Matthew's Birth Announcement

When my youngest son was born this year, I had a few ideas in my head on how I wanted his birth announcement to look. When my husband saw the direction I was going with the design, he got a little upset saying, "his announcement is supposed to be the sequel!!"

He was referring to the birth announcement we created for our older son Tommy. You can see it here. My husband fully expected me to rework the Top Gun movie poster for our youngest son. 

I happily compromised and we mailed out a two-sided announcement. The design I created just for Matthew on one side and the Top Gun "sequel" on the other side. 

Middle newborn image by Earthside Birth Photography.

Top and bottom images by Cari Hollis.

Here's the movie poster that was printed on the opposite side. Top Son 2, the sequel!

Newborn image by Cari Hollis.

I really love how they turned out... especially considering I didn't get them finished and mailed until my son was six months old! Better late than never!

Ethan's Birth Announcement

Ethan's mommy, Jessica is a good friend of mine and I was honored when she asked me to create a birth announcement for her family. 

Snuggly babies!!

Welcome to the world Ethan!

Lilian & Ruth's Birth Announcement

There's so much I love about this super simple birth announcement. Beautiful babies, simple design and I love that both of these baby girls are dressed in blue. 

Welcome to the world little ones!

Liam's Birth Announcement

My close friends Joanna and Matt welcomed their first baby late last year and I was thrilled to create a birth announcement for them. And yep, they're San Jose Sharks fans. 

Their last name has been changed to protect privacy.

Newborn images by Jennifer Pope Photography

Welcome to the world Liam!

Audrey's Birth Announcement

When Audrey was born, her mommy and daddy had JUST moved into their new house. They closed escrow on her due date! It was also a great time for them to combine both announcements with their holiday card. So that's what we did!

We included a Christmas greeting and the family's new address (no, that's not their actual address!). 

Welcome to the world Audrey!

Tiffany & William's Baby Shower

I had the pleasure of working with Tiffany a year ago on her and William's beautiful wedding invitations. And I was thrilled to be asked to create a baby shower invitation for them too.

Logan's Birth Announcement

Logan's mommy Mahsa is a good friend of mine. Her oldest son, Max is just two days younger than my oldest son. So I was thrilled to get to create a birth announcement for her after Logan was born. 

Photography by Cari Hollis.

JoAnna's Baby Shower

I worked with JoAnna on her wedding invitations many years ago and I was honored when she asked me to create baby shower invitations too!

I adore these mom and baby elephants!!

This small insert accompanied each invitation.

I created wraparound address labels and JoAnna adhered them to coordinating envelopes.

I created a "Wishes for Baby" card and each guest filled one out. 

Lastly, we created a simple favor tag that JoAnna printed as stickers for treat bags. 

I love how everything turned out!! I loved it all so much that I created gender neutral version that's currently for sale in my Etsy shop. Check it out!