I feel like I'm finally catching up on sharing some of the pieces we made to celebrate the arrival of our newest family member (like our family portrait!). For Coco's birth announcement, we worked with one of our favorite photographers, Katherine and Luke Griffin of Max & Friends, to capture a few photos of Coco when we shot our holiday card photos at the end of last year. If you happen to have a baby near the end of the year, I found it super helpful to double up on family photos with newborn photos to save time and money.
I pulled out some of my favorite blankets, swatches of fabric, and pretty little props (like sprigs of flowers and mini party hats) to have on hand as a back-drop for our tiny's photos. I also covered our bed in my favorite duvet by Suku Home which ended up providing the perfect dose of color for Katherine to capture our Coco.
Here were a few of my favorites above…
But for the birth announcement, we ended up choosing a simple one where Coco was looking at the camera as well as one with our two girls together. It just felt like the perfect glimpse into their future together as sisters…
I normally print pieces like this through many online digital card companies (like Minted, Tiny Prints, or Artifact Uprising) but since our photo has very subtle touches of color, I really wanted to do something fun with the ink color of the type. I worked with a local letterpress printer, Kristine from Presshaus LA, to print the graphics I gave her in an ombre neon on the front with an image of the girls on the back. I loved the way the ink colors came out and how every card was a little different as the two colors began to blend together from neon red to neon purple.
It was a nice change to be a little more interactive this time in the process of making another piece to add to our family's memories…
{Newborn and family photos by Katherine and Luke Griffin of Max & Friends. Photos of the printed cards by Casey Brodley and prop styling by Julia Wester for Oh Joy}
so, so sweet.
So cute!
Its a lovely card, I really like seeing the whole process of the design.
xx
Curvybird.blogspot.nl
These are so fabulous and fun! Such great photos and I love the use of the “Frosted” typeface by Great Lakes Lettering! And the ombre colours are perfect!
Also… Where is that adorable polka dot wrap from Joy?
She is darling. Congratulations.
These are gorgeous! I also love the typography.
http://www.thepeculiartrouth.com/
Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
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Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
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Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
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Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
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Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
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Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
♥♥♥
Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
♥♥♥
Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
♥♥♥
Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
♥♥♥
Oh my goodness, what a little angel. Your family is so beautiful, Joy! Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous pictures and the birth announcement 🙂
Circus & Bloom
♥♥♥
That picture of Coco with the party hat on is to die for! So cute!
So so so sweet! I absolutely adore the Winnie the Pooh quote on the card too!
Do you remember where that spotted baby blanket is from, it is so adorable!
Dido!
She is such a beautiful little girl – and I love that sweet picture of her and Ruby together!
x Kathryn
Through the Thicket
Hi Emily,
It’s by Nani Iro. We bought it from this Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178329927/2014-nani-iro-pierre-pocho-niji-tama?ref=shop_home_active_4
Best!
Joy
Hi Becca,
It’s by Nani Iro. We bought it from this Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178329927/2014-nani-iro-pierre-pocho-niji-tama?ref=shop_home_active_4
Best!
Joy
Coco is such a cutie, and her name is beautiful 🙂
Could you share which fonts you used on the card?? 😀 I need them for my collection!
HI Hannah!
It’s Frosted (handwritten style font) and Misson Gothic (sans serif font).
Best!
Joy
so so cute!! love the colors 🙂
OMG she’s soooo cute!
So cute! I love that you included Ruby! Btw your sleep tips are really helping me! Thank you again! Xoxo
Thank you!
So glad to hear!
Joy
Oh so precious! I love the colours, Joy! And how pretty is that duvet *swoon* Your girls are just adorable! Oh and also… I am so excited for your new book! Despite knowing that the content will be great, I honestly really love it because of the cover! I cannot wait to display it on my coffee table – it will undoubtedly be the prettiest book in the house :-)xo Joi
too cute.
Thank you!
The announcements are stunning. I love the process you chose for the printing. Also, I am a huge sucker for a cute baby in a party hat!
Hi Joyyy im in love with these cards. Im trying to print my wedding announcements and Im having trouble finding the right paper and they right thicknes for the digital print. What paper did you use for this?
So cute birth announcement images. Perfect blog regarding ideas about birth announcement.I really loved them.