Baby shower: Hello, Cloie!

My big cousin is carrying the first baby of the new Aczon generation! The little girl, named for our grandmother Clotilde, is expected to join our family in June or July of this year. We call her Cloie for short (pronounced like Chloe).

I printed these postcards for her baby shower a few weeks ago. We set up a table with markers and stamps, and invited guests to write some words of widsom, love, or welcome to our baby girl.

a small testament to the butterfly tattoo on Cloie's mommy

Courtesy of Paper Plus Outlet on San Pablo, Berkeley

I paired a bold wood type with the feminine and highly symbolic butterfly (hand carved for another occasion by VSM), in a pink and green that matched the original Evite sent out to family and friends. I rounded the corners and found some cute vintage postmark rubber stamps to embellish the writing side of the postcard, just for fun.

Hello, Cloie!

His name is Asher

Was at the El Cerrito farmer's market with my dad today, and we saw the cutest, fattest little baby touring the market in his father's arms. I let out a squeal and almost ran over, just HAD to touch his soft little feet! "What's his name! You're so sweet-- how old is he!," I cooed. My dad laughed, asked the other dad if it was his first time. He affirmed. My dad then asked him how it felt.

"It's everything,"

the younger dad replied. 

"Hard, amazing; it's everything at once."