elephant themed birth announcements in pink and green

the other day, you saw the amazing wedding of serena and eric.  through working with them, i was introduced to eric's sister, jennifer, who was pregnant during serena and eric's engagement.  she and her husband did not know the gender of their baby, so we picked out envelope liners and color palettes for both a boy and a girl so we could be ready to go once the little dear made his or her arrival!

now - here's the wild part.  that little dear turned out to be an adorable girl that they named townley lucille (love love love the name) and she chose to make her debut a few weeks earlier than expected...in fact, a mere eight days before serena and eric's wedding!!  jennifer was a bridesmaid and she made it from nyc to d.c. to be there for her brother's wedding.  WOW.  had that been me, i think i would have either fallen asleep standing up during the ceremony or would have still been rocking that stylish hospital gown (come on, the snaps are so handy).  major props to jennifer!!

ok, back to the birth announcement.  we settled on an elephant theme and tied it in with the liners (utilizing the great lily pullitzer's elephant print) and also a mama, daddy and baby elephant at the top.  too cute!

we printed in two color thermography to match the colors in the liner paper, and added a black and white picture of the little newborn.

i also whipped up some matching notecards for the new parents to use to pen notes from townley...before she can write for herself, natch.

you also saw cute townley's 2010 holiday card here.  it is so fun to see my announcement babies grow up!!

congrats jennifer and frank!
xoxo