Photo Birth Announcement

From LoveToKnow Pregnancy

Once your baby has arrived, share your excitement with a custom photo birth announcement! Birth announcements can be either sent to your immediate relatives only or to any friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintances who you wish to inform of your child’s birth. To save time, you may want to prepare your mailing list during the last few weeks of your pregnancy.

Whether you prefer a formal announcement or a more casual and contemporary look, there are a number of options for you to choose from. Feel free to use your announcements to express your creativity!

Making Your Own Photo Birth Announcement

If you’re the crafty type, making your own photo birth announcement is an inexpensive way to introduce your new bundle of joy! Your local craft store should carry a selection of vellum, cardstock, patterned paper, rubber stamps, stickers, and ribbons that can be used to create a unique announcement for your son or daughter.

Many mothers who would like to make their own announcements are worried they won’t know the proper wording. Click here for an explanation of what to include and how.

Since making your own photo birth announcements can be a time-consuming process, you may want to start this project before your baby is born. Create your announcements in an assembly-line fashion and leave a small space for the photo. After your child’s birth, you can simply add the photo and drop them in the mailbox!

Purchasing Photo Birth Announcements

If you’re short on time, there are many companies that will allow you to quickly order a simple photo birth announcement. Many offer a selection of teddy bear, rattle, or block designs that can be personalized with your baby’s birth information. Most designs are available in both boy and girl versions. Envelopes are typically included in the price and discounts are often given for bulk purchases.

If you’d prefer to include more than one picture, you can order a template that will let you create a photo collage of your newborn. You can then take this template to any photo processor. Depending upon your comparison shopping skills, this may be a very cost-effective way to order your child’s announcements.

Something Special

If you’d like to give friends and family a lasting souvenir to commemorate your son or daughter’s birth, consider ordering magnets that feature your baby's photo birth announcement. These clever magnets, just the right size for putting on the refrigerator, are both practical and attractive. They can be sent on their own or used in addition to a more traditional birth announcement.

If you have a serious sweet tooth, you can choose to celebrate your son or daughter’s birth with customized photo birth announcement candy bars. These delicious Hershey’s chocolate bars feature a photo of your newborn, plus his/her name, birth date, weight, and family information. While they can be difficult to send through the mail, they’re great to give to coworkers, neighbors, or close friends.

If you’re the overachieving type, you can even order custom photo stamps to further personalize your birth announcement. These unique stamps are valid U.S. postage that’s guaranteed to make your announcements stand out from the crowd!