"yeah, but which one of you is their "real" mom?"
Pahleese! As if "mom" is defined by gestation alone.

Thanks for this great insightful post. I am off to share it with all my friends, queer family minded or otherwise.

Yay Mysi Anne! Still loving the vintage style throughout.

Oh, and to target my facebook friends:
http://www.facebook.com/ragani?v=feed&story_f...

This is one kick-ass bag. http://twitter.com/Ragani/status/8244931385

This is OVER THE TOP! I love it!

All good advise! I initially created the design for print then later used it to base the email from so I did end up printing a handful for them out from the high res version. I also started in Photoshop and worked on a grid, although I ended up having to simplify it the final design a bunch once I realized how much was lost when the images were not shown. Using the most basic, table-based HTML was exactly what I ended up doing in the end, and it helped to keep things aligned as designed.

Hi Katherine. I totally know what you mean about the templates.

You can reach me directly by email at my first name at gmail dot com and yes, I do indeed do freelance work.

Once it was all set-up it was easier then sending separate emails. If I had a small guest list I would probably not have bothered. The only downside was that some email clients are not that great about receiving this type of email. AOL addresses especially tend to not see the email.

My mom says she ate the one from my birth, but I think she had a friend cook it with onions or something (I will have to ask her again). I could probably have her do the dry & encapsulate method for me easily enough as she not only will support me in this but has the skills to figure out how to do this.

I agree, Megan!