Those sending out holiday pregnancy announcements

lilweenie · December 2014

We are planing on telling family on/around Christmas, and then hoping to send out New Years pregnancy announcement cards right after. But I am having a hard time finding these types of cards online. Could anyone suggest a place to order these from? I know I could also design my own, but them where do I get them printed?

BABYH082015 · December 2014

You can design your own and make them the size of a 4x5 photo and have them printed at a kiosk at Walgreens or Walmart.

amc1087 · December 2014

I am planning on sending friends and family a Valentine's Day e-card (via Paperless Post or the like) since we recently moved far away. We're just editing the card to fit our needs. I bet you could do the same.

MrsAB1316 · December 2014

I plan on just making it a part of our Christmas card. We always do a family photo card, so this year we will have our family photo, a photo of DS by himself and then another photo of DS kissing my belly with a tag that says "do not open until July 2015". Because I'm super original like that. Lol.

lilweenie · December 2014

Yea, but in reality anything you send some is going to get thrown out, I always throw away Christmas cards/birth announcements/ ect

MrsAB1316 · December 2014

lilweenie said:
Yea, but in reality anything you send some is going to get thrown out, I always throw away Christmas cards/birth announcements/ ect

Perhaps. I really only send them to my older relatives and family friends who don't have FB or email. They keep everything. Lol. And if they don't, I'm not offended. I spend less than $10 on them and I like sending and receiving Christmas cards. I'm also a big fan of handwritten letters.

csquid361 · December 2014

I've had a lot of things printed on Vistaprint that I was happy with. I'm sure you can design something there.

MisSmartyPants · December 2014

I am not sure but maybe shutterfly.com has something.

lschiesher24 · December 2014

Look on Groupon, I've seen a lot of discounts for cards/announcements. Etsy has a lot of cute homemade types of things if you are having trouble being creative. We're not sending anything formal out but I did get my son a shirt that says this Elf is being promoted to Big Brother July 2015 to wear at Christmas parties. After that just a post to FB after 1st appt.

MigdaliaRose · December 2014

I'd recommend vistaprint if you want to print customized picture cards on nice card stock paper. We did that last year for the holidays but are trying to save some money and are doing handwritten cards this time. I understand that in some cases the cards are just tossed, but many older family members really really like receiving updates in the mail and will keep the cards. We are not planning on making pregnancy related announcements through these cards. Rather, they will just be holiday cards and the receivers of the cards will likely be getting a call instead to learn about the pregnancy.

slweaver0626 · December 2014

lilweenie said:

Yea, but in reality anything you send some is going to get thrown out, I always throw away Christmas cards/birth announcements/ ect

If you send me a cute card with actual pictures on it I keep them. I scan them in, upload them to my external harddrive and I have a special photo album for them.

Apparently I am a dork. LOL!

SepiaMoon · December 2014

Try shutterfly.com
I made my Save the Dates and Xmas cards there. They have good prices- like 50cents a card. Design online then they print them and mail them to you.

sosueme · December 2014

lilweenie said:

Yea, but in reality anything you send some is going to get thrown out, I always throw away Christmas cards/birth announcements/ ect

It might be because I'm super lazy, but I still have the photo Christmas cards I got last year up on my fridge. Not even contemplating removing them yet, even as I start to get new ones. I like having pictures of my friends and family up on my fridge, even if they are a year old

Bodoni · December 2014

I usually design my own and use a local printer, but shutterfly and it's affiliates (tiny prints etc.) are great.

We won't be doing announcements as I'm pretty sure that the whole family is going to notice somethings up when I'm not drinking at our usual christmas gatherings... What can I say, I'm predictable.... and I like wine.

daniellelea1985 · December 2014

Etsy is really great, tons of different vendors and such a variety.

It's really easy to print yourself, you can either print as a photo (at WalMart, Walgreens etc)

or you can print on a thick cardstock for TinyPrints quality (Staples, Office Max)

PM me and I can give you more tips on printing yourself, what paper to use etc.

Ashelee13 · December 2014

We were going to do card announcements. But we decided on getting m&ms done and we are just going to package then ourselves and send them out. They will say due July 2015 and we're expecting and some will have a pacifier on them. Something people can be excited about and then eat them! Lol

CANTW82BMOM · December 2014

I think it's a great idea. I've used vistaprint for creative cards in the past and they don't break the bank. I wanted to do this myself but DH thinks it's too early to announce to the world. I'll be 10 weeks for Christmas.

jekasi · December 2014

I've received pregnancy announcements over the years and all of them are still on my back fridge. We don't normally do Christmas cards but I like the combo announcement idea so I went for it. We have a lot of family friends and relatives that aren't on Facebook and we really don't see anymore, they are older and I know they will enjoy a card from us. I actually ordered mine from vista print earlier today, Groupon has a great deal on them. I'm not sending them out until Christmas week, a little late but I will be almost 12 weeks then.

mrsgeiser · December 2014

I love this idea! My family and friends are spread out across the states, so it's a nice way to let people know more personally before the news inevitably ends up in fb! I received a sex reveal/announcement from a friend from high school and thought it was classy and cute

I'll make ours on Tinyprints, same place I do Christmas cards!

scribbler12 · December 2014

I highly recommend uprinting.com

DH and I used them for wedding invites, and we got 500 custom double sided invites with envelopes for under $110. The price and the quality were incredible, and they always do free proofs.

Good luck!

mrssoontoberoberts · December 2014

Minted.com and look under babies, also shutterfly has some too!

phillippaj · December 2014

Vistaprint Is great and cheap. We're doing the same but just to relatives and good friends. At least that way we know our announcement will be on a fridge for a bit before it hits the recycling!!

lmsquires · December 2014

Isn't it too early? I'm telling my parents this weekend and then the other grandparents sometime this month, but I'm afraid to send out announcements to everyone. I like the Valentine's idea.

tabbiekat13 · December 2014

I just got some Christmas card announcements for close friends through vistaprint. They came out awesome.

Teriinna · December 2014

Tinyprints.com
Minted.com
Costco.com

I'm going to be sending a little ballon with a note inside of it and a pin that will be used to pop it :]

a_reimers10 · December 2014

Have you looked into Redstamp? They have the option of sending your cards online and printed as well! Really reasonable prices and then you've covered all ages of family you'd like to share the good news with

MrsAB1316 · December 2014

lmsquires said:
Isn't it too early? I'm telling my parents this weekend and then the other grandparents sometime this month, but I'm afraid to send out announcements to everyone. I like the Valentine's idea.

For some, maybe. But I'll be 12 weeks middle of Dec. I have a 7/1 EDD. If you're toward the end of the month, it can probably seem crazy that we are already talking about announcements. Lol

katyertl · December 2014

We did Christmas cards from Walgreens. They have an awesome code for 30% off which we got yesterday. We had 40 flat glossy cards made with envelopes for $25. Can't beat that!

thiscoffeechick · December 2014

Have their been any threads yet on what's in the actual photo for the announcement? We will probably just put a cute photo up on Facebook but I'd love some ideas on the actual photo. I'm thinking of starting a thread on this if there isn't one already.
Like I think this idea is cute:

bethfoley87 · December 2014

I used shutterfly to make New Years announcement cards. I based it more around New Years and then just signed it from all of us including baby (arriving July 2015) hope this helps!!!

crector421 · December 2014

@thiscoffeechick‌ we're going to announce with a picture on fb. Bf/ex bf (whatever he is), DS, and I are going to all wear our Seahawks jerseys and we'll be holding a baby Seahawks onesie

LadyAnnibal · December 2014

I'm thinking of giving my parents one of these for Christmas (or two is there are twins) and then getting each of my siblings aunt and uncle shirts.

tada112 · December 2014

We are sending out a holiday card/baby announcement right around Xmas. We ordered ours off of shutterfly. They turned out great & came super fast! Definitely recommend it.

KatD2011 · December 2014

slweaver0626 said:

lilweenie said:

Yea, but in reality anything you send some is going to get thrown out, I always throw away Christmas cards/birth announcements/ ect

If you send me a cute card with actual pictures on it I keep them. I scan them in, upload them to my external harddrive and I have a special photo album for them.

Apparently I am a dork. LOL!

I keep all of the special cards I get, photo cards, announcements, wedding/shower invites. I have all te cards from special people in my life back to my first birthday.

I'm a dork too

jendiff · December 2014

LadyAnnibal said:

I'm thinking of giving my parents one of these for Christmas (or two is there are twins) and then getting each of my siblings aunt and uncle shirts.

Maybe its the hormones, but I just cried reading this- how adorable!!

ashes8902 · December 2014

Shutterfly prints them... I made mine

jjbmstinco · December 2014

I like 123print.com

They have free shipping and evenlopes.

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