Flora June Blair’s Birth Announcement

Oh. I’m so excited! I get to share June’s Birth Announcement with you today. It was illustrated by the tremendously talented Apryl Stott and continues the birth announcement series we started with baby Ralph. I love that it shows June in a mountain-y Colorado backdrop. And the fox and bunny? We’ve actually seen them both in our backyard here. What do you think? Adorable, right?

Apryl sent the finished artwork in a mat, ready to be framed. I can’t wait to frame it and add it to our collection in the nursery. We adore having all the original artwork in our home! Apryl also included a disk with a high-resolution scan so we can easily print these announcements at a smaller size and mail them to friends and family.

June is clearly delighted with how it turned out:

If you’re curious what the process is like working with an illustrator, here’s a brief description. 1) I contacted Apryl and asked her to illustrate the birth announcement. We discussed a few ideas, but really, I knew Apryl would come up with something wonderful. 2) Apryl sent back a sketch in black and white:

3) I loved it! I showed the sketch to the kids and we decided to switch out the stuffed animals for a fox and rabbit. We sent our feedback to Apryl and she sent us an updated sketch. 4) We gave the updated sketch two thumbs up, at which point, Apryl made the final drawing and mailed it to us. Yay!

Apryl is the best kind of person to work with. If you’re interested in something like this for your birth announcements, I can’t recommend her enough.

74 thoughts on “Flora June Blair’s Birth Announcement”

  1. she is getting cuter each time you show her photo. what a sweetie she looks! and that announcement is the business – I like how the the other kids are running around in the background. perfect!

  2. Love them all Gabby, but this might be my favorite one.

    June is just the cutest. I got to meet her at the conference you guys — even more angelic in person — and of course impeccably dressed. ;-)

  3. So sweet! I can’t believe how fast she has grown. I bet she really wants to play with her big brothers and sisters! Great announcement. I really love Apryl’s style and I love all ‘special loves’ incorporated.

  4. So darling! So great that you have original artwork for all your announcements. I bet that is a fun collection on display. I also think it’s such a blast to commission a designer for something (and a rare opportunity). I have done it with letterpress announcements for my new babies and have it planned for the upcoming third. I love that creative process (which I’ve also experienced in my work life having spent years in advertising). Great idea to share how it works with your readers!

  5. Adorable. We always try to incorporate the other kids in all of our new baby welcomes too – not everybody does. This one seems to reflect you guys perfectly (from what I know here, that is :-).

  6. Am I premenstrual or what? The drawings of your five older children running in the meadow to greet her brings tears to my eyes. So beautiful!

  7. you should feel so proud for starting and sticking with this same idea for all 6 kiddos. what a great thing to have! they are super cute. and so is that june blair.

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