Unique Tri-fold Announcement from Apple Blossom Prints

Apple Blossom Prints recently debuted a new tri-fold photo birth announcement. It's a 5x15" announcement that features 6 5x5" panels. Each of the panels can be customized with pictures, birth facts, quotes and more. Each of their designs are completely customizable. The announcements are tri-fold, so they all fold down into a 5x5" square.

Each announcement is printed on heavy-weight cardstock in your choice of glossy, matte, or pearl finishes and include your choice of 5x5" envelopes (which require extra postage) or 5x7" envelopes for mailing.

With all the great photo birth announcements you can get out there, these tri-folding announcements definitely seem like a unique twist. If you're in the market, be sure to check them out!

Karen Cole Paper

Can't get a good picture of your newborn? Or maybe you're looking for a unique birth announcement. Well, if that's the case, be sure to check out these awesome hand-drawn announcements, invitations, and notecards at Karen Cole Paper. These one-of-a-kind cards are the creationg of artist Karen Bullard. Each illustration is hand-drawn and professionally printed onto heavy-weight bright-white card stock. And when you order you can customize the fonts and other information on the announcement. So, next time your looking for an announcement or invitation, keep Karen Cole Paper in mind.

Magnetic Messenger Announcements

Want to send a keepsake with your birth announcement? Well, with an announcement from Magnetic Messenger, the announcement is the keepsake. Each announcement is printed on 3.75"x5.75" cardstock and is backed with a magnet. It's perfect for sticking on the refrigerator, where people will actually see it! Magnetic Messenger also offers a variety of announcements for baby showers, save the date wedding announcements, birthday party invitations, and christening invitations. Magnetic Messengers may not have the variety of other companies, but they make up for that with a selection of unique announcements like the newest flavor announcement pictured above.

Thanks to Tricia S, from Tampa, FL for sending this in!

Announcements Galore

Looking for a great birth announcement? Or maybe you haven't found that perfect holiday card yet? Well, check out the designs over at Announcements Galore. They have loads of different designs, including announcements for multiples and adoptions. The announcements are all 4x6 photographs printed on Fuji Color Professional photo paper, and each order includes free white, square-flap envelopes. Best of all if you use the coupon code SUPER10 you'll get 10% off any order. And this coupon can be combined with any other offer, including the currently running special on holiday cards (coupon code HOLIDAY).

Belly Bean Designs

We're suckers for well made photographic announcements here at Super Cool baby. The folks Belly Bean Designs have some great designs and print on matte photo paper, metallic finish photo paper, press printed cardstock, and photos mounted on linen or metallic cardstock. Belly Bean Designs have dozens and dozens of different designs. Each announcement can be further customized to you liking. And since these things can take some time, you should start thinking about your holiday cards. So visit their Holiday Card Gallery and you'll find dozens of cards that you'd love to send out this holiday season!

Baby Garden in a Bag

Do you want to celebrate a friend's birth in a unique way? Consider the It's a Boy! and It's a Girl! Gardens-in-a-Bag at Wishing Fish. They are easy to grow, so there's not a lot of hard work for the new mom and dad, and they get pretty flowers in their house. Or if you have a ton of money, you could send them out as announcements to everyone you know. But at $8 each, that could get expensive!

Personalized Calling Cards at Doodlebug Prints

Laura has written about personal calling cards before. But if those designs weren't to your liking, check out the personal calling cards at Doodlebug Prints. These calling cards have a glossy finish, and they're customizable. You can even change the colors however you like for free. Put your childs doctor and allergies on there, and drop one off whenever you go out for a play-date. A single set of 250 cards is $80.

Also available at Doodlebug Prints are
baby announcements, Christening announcements, and more.

Sassy Baby Announcements

There are lots of great places to get baby announcements these days. And from what I've seen, there aren't too many better than the ones at Sassy Baby. There are dozens of great designs to choose from: boy, girl, and multiples of every variety. The announcements are printed on simple photo paper or 100 lb. linen card-stock. You can even get matching thank you notes and return address labels to complete the ensemble. Like many of the high quality birth announcement providers, the designers at Sassy Baby will work with you throughout the process to deliver the highest quality possible. If you're in the market for holiday cards or birth announcements, be sure to check out Sassy Baby!

Review: Mommy Cards at Fruition Designs

As I mentioned, I recently bought some Mommy cards. After doing some research, I eventually decided to buy my cards from Fruition Designs. They have a bunch of great Mommy card designs, so it was a hard decision choosing which one I liked the best. After considering both the Maureen Day and the Beverly Mason designs, I eventually chose the latter. However, since I only have a boy, I really wanted to not have pink in my cards. I emailed the company asking if a color change was possible, and they were more than accommodating. Soon a proof was sent over for me to see. I was told that if I didn't like the blue shown I could choose another color blue, but I really liked what I saw and placed my order. I would show you all, but then you'd know my home address, and that's just creepy!

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Review: Tucker Paisley Card Holders

Tucker Paisley, whom I wrote about in April, sent me a cardholder to try out. I was quite excited as I really wanted to buy Mommy cards now that we just bought a house in a new place. This got me into gear to buy some Mommy cards so that I could use the card holder. The one I received is cream with a red design. It is lined in red satin and is quite stylish. I love using it!

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Review: Greetingflix.com

Greetingflix is another great way to share your photos with your friends and relatives. This time, instead of passing around individual pictures, you assemble your photos into great little movies which you can share. Greetingflix provided Super Cool Baby with a free pro-version of their service with which to conduct our review.

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Mommy Card Holders from Tucker Paisley

I just discovered Tucker Paisley, and I have fallen in love with this company. I wrote about them on Shirt Snob last week because they have awesome purses (check out the Sue-Sue, their diaper bag), but what I have to share with you are their Card Holders. Since we're buying a home in a new town, I want to buy some mommy cards to hand out as I meet other moms. And I really want one of these card holders for the cards. They are so stylish and I love the color combinations. You can also use it as a mini wallet too.

Review: Mango Ink

Mango Ink is another company in the business of high quality photo cards and announcements. They recently contacted us, and sent us a few samples of their products. We received a "Limited Photo Card", a "Personalized Thank You Note", and a "Personalized Photo Card".

Limited Photo Cards

Limited photo cards are available for a number of different events. Mango Ink carries cards for birthday invitations, baby events (like birth announcements), wedding events and holidays. All designs are availalbe as photos on a stiff cardstock backing, and the birthday invitations and baby events are also available as envelopments where the card stock backing extends to fold around the photo card in the middle.

The limited photo card we received is a birth announcement. It is a two-tone pink design, with a black and white photo in the center. It is mounted on a Coal cardstock backing, which is black with subtle sparkle flecks. The photo itself can be endlessly customized by you and the designers at Mango Ink, but the backing is available only in a dozen or so different colors. These photos are probably hand mounted, so there is a chance that your photo will be slightly off kilter like the one we received. Now, I'm kind of a perfectionist when it comes to things like this, so most of you might not even notice. Overall, the quality of these cards are fantastic. I would love to send these to all of my friends and family at every opportunity I get.

The Limited photo cards are $3.00 each, and must be ordered in groups of 8 ($24.00). The price includes all text, photos, modifications etc, and each card comes with a colored envelope. If you want to spend a little more, for $3.50 each, you can receive each card as an envelopment. Each envelopment comes with a clear envelope.

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Chocolate Cigars from L.A. Burdick

If you're expecting, or know somebody who is, you might want to consider these baby favors from our favorite chocolatier, L.A. Burdick. L.A. Burdick makes all of their chocolates by hand, and we can say from experience that they are fantastic. The Chocolate Cigars are a great way to announce the birth of your child, or to say Congratulations to new parents. L.A. Burdick also offers custom imprinting on the ribbons of all of their baby favors. However, there is a minimum order of 25, and L.A. Burdick requires at least two weeks notice. So, be sure to plan ahead!