Surviving the First-Time-Mom Invitation Season: Minted

A lot of my friends are finally getting married and having kids. I knew I started the trend – of babies that is. I look back and remember just how many cards I was sending out when I was pregnant – baby shower cards, birth announcements, Baptism save-the-dates and even the first holiday card AND first birthday announcements. Did I mention writing out all those thank you cards? So I decided to put together a little list to help these first-time-moms get ready for all those paper cards they’ll be ordering soon. 

Who helped me through? Minted.

Minted has the prettiest cards by far that are fitting for any type of mom – fancy mom, partier turned mom, urban mom, farmer mom – you name it. 

Planning the Baby Shower

Pregnant moms don’t really have time (well, if it’s their first, maybe they have a little time!) to be worrying about all these little details – so I figured I would be a good friend and help them out a little by picking my favorite designs. Minted offers tons of options for all walks of life, but I thought this one was cute for my urban moms:

And this one for my ladies who are giving up the party life and moving into motherhood. Hey – we’ve all been there! I threw a kegger as a baby shower, so I know you all like to party.

Thank You Notes

Don’t think you can get away without some thank you notes. Yes, you better get started writing them now, and you can order in advance so you won’t have to worry about wobbling out to pick some up with that big belly. One of my favorites is this thank you note that is fitting for the yinzers in my life. You can customize it, so these are great thank you’s for any reason – so you’ll be able to use any extras you have left over!

Birth Announcements

And then comes along baby! You are saying now that you won’t but trust me, you will! Once that little bundle pops you’ll want to show them off to the world. We even made magnets so now little baby Maximo still clings to our friends and families refrigerators. I picked this theme from Minted as my favorite, because like me, I know you’re going to have a hard time picking just ONE photo – so just go ahead and use three.

Birthday Parties

Don’t think you also won’t be already planning for those first birthday invitations. Or second. Or third. Since Maximo is obsessed with trains, I am already planning for his big-3 to be all about the choo choos, and thought this invitation was pretty cute, yet still manly, you know, for a boy. So if you get this one in the mail in a few months – don’t be surprised!

 

Cause Life Happens

Just because we’re getting ready to make the big M-O-V-E into Manhattan, I felt it might be a good time to commemorate the occasion. We’ll be throwing a goodbye Queens party. I thought these invitations were adorable to send out because (1) I own a couple companies and I’m going to have to update everyone on my new address and location, and (2) everyone is always wondering what your address is anyways – so this way they’ll be able to save it to update for birthday and christmas cards when they’re going to ask me anyways! Plus, living in NYC as a single mom is an EFFIN ACCOMPLISHMENT. I’ll probably frame one of these on my walls as well. 

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Want to get a head start on those invitations ladies? Minted has teamed up with me to give away a $50 gift certificate. All you preggos (and brides) I’m looking at you! Enter below!

 

$50 Minted Gift Card