Week 15: Personalized Baby Poster for Nursery

My husband and I chose to not to share the name we had chosen for our son until he was born. But to
tease the masses, we did share the initials with them and told them they had to guess. I collected all of the name suggestions from when we found out we were having a boy until we revealed the name. Some of the names were real suggestions and some were funny, but we kept them all!

I listed them vertically on a page, next to a photo of our newborn, his name and stats. I chose the bright green color because it matched in with the bright color of the Angry Bird nursery. I had it printed using a Groupon for Vistaprint and received an 11x17 glossy print. What I didn't anticipate was the limited frames available with a mat and opening for 11x17. I decided to find a deal on a larger frame (about $20) and had a custom mat made for about $16 with a 60% coupon at Joann's.

All-in-all, I'm really happy with how everything turned out. Love to hear your comments or if you've done something similar. 

Week Five: Final Project

With my baby shower approaching, I wanted to make some thank you cards that went with the theme of the nursery: Angry Birds. I happened to have a Groupon to Vistaprint, a website with a lot of cheap personalized items including note cards. Since there isn't a lot of baby Angry Birds items out there (as compared to other nursery themes), I decided to make my own thank you cards. With Vistaprint, since items are cheap, make sure you upgrade your envelopes, and get more of whatever item you order, since items tend to shift a lot during shipping.