…and staying until they’re 18.

It is tough to find a new idea in the world of baby announcements so whenever I come across a fresh take on the tradition I get a little excited. Consider the Birth-Tees by Culpepper General. The completely customizable lap tees feature nicely designed text with Junior’s arrival stats. Take a snapshot of your newborn in one of these tees and send it out to everyone on your email list or have them printed and tucked them in a simple card (see below). It saves you the trouble of writing the particulars 50 times on fill-in-the-blank announcements and at $24. a tee it’s a wonderful find.

Sending announcements by snail mail? Tuck the photo of your Culpeper clad kiddo in one of the simple and elegant offerings at Cake + Milk Paperie. They offer flat cards customized with the baby’s name and then machine stitched around the edges (running stitch or rick rack) in a large selection of thread colors. Or select a set of customized folded note cards with a hat band of grosgrain or picot ribbon wrapped around the front flap. Whatever your selection they arrived with envelopes printed with your return address on the back. This is a really lovely site with beautiful photography - so spend a few moments browsing!

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