Words, words, words / 09

It's finally here! This is what I have been waiting to show you for a couple weeks now! I showed you a sneak peek a couple of weeks ago during the last hand-lettering column I posted, but this time it's the real deal. I hope you're as excited as I am. I made these for my sister Karen, who just had her first baby (and the first in the family!), my niece, Cora Mae.  She is the sweetest little baby, and I am so honored that I got to make these baby announcements for her. And I am sooo glad Karen loved them as much as I did. I really did work hard on them, and I truly am proud of the way they turned out. I hope you like them too!

Many, many weeks ago I started sketching up ideas for the design, and it finally settled on this one. There is a first draft that looks exactly like the first picture below, only it was a lot less clean. So, I redrew what I had originally drawn, transferred it to the computer, worked some magic, put it on a chalkboard background, and turned it into a cute little baby announcement. I can't say it enough how happy I am with how it turned out, and I really feel like my hard work shines through. Again, I'm so pleased I got to do this for my sister and my niece, and I look forward to many more projects for my family in the future. I'm hoping I can con my other sister, Marie, who is also pregnant currently (woohoo!) into letting me make her baby announcements too. :)

Okay, seriously. Is she not the most precious thing? I can't get over it. I miss her so much, and I can't wait to hold her again when I get to go home!! Anyway, I hope you like this week's column as much as I do, and that you have a wonderful weekend!

"Words, words, words" is a weekly hand lettering column in which I share some goodies hand-lettered by me for your enjoyment! You can check out previous posts here!

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I acquired the chalkboard background through a free download from Foolish Fire here. I'm so glad I had this background to work with and it really made the chalkboard idea possible! If you're interested, you can download the file yourself on their website and get creative!