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Our baby shower invitations feature beautiful handpicked combinations from our printable cards and stationery that work perfectly as a boy or girl baby announcement or a suprise baby shower invitation. We also have themed designer birth announcements that are fitting for casual or formal baby showers.
Did You Know?... Although the traditional host for a baby shower is a friend not related to the family, it is perfectly acceptable today for a mother or sister of the expecting mom to host the shower. |
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Baby Announcement Idea - Sunny Yellow Pochette With Photos
Our Office Manager, Linda Geisin, created this pochette design specifically for a customer who wanted to include a photo CD so that her guests could print her baby photos on their own. She also wanted to include actual photos for those less technically savvy. Linda suggested printing the photos on our 6 1/4 square radiant white invitation cards.
The inclusion of photos printed on cards and a photo CD made the ensemble quite bulky, so Linda suggested wrapping it all in our crocum yellow pochette, which has a sunny and translucent finish. She embellished and secured it with our black chiffon ribbon. Her customer loved the look of the black ribbon with the yellow pochette. It reminded her of a Black-Eyed Susan. Read the whole article here.
Baby Shower Invitation Wording
As host, one of your many duties is preparing the invitations. To make them very special, why not craft the wording yourself; this lets you create a truly personal message that is customizable. To help get you started, take a look at the following examples. Use them as is or use them as inspiration to compose your own, unique verse.
Love, joy, and wonderful dreams all the sweet things a new baby brings ...
Please join us for a shower honoring
Cars & trucks or ribbons & bows What are they having? Nobody knows!
Read the whole article here.
Find the Perfect Baby Name
Selecting a name for your baby is an enormous undertaking. Some parents-to-be become so overwhelmed that they don’t know where to start. Although there’s no official method for finding the perfect name for your baby, there are several steps that can help lead you to a name perfectly suited for your child. Read the whole article here.
Tips for the New Mom-to-be
Don’t worry if you feel vulnerable and overwhelmed; you’re not alone. Many a new mom has tread before you, experiencing what you soon will be. And from their experience were garnered the following bits of advice, to help make your transition from expectant mom to mom a smooth one. Read the whole article here.
Why does the ink smudge?
- Some common printing processes are inkjet, laser printing, offset, and letterpress. Some card stocks and papers perform better when inkjet printed while others do better with laser technology. On each of our product pages we do indicate our recommendations. The more conventional print methods such as offset or thermograpy should not have smudging issues.
- Different Inks and toners are made differently from manufacturer to manufacturer therefore some may require more drying time than others. We do suggest using the ink brands recommended by your printer manufacturer.
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Should I have my invitations hand canceled?
After you spend time creating your own invitations, you want to ensure they arrive at your guests homes looking as great as they did leaving yours. So how do you guarantee your invitations will arrive in great condition? Next to hand delivery, your best bet for protecting your invitations against the potential rigors of mailing - marking, bending, and tearing - is to request that your invitations are hand canceled.
What does "hand cancel" mean?Cancellation refers to the markings that the postal service puts on stamped mail to prevent the stamps from being re-used; in current times, this marking is typically created by automated high speed machinery, and most often is a large, red, rectangular stamp. While these machines are quick and convenient, mail that goes through them run the risk of being bent, marked up, and even torn - risks you do not want to take with formal invitations.
Hand canceling, as the names implies, means that each invitation will be post marked by hand, not machinery, thus eliminating the aforementioned risk factors - and the aforementioned unattractive red stamp.
How do I get my invitations hand canceled?After completing your invitations, bring your finished ensemble into your local post office and simply request that they are hand canceled. Most (not all) post offices will have no problem with this, as it is common practice with formal mail. Depending on your local branch, be prepared to be asked to stamp your own invitations, or told that they can be hand canceled on another day.
Additional tips for safe invitation arrivalAlways check with your local post office about the cost of postage prior to mailing. Keep in mind that square invitation envelopes will cost more to send, and mail that weighs over one ounce will also have a surcharge. So check fist and eliminate the Return to Sender stamped across your invitation envelopes.
Consider sending a test invitation to yourself and/or a friend or relative who lives far away. Simply bring a finished ensemble to the post office, determine the appropriate postage, request that it is hand canceled, and see how it arrives. Of course if it arrives safely and free or markings, bends, or tears, you can feel more confident in sending the rest out to your guests.
