Sunrise Creations Blog

When your baby first arrives everyone wants to see it and if they are too far away to come and visit, the next best thing would have to be to see photos of your newborn.

 

Our photo birth announcements are an affordable, easy and stylish way to share photos of your baby with family, friends and well wishers.

 

 

We have a wide range of style and colour choices from classic vintage swirly patterns to contemporary bold tones.

 

Choose your own preferred options from our wide range of size and design choices in our online gallery and follow the simple prompts in our design templates to create an individual photo birth announcement card for your baby.

 

If you can’t see your favourite colour, or you are unsure of the type of card that would suit you best, please contact us as we are more than happy to advise you and help you to make the best choices for you.

We can also offer you advice on the best way to take a high quality photo of your baby for inclusion on the card.

 

 

We have fast turn-around service options available so your family and friends won’t have long to wait before receiving their photo keepsake of your beautiful baby.

 

Photo birth announcements can also be styled as thank you cards, providing a photo memento of your baby as a newborn and a unique thank you for those who give gifts to you and your baby.

 

Browse through our gallery today and see the diverse variety of designs we have to suit your needs.

 

Sometimes in this busy life of ours, we are tempted to take shortcuts, aren't we?  Email has taken over from snail mail in many cases but that only makes it extra special when we get a personal note in our letterboxes.  Imagine how much more special that note would be if it was personalised with a photo.

Our personalised Baby Thank You Cards are perfect for saying thanks in an intimate and very special way. 

Thank you cards make it simple to acknowledge the love, support and gifts you receive on the birth of your baby.  

Style your baby thank you cards to reflect your own personal taste or carry on the theme and colouring of the christening or baby shower.

This one is stunning in the purity of black and white and has been designed around the gorgeous photo.  It is clean and lovely in its simpliciity.

This thank you card is very different.  It features more photos of your baby and you will notice that the colours have been chosen to match those in the baby's bonnet in the main photo.

Both designs are stunning and will be kept with all those other special mementos for a lifetime.

Do something special when you are thanking your friends and family.  After all, they went to a lot of effort to select a gift for you and your child.  Give them a thank you worth doing with a personalised photo baby thank you card.

We just received this photo from a Sunrise Creations customer, showing how the baby canvas prints are presented in their home. The first canvas print was done a few years ago. When Father's Day arrived this year, it was the perfect gift for Dad - another baby canvas print with complimentary artwork. The design of these baby canvas prints allow for a third child to be added.

Our expert today is Seona from Seona Mercer Photography. Seona captures the natural beauty of babies and kid, just look at some of her photos! I love the use of props; especially the little beanies, they really add to the photos - making your babies precious eyes really stand out.

1. Tell me a little about yourself.
   I'm a mother of 3, two boys & a girl, wife to my childhood sweetheart of 16 years and I have lived in the Sutherland Shire all my life. We have chosen to stay & raise our kids here. I'm an animal lover - we have a bunch of second hand animals, a dog from the pound, a cat from a box on the side of the road & 2 carpet pythons (Those 2 are mine !) Photography has been a passion of mine since I was a kid, my first camera being a 110 film Pink Barbie number with a silver glitter hand strap & I still have it stashed away for safe keeping.
   
   
    
   
2. What do you love about photographing families or babies?
   
   
   

   Babies bring out the softness in their dads, I've seen big tough blokes coo & make gaga noises while holding their newborn, I love that ! I love to photograph toddlers, they are high energy & fun, they giggle and give the most enjoyable expressions - they make me giggle too.

   I love seeing the happy tears come from parents & grandparents when they see their images, Photos are eye candy, they fill your body with a sense of pride & emotion, they give you that warm fuzzy feeling inside, they put you in the moment, and without photos, what memories do you have? And most of all I love the odd cuddle I steal while mum's packing baby's bag up to leave after the photo shoot!
   
   

   
   
   
3. What is the number one tip you would give a family preparing for their photoshoot?
   
   A well rested & fed baby or child, as well as clothing that won’t clash, avoid large slogans & patterns, layered outfits & denim jeans work well. Babies are best photographed in their birthday suit !
   
   
   
   

4. What is your favourite Sunday morning breakfast?
   
   Bacon & eggs on English muffins, with Orange juice, we don't eat this often, as we are usually up & out of the house, with a bit of toast in hand- but when we do I really enjoy the long lazy breakfast, reading the paper - oh and the junk mail - l.o.v.e junk mail !
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
5. Describe your perfect day
   
   A day spent with my husband & kids, I love picnics, so we like to pack up the 4WD & head over the sand hills to our favourite beach for the day, I love summer & all the fun it brings, like chasing sun flare with my camera...
   
   
   
   
   

Tanya from Tindale Images has generously shared some of her trade secrets on how to take timeless photos of your baby's hands and feet. Babies hands and feet are stunning photographs to have - the size difference makes them more precious.

In this article Tanya talks through the 4 poses below.


So have a cuppa, put on some nice music and have some fun taking these timeless photographs of your baby!

Read Tanya's tips on taking photos of your baby's hands and feet, and let us know how you go.

Photo credit: Tindale Images