tiny*prints: invitations for a very special day
by HeatherI’m not the very crafty rookie mom. I’m the wannabe. I love it when Whitney and I can set aside time and have the goods to make an adorable thing. Last time we tried to do that — it was even my idea — I still came away with a half-finished pair of pants because I never bought elastic.
That said, Alec and I made our own wedding invitations because we’re super cheap (or is it because invitations are crazy expensive?) We invested in special adhesive, a paper cutter, and all the paper bits. The invitations looked pretty good and we had fun making them. Of course, we didn’t have a kid then so we could leave our precious little piles of half-finished paper all over the apartment and not worry about that mammoth paper cutter falling into the wrong hands.
We made Holden’s birth announcements too by piecing together a template in Word and finding a template at an office supply store. They looked not nearly as nice, but we finished the project before he turned one with the time and materials we could deal with.
I tell you these things because I would love it if I were creative and patient enough to design (and make) such beautiful invitations and birth announcements as you can get in a few minutes on TinyPrints.com. It’s really all I can handle to come up with the addresses and stamp the envelopes before price of postage changes again. I wish I were kidding.
First birthday: evite. Second birthday: no party. We had some making up to do and went with tiny*prints for the Big 0-3.
The selection of birthday party invitations is fantastic. I almost ordered the screaming boy (without photo) before remembering my original goal was to create a unique photo-personalized birthday invitation. Oops!
The process to create and order my invitations and matching thank you cards was quite simple. The hard part was choosing the photo and picking which design matched Holden’s outfit the best. Maybe I’ll also use tiny*prints for my upcoming 40th birthday or some other super special occasion, but I don’t think I would shell out the money for the average kid’s birthday party (almost $100 for 25 invites and too-cute-to-pass-up matching Thank You cards).
I highly recommend tiny*prints for Baby Announcements — adorable designs, easy to create and personalize (during the span of one nap), and printed on sturdy card stock. The finished product really makes you look put together. And thin and well-rested. 
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I was given the chance to order and review tiny*prints birthday invitations by the Parent Bloggers Network. Thanks guys! Find out what other parents think of the t*p product line from birth announcements to moving and communion.
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