A birth announcement is usually a card that goes on a refrigerator and then into a box. A photo slate turns that first photo into something that stays out for years. The hospital picture, the tiny feet, the name and weight and time, all printed on natural stone that sits on the nursery shelf from day one.
Why Slate Instead Of A Card
Paper announcements get tucked away. Digital ones get buried in a camera roll. A stone birth announcement sits on a shelf where you see it every morning when you walk into the nursery and every night when you pick the baby up. Years later when they are grown, it is still there. Same photo. Same name. Same weight. Stone does not fade the way the memory of those early days otherwise does.
What to Put On It
The hospital photo with the hat and blanket. The tiny feet shot. The baby on the scale. The first family photo with mom, dad, or both. Add the full name, birth date, weight, length, and time of birth if you want. Some parents add a short line like “our greatest adventure began” or just let the photo carry the moment. An ultrasound image alongside the birth photo makes a powerful before-and-after if you have both.
Sizes And Display
A 5×5 inch slate fits perfectly on a nursery shelf or changing table. An 8×10 gives you more room for details and a bigger photo. Both come with display stands, so there is nothing to hang or frame. Some parents order two — one for home and one for the grandparents who will not stop asking for photos.
For Parents And Grandparents
This is one of the rare gifts that both sides of the family will fight over. A birth slate is the first family keepsake, and grandparents especially cherish having their grandchild’s first days in stone on their own shelf. It is a piece of the baby’s very beginning, and it never gets put away.
The first milestone, made to last
Their beginning, in stone, for every birthday after
Each birth announcement slate is handcrafted one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio, from the photo and details you choose. Tiny feet, a name, a date, and a beginning worth keeping — on natural stone that will be there for every birthday after.
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