Make your own baby announcements!
Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
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In the meantime, Let's make our own baby announcements! I'm sure you've seen some darling announcements and thought, That is so cute. I wish I could have an announcement this that! Guess what? YOU CAN.
I made these 4 announcements for Lily using Adobe Photoshop (Although, I'm pretty sure you can do most of this stuff in Photoshop Elements as well.) Below each announcement I have listed everything I used to create it so you can get started on your own announcements.
#1:
#2:
#3:
(NOTE: Want a step-by-step cheat sheet for crisper, colorful and eye catching pictures? Download the Key to Pictures Cheat and stop guessing on your camera’s manual settings.)
In the meantime, Let's make our own baby announcements! I'm sure you've seen some darling announcements and thought, That is so cute. I wish I could have an announcement this that! Guess what? YOU CAN.
I made these 4 announcements for Lily using Adobe Photoshop (Although, I'm pretty sure you can do most of this stuff in Photoshop Elements as well.) Below each announcement I have listed everything I used to create it so you can get started on your own announcements.
Let me know which one is your favorite. I can't decide which one to use!
#1:
This photographer created my inspiration for this one.
- I opened the original picture file and created the announcement right on that.
- The fonts I used were Times New Roman for the "Hi" and Myriad Pro for the rest of it.
Here is my inspiration for this one.
- Again, I opened the original picture and created the announcement from there.
- The handwriting font I used is called Pea Bhea. I downloaded this font and a TON of other cool fonts for free from this site called, Kevin and Amanda.
- The other font used to write, "Lillian Kate Evans" is called, Lullaby. It was a free font I downloaded from dafont.com.
- The arrows were made using a font downloaded from the Kevin and Amanda site. It's called Pea Bestow's Doodles. It is the letter "p".
- The lavender label was made using a vintage label stamp I download from this site called Pugly Pixel. (This is one of my favorite sites! I love her style.)
- The line was made using the line tool in Photoshop.
#3:
I used my own imagination for this one. :)
- Once again, I opened the original picture and created the announcement on that.
- The white block used underneath the writing was made using the rectangle shape in Photoshop. I started with a white rectangle and then decreased the opacity to 37%.
- The font I used for "lillian kate evans" is called Time.
- The other font underneath that is called Josefin Slab. I'm pretty sure this is a font that comes standard with most computers.
#4:
Agian, I used my own creativity for this one. :)
- For the background I googled "old vintage paper" and found this one. Unfortunately I didn't save my source.
- The old Polaroid picture was a free downloaded from this site called, Fuzzimo. They have tons of cool stuff.
- The red label was a free download from this site called, Just Something I Made.
- The font used on the word, "introducing..." is called Pea Stacy Fancy and can be downloaded for free from the Kevin and Amanda site.
- The font underneather the photo is called, Pea Bhea, and can be found on the Kevin and Amanda site as well.
- The typewriter looking font is called Rough_Typewriter and can be downloaded from dafont.com here.
Okay, now go out and make your own! I want to see your creativity so send me a link once you've made it.
Don't forget to let me know which announcement is your favorite!
(NOTE: Want a step-by-step cheat sheet for crisper, colorful and eye catching pictures? Download the Key to Pictures Cheat and stop guessing on your camera’s manual settings.)
30 comments:
My pick is #3 but they are all great. I'm not crazy about the umbilical cord mention but that's just me. I love your work!! :)
my favorites are the first one and third one. but i think i like the third one the best, more colorful! wonderful pictures! and congratulations!
#3 - the umbilical cord skeeves me out, too. :)
Hard choice. They are all so great. My ranking is 3, 1, 2, 4. I love the color in 3.
#3 is my favorite.
I love #1! It is so simple and her picture is really the focus.
#3! I love the bright colors!!
#3 it captures the baby and her girlie-ness the best :)
#1 and 3 are my favorite. #3 is so cheerful and bright, I love it, but I'm also a sucker for newborn black and whites. :)
I wouldn't be able to choose, print out all of them and send one to each!
#1!!! Adorable. I love #2 too.
I love all of them! But my favorite would be #2
I like #3 for both the colors and the mention on her family members... I think that's important in an announcement.
Love them all, but #3 is my favorite. She is just precious!
#3, definately. It needs to be in a frame, too. Just beautiful.
Totally #3!
Those are all AMAZING! I think I like the first and third the best.
Definitely #3.... loved the colors and the picture showed how beautiful she is....
Definitely #3.... loved the colors and the picture showed how beautiful she is....
I like #1, sweet and simple. And I like that photo the best.
I love #1! It is purely elegant. Simple but so beautiful!
I love #2 but it's closely followed by #3 which is such a beautiful photo. I love the concept of #2 though.
Good job and thanks for the inspiration!!!
My favorites are definitely n#1, 2 and 3 but not really into number 4...
But great job!!
I love #2 but it's closely followed by #3 which is such a beautiful photo. I love the concept of #2 though.
Good job and thanks for the inspiration!!!
I know nobody has picked it, but I think #4 is so creative and adorable! Lily's features are beautiful!! You did such a good job with all of them...#2 is so sweet and clever. My first choice would also have to be #3 though-colors are great and I love the detail of being able to see her red hair! So sweet. Thanks for sharing! :)
number 1 is my fave and a close second with number 3
Hi Katie,
I love all four and having a hard time to decide my favourite between #1 and #4.
I like the design of #1 but like the photo in #4 better!
Thanks for all your ideas, tips and tricks you share with us!
Regards from Austria
Catrin
I love the "Hi. I'm Lilly." bit of #1 but all of the announcements are so great, I can see how you are having trouble choosing. Congrats on a beautiful baby!
I love all of them! I actually thought the umbilical cord part was funny.. haha :) but #3 does stand out!
Lily is so adorable, congratulations! :)
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