Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Baby Announcements!

I have this crazy idea stuck in my head that once the baby gets here, I am not going to have time to do anything for awhile. I made a long to-do list to try to accomplish before his arrival.

Fifth on the list is gathering all my friends and family's current contact information. I want to make sure we have all the numbers stored in Erik's cell so he can make the phone calls when Harper arrives. And I want to have everyone's address for the baby announcements.

I have found it REALLY difficult to keep up with everyone's address information. I swear my friends and family move on a regular basis. Erik and I just moved in June and I am thinking about ordering those cute little "we moved" cards to send out. Because I am having a heck of a time figuring out which friends live where. So I figure if everyone sent out these cards, life would be easier.

But anyways, back to the baby announcements... I looked up several websites that carry announcements but I think I am going to stick to what I know which is Shutterfly. We used Shutterfly for our Christmas cards last year and they were BEAUTIFUL!!

Here are my favorite picks from the Shutterfly website:






Which one do you like the best? I think they are all pretty darn cute! 

One of my favorite things about Shutterfly is the fact that you can set-up an account and it allows you to save all of your addresses online. Then you can pay a little extra and they will actually address and stamp the envelopes for you and send them out. We haven't decided if we are going to take that route but it is a nice option to have!! 

Right now you can get free shipping on orders $30 or more. You just have to put in the coupon code "Ship30" at checkout. 

So what do you think? Do you like any of those announcements? Do you have any other websites or stores you recommend? 

Jaime

15 comments:

  1. I LOVE the simple one with the sailboat...then you can have a much bigger picture of Harper!

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  2. Thanks for sharing the Shutterfly coupon code!!! I love the top announcement, and also the one with the elephant. I hope that you are able to get all of your things accomplished before the stork arrives! CONGRATS!!!

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  3. Those announcements are adorable, I love them all! dang, I'm due in January and now you have me really thinking about getting everyone's addresses haha

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  4. So cute! I like the first and last ones the best, but they are all cute!

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  5. I love the second and third announcement! So cute! We ordered ours through Scrapless Press and then there is always Tiny Prints. Have fun!

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  6. I like the first and the last ones! They allow you to use more than one picture and those people whom leaver further away may not be able to coem visit for a while so this gives them a little more to see of the new baby!

    Happy choosing!!

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  7. They are all so adorable ... since I'm a newbie to LillyP, and monogramming ... I'm all about the first and last one!! HHL

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  8. I love the blue one with the little elephant! It's so adorable!

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  9. Oh,they are all so cute. I really like the second one. I do have to say do not order from Tiny Prints, I just order baby shower invites from them and was VERY disappointed in the quality. Best of luck with everything!!

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  10. Do not be surprised if you send your announcements out a few months after Harper is born. I got a birth announcement from a girlfriend about 3 months after her baby was born and thought, "How slack!" Hah! If I only knew then what I know now! I didn't send Bryce's out until 3-4 weeks ago. I used a picture of her when she was 2 months. Her baby pictures were beautiful, but the photos I took when she was 2 months were GORGEOUS! I wanted everyone to see her how she looks now rather than a blob with a head full of hair! :o)

    -Judy

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  11. girl i love them ALL. The elephants are so cute - that may be my fav. I had no idea Shutterfly had cute cards. Gonna have to check it out for Christmas!

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  12. I really like the second and last ones, really nice!

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  13. I like the second one, the one with the sailboat. Isn't his room themed in sailboats?

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  14. They are all cute but I especially love the sailboat one :)

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