When creating announcements, you first need to decide on a look for your cards. You can choose from a wide variety of themes, such as cards cut out to look like yellow dump trucks, a baseball glove, complete with a hardball nestled inside, a card filled with images of colorful dinosaurs, or an announcement with a racetrack around the outside edges and different colored race cars dotting the track.
Where can you look for inspiration for your baby boy birth announcement? First of all, remember that your announcements should reflect your family's personality.
- First, look in your baby's nursery. What theme or themes are prominent in your baby's room? Have you decorated with fluffy puppies or beautiful yachts sailing across the open sea? Are the walls splashed with pictures of colorful cars and big trucks? Are there smiling green frogs hopping across the walls and bedding?
- Skim through favorite nursery rhymes and storybooks. Perhaps you will remember a favorite fictional character that can be displayed on your cards.
- Look through family photographs. Maybe you can include a picture from your own childhood. Of course, a beautiful picture of your new baby may be the perfect accent to your announcement. Black and white photos are especially stunning. Consider capturing your little one's tiny feet or hands for a dramatic picture.
- Search the internet for appropriate clipart images to add to your design.
- Ask family and friends for ideas. Maybe you could even send out announcements similar to those sent when you were born.
To create your own birth announcements using your computer, search the internet for baby announcement websites. Most sites have an impressive list of themes to choose from. Consider a train filled with smiling animals, an announcement designed to look like the cover of popular sports magazines with your baby as the star player, or a simple but dramatic black and white photo of your little boy. Once you have chosen your theme, you simply fill in your baby's pertinent information, such as the baby's name, date of birth, length and weight at birth, and the names of the parents. You can also add things such as siblings' names or names of grandparents, or possibly even a favorite verse or saying. Then, you simply print the announcements using your printer! By creating your announcements this way, you are guaranteed high quality and personal announcements without the time commitment of making the cards by hand, or the higher costs of working with a printing company.
Your sweet baby boy will bring smiles and laughter to your life and the lives of all who receive his personal birth announcement. Sending unique announcements is the perfect way to introduce your newest addition to the wonderful world he is about to enter.