Featured: Little Fisherman Birth Announcements on OSBP

Today, a letterpress birth announcement that I did recently was featured on Oh So Beautiful Paper!

I've been not-so-patiently waiting to share these birth announcements that I did for my friend Carrie and her sweet little baby boy, Parker. Even though they don't have the choice, our husbands are buddies (thank goodness) and share a particular fishing obsession, so I thought that theme was perfect for this future fisherman.

I mixed digital and letterpress printing (by Czar Press) for the first time with these announcements and really loved how they turned out. You can see some more photos and a funny story about the one track mind of my hubby over on OSBP.

Side note: don't you love the photo props?! They are courtesy of my husband's tackle box - who knew they would ever be used this way!

Custom Design: Introducing Cooper

My college roommate is a mommy! My friend Carrie and her husband welcomed little Cooper this summer and I was so excited to design these birth announcements. Let me tell you, he looks JUST like his daddy.

This is another instance where his middle name is what he will be called, so I featured his middle name larger (in a new favorite font that I can't stop using), while listing his full name below. I included his stats in a little patch at the bottom and then carried the pattern to the backer design.

I can't wait to meet this little guy! Congrats to Carrie + JT!

Custom Design: Nursery Inspired Birth Annoucements

Erin Sander, from Erin Sander Design, is an amazingly talented interior designer here in Dallas and not surprisingly designed a stunning nursery for her son, Ryan.

Wow! (I bet there's no question what she does when you walk into her home!) I love the mix of patterns and those blue drawer pulls. She wanted the birth announcements to be inspired by the nursery and I was excited to work with some bold colors and unique patterns.

I designed 2 concepts for her and I didn't want to take the nursery connection too literally. If you've seen the nursery, you'll know that I was inspired by it, but I wanted it to stand alone as a birth announcement that someone would love without having seen it.

Usually, I am partial to a certain design and I cross my fingers and hope they choose my favorite, but in this case, I loved both so much that I didn't know how to choose. Good thing that's not part of my job description. After a little pattern change, we had the final, adorable, product.

Have you ever seen a fuller head of hair? So cute! Let's hope that stays with him his entire life!

Custom Design: Dutch's Birth Announcement

I've been meaning to share these, because well, this little guy is several months old now. Oops! My friend Janet wanted an announcement that featured this cute little guy's unique moniker because it's his middle name, but it's what he'll be going by.

These were inspired by Dutch's nursery. Janet painted a whole wall with a circle pattern, so I thought it was only fitting to carry that pattern on to the backer. Most of the baby boy stationery designs that I do are in blue hues, so it was fun to use some unique colors this time around.

Featured: Paper Crave

Kristen at Paper Crave is featuring these sweet gender announcements on her blog today.

I am so excited to share this cute idea that I did for a former coworker who is due any day now (it took me awhile to get some photos taken obviously!) I love when clients have fun ideas and I get to help execute them. I was honored to be one of the first to know their sweet little secret and anyways, I share a little more about how Courtney pulled it off here!