Purple Stork Photo Birth Announcements

When it was time to create birth announcements for Anderson, we went with Purple Stork. We chose them because they have a fantastic photography tips page which really helped us capture the stunning pictures you see above. Now, I would consider myself perhaps a mild hobbyist when it comes to photography, but their ideas for keeping the background simple and lighting straight forward definitely helped our pictures. I was fortunate to be able to borrow a friends digital SLR camera, but I see no reason you couldn't get good pictures from your trusty point and shoot camera.

When it comes to ordering announcements, the process is very simple. You pick the style that you want (we went with the Emma design), then fill in the appropriate text for the announcement. There are lots of things you can customize about your announcement. You can pick the font, whether you want black & white, sepia, or full color photos, and more. We also had Purple Stork send us envelopes ahead of time, preprinted with our return address on the back (with a matching font, of course). That allowed us to address all of our announcements ahead of time before Anderson arrived because we knew afterwards we probably wouldn't be up to a project like that.

The announcements themselves came out wonderfully. They were printed on photo paper, but Purple Stork offers 100# card stock with both square and round corners for $0.60 more per announcement. We could not have been more pleased, and virtually everybody we sent them to remarked that it was the best announcement they've ever seen. As an added bonus, because we ordered more than 75 announcements, we received a free 8"x10" enlargement of our announcement, as well as two or three wallet sized announcements.

Purple Stork's customer service was very prompt, polite, and professional. They answered all the questions I had and weren't confused when I made some mistakes when sending them the photographs via email. They kept me informed throughout the whole process of creating our announcements, and they shipped them to us very quickly. We had the announcements in the mail to our friends and family within two weeks of Anderson's birth!

Overall, I recommend Purple Stork very highly. We will definitely be using them again in the future, as in addition to birth announcements, they also create holiday cards, moving announcements, birthday cards, and much more. They will work with you to create a photo card for virtually any occasion.

October 24, 2006

Purple Stork Photo Birth Announcements