#Letterpress birth announcements full

We have an heirloom Baptismal gown he’ll wear for the sacrament itself (scheduled for late September), but I’ll need something for the celebration after. Next up: picking a Baptismal outfit for my little man. I’ll share the final result when they are shipped, but I’m very excited about them.Īs with mini’s birth announcement, I had a simple letterpress card drawn up without a photo embedded in it (I don’t know why, but I find a simple, text-centric card so elegant), but am enclosing beautiful matte prints from Artifact Uprising. Maybe a function of my being a scattered mother to two? It feels alien.īut, I finally ordered a custom set from Sweetly Said Press (one of her beautiful designs shown above) and I have to say that the owner, Vanessa, was a gem to work with.

#Letterpress birth announcements full

I spent days poring over websites looking for inspiration, and when I finally came up with an idea I liked, I then took several weeks selecting a stationer whose work I liked (we had mini’s announcements done by Dinglewood Design and liked them, but wanted to try something new) and then nearly a full week reviewing and going back and forth with the stationer over various drafts, fretting over the color of envelope, font, color of ink, etc. I am usually fairly decisive when it comes to things like invitations and stationery (a full roundup of my favorite affordable stationery sources here), but I simply could not make up my mind on Hill’s birth announcements. My Latest Snag: Letterpress Birth Announcements.