So today I had a routine checkup at the doctor. I'm at 11 weeks now, and have been waiting patiently to post the good news to FB until we were further along. I am one of those who spent long hours on Pinterest and Google searching for different ways to announce a new baby. As this is our first, I had a completely blank slate! I had a few ideas, but luckily some were weeded out as FB friends began posting their pregnancy news using my ideas the past few weeks... go figure! I was sold on the ideas of a pair of shoes. But not just any shoes. The Hubby and I have a love for river shoes (Keen & Chacos) so we had to go with sandals for sure. Sadly, I'm too cheap to buy a baby pair of Keen or Chacos so I went with a cheapy brown pair I found at Walmart. I got the smallest size they had, which will still be too big for the little turd. However, I imagine they will eventually be put to use, and they were worth the $5. =) So in anticipation, I had my Mom take a photo of our feet with a little pair of shoes and then had some fun with Photoshop. I decided that the FB announcement would be best done as a cover photo, that way anyone who visits my page will immediately see the good news along with the due date.
I really loved this first attempt. However, after thinking about it for a couple minutes, I quickly realized the majority of the left column would be covered with my pictures. So I had to do some minor readjustments until I was able to produce my final version.
This allowed the entire announcement to be seen, not only for the original post but also while acting as my FB cover. I really love how this turned out. The next thing I will do, is update my profile picture to be something sweeter. I have a few ideas that I have pinned on Pinterest, but haven't decided for sure yet. I imagine I will keep this as my cover for the majority of my pregnancy, unless I come up with something else that I really love.
I was able to get the bear graphic from
ScrappyNat. Many thanks!! The fonts I used were retrieved and downloaded from
Google Fonts. I highly recommend Google Fonts if you haven't tried it before. It is an amazing resource of free fonts that can also be used on webpages. I hope this gives a few people some ideas for their own FB pregnancy announcement! More fun diy baby things are sure to come.
