Adoption Announcements When traditional baby announcements don't quite capture the joy of their new arrivals, many adoptive moms and dads get creative! AF staffers and readers share their adoption announcements—some hand-made, some customized, all filled with love! See our reader reviews of six customizable announcements!
"The card was designed by a talented friend of ours, Catherine Minor, who had been housesitting for us when we went on our trip. She left the drawing with a "welcome home" note—and we liked it so much that we asked her to turn it into an announcement!"—Dan and Saara Crane, Connecticut
"My husband and I already had nine biological children when we adopted four kids from foster care. I created a card that looked like a donut box, included pictures and information about each of our children, and proudly announced that we now had a baker’s dozen."—Debbie Kartchner, Utah
Adoptive Families managing editor Eve Gilman's announcement:
"We found some rubber stamps with the Chinese symbols for sun, moon, sky, and star. We decorated the front of the announcement with the symbols, and wrote, 'A new star has appeared in our sky.' The inside had her photo and information. I used the stamps to decorate the envelopes, too.—Laura Hinkley, Indiana
"We used purplestork.com, and couldn't be happier. Everyone loved our announcements, and they are framed in many family and friends' houses."—Christine Ayala, Maryland
From AF readers Mike and Kara Peek:
"I found a quote that I loved: 'In our hearts, she was already ours; we simply had to bring her home.' I printed the quote along with our daughter’s birthdate, birth city and country, and the date we brought her home on blank cards, with the outline of Guatemala behind the text. I was so excited to finally have a girl that I printed all of the words in pink!—Cindy Swatek, Missouri
AF contributing editor Laura Broadwell's announcement:
"The inside of my handmade announcements read as follows: “With a joyful heart, I announce the final adoption of my beautiful daughter, Nivianna Faith. Faith began this journey and love will sustain.” I included her birthdate, the date we began the adoption process, and the date she joined our family.—Sharon, Florida
From AF readers Heather and Nathan Kanofsky:
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I'm an adoptive mom of a beautiful little boy from South Korea. After Nate came home, in order to stay home with him and try to pay off our adoption loan, I began my business The First Glimpse www.thefirstglimpse.com . If you go to my site, you'll see many more adorable customized announcements that I've created for the adoption community! :) I love the fact that our children came to us in such a special way and enjoy helping other families celebrate their children, while sharing their joy with family and friends!
Posted by: Alicia Wennstrom at 11:26am Feb 13
Are there any examples that would be suitable for the adoption of an adolescent from the foster care system?
Posted by: Amy Rae at 9:06pm Feb 13
Help! Does anybody know of a place I can find adoption announcements for siblings and older children? My husband and I are adopting a sibling group of four (9 years old, 6 years old, 4 years old, and 2 years old) and all we can find are either "baby" announcements, or 2 sibling announcements. Thanks! Sharon
Posted by: sharon at 11:17am Feb 18
We are also intrested in adoption announcements for three siblings. They all arived on diffrent days and have two diffrent finalization days.
Posted by: Kathryn at 7:37pm Mar 7
Amy, Sharon and Kathryn, If you'd like to contact me at photos@thefirstglimpse.com , I'd be happy to share some ideas with you! I love customizing my announcement designs to fit my customers' needs and I'm sure I can put something together that will be perfect for your families. Alicia Wennstrom owner, The First Glimpse www.thefirstglimpse.com
Posted by: Alicia Wennstrom at 10:23am Mar 26
Our cartoon "My Family" announcement can be customized for any family configuration such as siblings or older kids, etc. and I can help you with wording for multiple child adoptions if you need help. Laurie O'Neill, owner, www.mandysmoon.com
Posted by: Laurie ONeill at 6:06pm Mar 26
I read about adoption announcements you can order, but you can create your own for less money and they will be personalized to your situation. You can find stationery with appropriate borders at photocopy places like Kinko's. When we adopted our daughter from China, I found good sample announcements in a book called "The New Jewish Baby Book," and created an announcement that announced both our daughter's birth date and adoption date and that she was named after her paternal great-grandmother and maternal great-aunt. With digital cameras, you can easily upload photos and create your own that way too. Less expensive and, I think, more personal.
Posted by: Joan at 7:24am Mar 31
My 5 yr old son is being adopted by my husband, his stepfather. Does anyone know where I can find appropriate announcements?
Posted by: isabel at 7:29am Apr 13
We do customized announcements and invitations. We are also apart of Celebrating Adoption..Please contact us a if you would like more information. www.creativecandids.net
Posted by: Brandy Fletcher at 2:05pm Apr 16
We're adopting three. found a wealth of resources including wording for siblings groups at www.adoptive-parenting.com
Posted by: Julie B at 8:55pm Apr 28
Hello! I just opened an adoption announcement etsy shop. they are all customizable! i can change the wording to accommodate all kinds of families. check it out: www.hellolove.etsy.com
Posted by: Melissa at 7:53pm Jun 17
hello sharon its christina. you can find adoption announcements at hallmarks,fredmeyer,or you can go to www.announcementspics.com i got mine their good luck congratulations
Posted by: christina at 6:33pm Jun 22
One of the easiest and cheapest ways to make your own is in the photo section of Walmart. Just bring in your photos on a disk, insert in their machine, and select a template. You can then type in whatever you want it to say.
Posted by: Sally at 5:50pm Jul 17
Our beautiful daughter is adopted from Guatemala. I design custom announcements and invitations. I can make a collage, add a poem, and make a unique and modern announcement that will celebrate your beautiful children. Visit www.littleladybugdesigns.com to see some of my sample designs. I can adjust the colors, fonts, wording, and photo layout or create a brand new design at no additional cost.
Posted by: Kim at 8:40pm Aug 6
We adopted via foster care, and I couldn't find anything ready-made that worked. I found www.2peas1pod.com online and couldn't have been happier! It's a husband and wife team, and Stephanie was so great to work with -- everything is customizable, and she'll continue to e-mail and send proofs back and forth until it's just right. I plan to use them again once we finalize the adoption of our youngest daughter within the next month or so.
Posted by: Melodie at 7:54am Sep 3
I created my own announcements after bringing our daughter home from Vietnam in June. I decided to start selling them and recently created a store on Etsy. They are "print your own" style which means I do the designing (custom orders welcome) and then email a high resolution photo (jpeg) file to you to have them uploaded and printed wherever you choose on whatever you choose (cardstock/photopaper/notecards/etc). If you'd like to see some of my current samples, please visit Ella Bella Designs at: www.ejstoll.etsy.com Cheers!
Posted by: Jenna at 8:44am Jan 8
There are some digital scrapbooking style adoption announcements at www.digital-scrapbook-kits.com
Posted by: Jennifer at 1:36pm Jan 8
I recently noticed that www.AdoptionCardShop.com now offers Adoption Announcements, in addition to their many other cards for adoption occasions. The Announcements have really nice graphics that would be suitable to send out for the adoption of children of different ages, or even sibling adoptions. There are blank lines inside the card to write in details about your child, and it’s even possible to request your information be pre-printed. Take a look at their selection; it’s really worth checking out!
Posted by: Anne K at 6:29am Mar 31
I recently noticed that www.AdoptionCardShop.com now offers Adoption Announcements, in addition to their many other cards for adoption occasions. The Announcements have really nice graphics that would be suitable to send out for the adoption of children of different ages, or even sibling adoptions. There are blank lines inside the card to write in details about your child, and it’s even possible to request your information be pre-printed. Take a look at their selection; it’s really worth checking out!
Posted by: Anne K at 6:29am Mar 31
We also used www.2peas1pod.com and I can't recommend Stephanie enough! The process was easy, the announcement was beautiful. I still have people asking 2+ years later where I got our daughter's announcement.
Posted by: Laura at 7:43am Apr 7
I used www.storkavenue.com. Thye ahd nice wordings for adopoption announcements but I chose a design from their general collection and they helped me customize it. Great services and inexpensive too!
Posted by: Julia at 10:57am May 19
I'm an adoptive mom of a little girl from Ethiopia and a graphic designer by trade. I designed announcements,t-shirts and gifts to welcome her back to our family and have been adding to them and posting them at: http://www.zazzle.com/adopttees* The are fully customizable so you can add the appropriate language for your situation. Its been a blast!
Posted by: Liz at 11:38am May 19
There is a great reasource at http://www.heartsongcards.com There they have adoption announcements for all different types of adoptive families including multi child, single parent, older child, most anything you can think of. They also have customized cards. This company has been created specifically for adoption cards. Great designs and service.
Posted by: Lonnie at 1:56pm May 23
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