How to create baby announcements when you’re adjusting to life with a newborn

There’s no bigger adjustment in life than during the weeks following the arrival of a new baby. Physically recovering from birth, learning to care for a baby, functioning on little sleep and dealing with visitors all take their toll. The last thing on your mind during this time is sending out baby announcement cards, and …

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Why We Celebrate Birthdays (and why there’s cake, candles and singing!)

Birthdays are one of those things we celebrate every year without thinking much about it. Most of us have been celebrating our birthday since childhood, even if the celebrations are small. Like everything, though, this tradition has to have started somewhere. Who started it and why? How did a party complete with birthday invitations, a …

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Writing wedding card messages that don’t sound cheesy

When someone you know gets engaged, you know it’s time to start thinking up some messages for invitations for wedding and birthday invitations that are genuine, witty and don’t sound like they came from a bad tv commercial. There are so many things to write to the bride and groom at different stages of the process, …

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Tony Evans Photography: Rich & Clara

Tony Evans is a Melbourne-based photographer with a photo-journalistic, documentary style. He has worked in wedding, sport, landscape and commercial photography. Instagram @tony_evans_photo Email tony@tonyevansphoto.com.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tony.evans.7564   Clara met Rich in 2008, when she was moving into a share house with some of his old college mates. He was there the day she moved in, and …

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Thank you card Wording: how to show your gratitude without sounding insincere

Everybody loves to receive a thank you note and have their effort appreciated. Unfortunately, writing wedding thank you cards can seem like a chore – something you ‘have’ to do. It is an overwhelming task, trying to make hundreds of notes sound heartfelt and grateful! However, with a little bit of planning and the right …

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