Bumpercards Stationery Blog

• Most stationery companies either offer or upon request will send you your envelopes early so you can address them. This is helpful so all you need to do is stuff the envelopes once your announcements arrive.

• Even if you don’t pre-address your envelopes it is helpful to get you list in order. If you are going to print labels yourself or print on the envelopes, I recommend using word or exel file to organize.

• It is wise to order 10-20 extra announcements. There are always people you forget and you will feel terrible about if you don’t send them one. And you don’t want to give up your baby book copy!

• Pre-order/decide upon a style for your announcement. If you don’t know the sex pick 2 styles*; one boy and one girl style. Have the company show you a proof for both. If you do this you will know exactly what you are getting and not have to worry about last minute decisions. Once the baby (babies) are born all you need to add is the name, date, weight and height and send a photo if your announcement uses one or more. When pre-ordering all the important decisions are made before the lack of sleep and panic kicks in.

*There may be a small set-up fee from the company to design 2 proofs if the designs are completely different, but in the end it’s worth it to avoid rushing and stressing. After all this is your baby's introduction to the world!