This Spring, I welcomed my second son, Nate London. He's an awesome baby, and big as well -- 9.5 lbs at birth! I thought I'd post his birth announcements for you all to see. I created a classy, black and white version to send to most people, and then a fun, cheeky version to send to a few select friends and family. Enjoy!

Round Monogram

Precious Partners

All photos courtesy of Maureen Ford Photography

Hello Little One has teamed up with Tiny Prints to create super-cool, high-personalized designs for their new Greeting Card collection. This service really rocks: You can personalize a greeting card with your own text and photos, and they will stamp and mail it for you. Besides the fact that I love the high quality, low-priced cards (from $1.99 to $3.99 depending on the service you choose), the time that you save by doing it from the comfort of your own home is awesome. I recently did a few -- complete with photos and sentimental text -- for my son's grandmother's and they went wild for them. Next up is Father's Day, and I can't wait to do them for all the dads in my life. Here are some of our favorite designs (remember, most text and photos would be personalized with YOUR own!):

Hello LIttle One is proud to offer our new 2010 line of personalized Valentine's Day Cards. One of the busiest greeting card days of the year, Valentine's Day presents the perfect opportunity to share the love with family and friends! We offer a wide range of design styles: classic, contemporary, vintage, and portrait. You can choose from family photo greeting cards, photo couple cards, and an array of fun and adorable children's Valentine's Day cards.

Thanksgiving is for giving thanks and the day when most of us would like to spend time with family and friends. Dinner is the one of the focal points of the day and why not send a special invitation to those you wish to invite. Hello LIttle One has an invitation to suit your style: traditional, classic with a twist and even some modern humor!

For those who cannot visit with family and friends on Thanksgiving due to distant miles, a great way to keep in touch and say thanks is to send a card. Photo cards provide a special way to say hello, share memories and say "Happy Thanksgiving". Hello Little One offers some great photo cards created just for Thanksgiving. Personalized and picture perfect, these are some of our favorites.

We're proud to announce that our new 209 Holiday Greeting Card Collection is now available! With a wide range of design styles and formats, we hope that you find the perfect fit for your family. We have over 100 new photo holiday greetings, as well as a nice assortment of non-photo holiday cards. Don't forget to check out our cards marked with the new Studio Basics icon -- a new collection of lower-priced options that don't sacrifice design or quality. These cards are slightly smaller in dimensions, but still printed on card stock, never photo paper. A few of our favs are featured below (the final card is a Studio Basics design starting at just $.69 each). Enjoy!

Were you a Brandon or a Dylan fan? I'm showing my age here, and for all of you lucky ladies that are too young to know what I'm talking about, Brandon and Dylan were the main heartthrobs on Aaron Spelling's classic 90's hit, 90210. I was definitely a Brandon admirer and that's why I'm so excited about Hello Little One's most recent celebrity fan: Jason Priestley. The Priestley family ordered Vintage Monogram in Blue for their new baby boy. Congratulations to Jason, Naomi and big sister Ava!

Hello Little One is proud to announce the addition of a new line of stationery called Studio Basics. Currently, our baby shower and birthday party invitation categories include Studio Basics designs, and soon we'll be adding holiday as well. These adorable new cards are priced as low as $.59 each and are printed on sturdy, 100lb cardstock. White envelopes are included in the price. The designs are simple, cute and of course, modern and hip! Check out a few favs:

    Forty years ago today, Commander Neil Armstrong accomplished the first moon landing. With his initial step, Armstrong's infamous phrase "One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind..." resonated throughout the world. Armstrong's much anticipated journey to the moon had launched a major interest into the fascinating world of outer space. Today, little ones are still eager to explore what lies beyond the realm of the earth and its atmosphere.

    What better theme for a children's birthday party? Start with a space themed invitation. Hello LIttle One's "Solar System" birthday party invitation is perfect for such an occasion. Next, think of where you would like to hold your party. Many science museums, children's'  museums and discovery centers offer their sites for birthday parties. Some even hold overnight parties. A few that do are the William Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College, Illinois, The Science Factory-Children's Museum & Planetarium in Eugene, Oregon, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, N.H. Check these out for specifics or search for ones near you. Alternatively, your home could be the perfect place to host the party and lots of fun to decorate. First, play some space music. Star Wars and Star Trek sound tracks would create an outer space atmosphere. Available almost everywhere, glow in the dark stars would transform your ceilings to the night sky.  Planets could be colorful helium balloons or spray painted Styrofoam balls of different sizes hung from the ceiling. A space ship could be made from a large cardboard refrigerator/appliance box. On the flip side, an alien ship could also be made using the same idea.

    In addition, a space party offers many party activites: making individual space ships from small cardboard boxes (cereal, oatmeal, food boxes), paper towel tubes, Styrofoam shapes, aluminum foil and paint, musical chairs using space music, alien masks making, blind folded solar system board (where children pin planets on the wall around the sun) and find the most moon rocks (spray painted rocks hidden). If a night time party is an option, the night sky offers a natural scape to fascinate all party goers. Lying out on a blanket, each child could try to find specific star constellations. And of course, trivia outer space games are always fun.

    Where there is a party, there must be food. The menu could begin with Individual Moon Pizzas, Constellation Dipsters (Chicken Nuggets), Alien Fruit Punch (punch with frozen sherbet balls floating and alien gummy worms), a Moon, Sun or Alien cake, and planet cupcakes (these could be decorated by the guests to resemble a planet). Other snacks  could include Starburst candy, Milky Way and Mars bars. Go for it! Outer Space has no boundaries!
    
 

I recently just went on a trip to Paris for some amazing wine, decadent cheese, and a good dose of artful inspiration. Besides sitting at cafes and people watching, my second favorite thing to do is wonder around and take snapshots of all the cool typography in the city. From boulangeries to carrousels, the fonts and type treatments are always unique and fanciful. It was great inspiration for some new vintage designs that I just posted. Here are a few of my favs:

Earth Day is April 22nd! It's hard to believe, but Earth Day will be celebrating it's 40th Anniversary next year in 2010. I'm in the Boston area, close to Walden Pond, which is considered the birthplace of the conservation movement. It's such a cool place to go swimming, hiking, and explore the mostly undeveloped woods totaling 2680 acres, called "Walden Woods." In honor of Earth day, our favorite Hello Little One design this month is the Merry Maple Boy Birth Announcement. Bamboo branches cradle your baby's photo and text, and bold color choices make for a modern and hip look. I can't wait to install bamboo flooring in my house. It's enviromentally friendly and I love the look.