Cheap Birth Announcements: Walgreens, Shutterfly and More

After the birth of a child, many parents want to shout from the rooftops with joy. There are easier ways to announce the birth of your little one. Although designer announcements are cute, they are too pricey for most new parents. With so many resources for affordable announcements available today, it would be foolish to spend $2 or more for each card. There are many ways to create adorable, personal and cheap birth announcements.

Many parents are skipping card like announcements altogether in favor of wallet size pictures of their darling newborn with their birth facts printed across the bottom. Although hospital photographers will offer this service to new parents at an outrageous fee, it is easy enough to do on your home computer. If you have a digital camera you can take a picture of your new baby yourself. Try to use natural light and appealing pastel colors to get a quality photo. If you have photo editing software, you can easily adjust your photo and then add text across the bottom. There is no need to buy software as many photo printing sites such as Walgreens has photo editing software for free. You simply go to their website and upload your picture. You can use the editing tools to adjust the quality of your picture and add in your text. The benefit of using a site like Walgreens is that you can have the pictures printed at any of their stores in the US.

Photo labs such as Walgreens and Shutterfly also offer photo greeting cards. For as little as $.50 per card, you can create custom 4X8 or 5X7 photo cards to announce your baby's birth. You simply go to their website, choose a card and then upload your photo. The process is simple and very quick. You can choose to pick up your cards in as little as an hour with store websites, or you can choose to have them mailed to you.

If you would prefer to have a more professional looking card without the professional price, my choice is usually VistaPrint. If you use a search engine to find the site, you can usually find a good deal on cards. Signing up for their newsletter will almost always guarantee you free for shipping products. The process of making these cheap birth announcements is very similar to the previous methods. You navigate their site to find a template you like. If you choose an announcement with a photo, you will have to pay a small one time upload fee when you order your cards. Then you fill out your baby's information such as length and weight. The process is very easy and quick. Your cards will be mailed to you. Close to major holidays your shipment may take a little longer, but I have generally found that I receive my products before the end of the time frame.

With options like these, if seems silly to spend extra money for a less personalized product. You will spend the same amount of time creating one of these cheap birth announcements as you will for the more expensive ones, and still receive a quality announcement.