I cannot wait to see what she comes up for with for sweet sixteen invitations for either of her children.