Simple, clean black and white letterpress birth announcements? Swoon. And that name? Totally besides the point, but Jackson Dixon is so southern and absolutely precious (as is his cute little face!). I saw these announcements on Oh So Beautiful Paper by Lauren Chism and love them. The black-and-white makes them very classic – almost newspaper-esque (like these). What do you think? Too simple? Or simply perfect?
Featured: Oh So Beautiful Paper
Design: Lauren Chism
Printing: Czar Press
I was in Washington, DC this weekend with my Mum for a calligraphy workshop (post to come this week – see sample at the bottom of this post!), and as soon as I touched down in Houston, Sasha and I made plans to meet one of our best friend’s little baby girl, Ellery Grey. She was born on February 19 – the day after my birthday! Ellery is so cute, and I cannot wait for her and Isla to be best friends. Yesterday was my 100-days-left marker, so I’m in the double digits now. I hope the next 99 days fly by.
Isn’t Ellery adorable? I plan on taking a million pictures of her, just like I have with little Pierson.
I love this one – sleeping peacefully in her daddy’s arms!
This is what Matt and Sasha’s future looks like – and also a glimpse at their gorgeously decorated Restoration Hardware house
I landed from the airport and went straight to meet Ellery – stopping briefly to practice my new calligraphy skills for her gift label! We got her the monogrammed stroller blanket from Baby and Child – it’s so soft!
I need to practice more calligraphy, but loving it so far.
Isla’s room is making progress, but there is still a ton of work to be done! I feel like this is a never-ending project, but I only have 15 more weeks left. We’ve bought or ordered most of the furniture, but are still waiting on the glider and ottoman, curtains, two lamps (here and here), baby mobile, and a ton of prints/frames for our bare walls. I need to pick a wall color (or wall paper!), create a gallery wall, and fill these massive bookshelves with books and baby stuff. The baby registry is almost complete though, thanks to help from Annie Dean’s list and other new mom friends of mine. I have to remind myself not to keep buying things or there won’t be anything left for my upcoming showers!
I’m sharing a few pictures of the nursery (in progress!). The ENTIRE room was once covered with pictures of the items taped to the floors and walls – as more and more items come in, more and more paper comes down! I cannot wait until June 4.
Two very bare bookshelves!
The crib (before the mattress arrived)
With the new mattress (poor lighting though!)
I cannot wait until the curtains arrive! Pictures of the lamps, curtains and wall paper are taped everywhere.
Where the gallery wall(s) and glider will be!
Update: The Baby & Child Manor Court Chandelier Floor Lamp is here!
Some of our items so far:
IKEA Hemnes Dresser (with Anthropologie Mercury Glass Melon Knob)
Pottery Barn Henley Rug (Ivory)
Land of Nod Simmon’s BeautySleep Mattress
Serena and Lily Mocha Trellis Crib Sheets, Bumper and Skirt
Anthropologie Constance Curtain Rod (not pictured)
Anthropologie Glass Melon Finials
Pottery Barn Cameron Tie Curtains (not pictured – arriving soon!)
Lulu and Georgia Audrey Lamp in White (not pictured – arriving soon!)
West Elm Graham Glider and Ottoman (not pictured – arriving in 8 weeks!)
We finally decided on both the first and middle name for our little baby girl! I was born in Scotland, and Sasha’s parents are both from Serbia, so we narrowed our searches down to baby names from both those cultures. We had about six names (three Scottish, three Serbian), then tested them out for awhile and decided upon ‘Isla’ – pronounced eye-la. It’s a Scottish name, so we chose Milijana (pronounced Milly-ana) for a middle name, which is Sasha’s only surviving grandma’s first name. Not an easy name – Isla Milijana Petrovic – but neither of our names were, and we liked it! I am a sucker for a good personalized print, so I ordered this one and this one from Minted (along with this sassy print). I could have ordered 1000 more prints. I love Minted so much.
Mirror from BHLDN and gold star from Anthropologie (no longer for sale!)
I am constantly scouring in the internet for creative baby announcements, and I absolutely love this modern card, designed by Kate Stoltz. I really like the incorporation of baby Gemma’s footprint and the wrap-around ribbon tying the trifold together. And how sweet is that sleepy picture? Have you seen any other cute announcements? I’d love to see!
