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A stressed dad looking at baby shower invitations on a laptop.

Surviving the Logistics of Boy Baby Shower Invites

It was 11 PM on a Tuesday. I had a Google Sheet open with column headers for "Paper Weight (GSM)" and "Postage Cost Variance." My wife, Sarah, who was seven months pregnant at the time, walked into the kitchen holding...

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A muted sage green baby shower invitation next to a wooden toy

Winnie the Pooh Baby Shower Invitations & The Great Gifting Trap

I’m standing in the loft, waist-deep in cardboard boxes smelling faintly of damp and nostalgia, holding the very piece of card that started it all. It’s a muted sage green square featuring a rather tubby pencil-sketched bear and a honey...

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A stressed dad looking at a laptop screen filled with baby shower invite designs

The absolute chaos of deploying a modern baby shower invite

I'm staring at a Google Sheet with 64 rows of mailing addresses, and my brain is completely buffering. My wife, Sarah, is sitting next to me on the couch, asking if we should upgrade to the 120-pound matte cardstock or...

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A tired pregnant woman looking at a stack of blank baby shower envelopes

The 2 AM Envelope Meltdown and Other Baby Shower Realities

It was exactly 11:43 PM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on my living room rug wearing my husband’s stained college sweatpants, aggressively stress-eating cold leftover macaroni and cheese out of a Tupperware container. Spread out around me were...

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