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Announcement
Nestnotes is adding printables to our store! Many customers have asked for printable My First Year posters that you can print on your own and insert into your baby book. We've finally launched them! Stay tuned as we add more styles and more exciting printables!
For print keepsakes, check out our Year of You books! Tell the story of their childhood, one year at a time.
Announcement
Nestnotes is adding printables to our store! Many customers have asked for printable My First Year posters that you can print on your own and insert into your baby book. We've finally launched them! Stay tuned as we add more styles and more exciting printables!
For print keepsakes, check out our Year of You books! Tell the story of their childhood, one year at a time.
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Rebecca on May 25, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI used these in my kindergarten classroom. They love it! Thank you.
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Carly on Apr 23, 2021
5 out of 5 starsHigh quality, creative alternative to notes/ thank you cards! Chase was easy to work with. He incorporated my input until we had the perfect final product that I had envisioned. Cards were delivered quickly after the final design was locked.
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Timothy on Dec 26, 2020
5 out of 5 starsI wanted to get a family portrait for my wife for Christmas in the style of Rifle paper (who no longer do this). Chase/Nestnotes couldn’t have been more accommodating. I submitted photos to use as a reference. Very fast with changes and notes. A fantastic looking final product that we will appreciate for years to come.
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Courtney on Dec 24, 2020
5 out of 5 starsOur favorite Etsy shop!
Where we go for our annual family holiday card... and our go to for personal gifts for every occasion. ♥️♥️♥️ -
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Rachel on Dec 23, 2020
5 out of 5 starsI am so happy I chose Nestnotes for our family Christmas cards. Chase was so patient and allowed as many modifications as needed to perfect our cards. I have been receiving feedback from friends and family who have received the card and they’ve been showering me with compliments! I’m happy to give credit to Nestnotes and brag that they look so good because it’s a local artist who made it with care.
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Maggie on Dec 15, 2020
5 out of 5 starsI cannot begin to explain how pleased I am with the family portrait Chase created for me. I had been searching for someone to create a portrait and a lot of what exists on Etsy are really trendy (not my style or attractive to me) faceless digital drawings or outlines of people. It took me quite sometime to find Chase. And I’m so glad I did. I am detailed; some might call it meticulous, specific or even psychotic. Chase’s portrait of my family was dead on. (Unfortunately, she endured maybe 20 ridiculous revisions of myself and my nose but she was gracious and accommodating each time.) The detail she captured of me, my husband, children & dogs is incredible. The portrait is so whimsical and so very special to me. I have been so pleased to tell almost every person I’ve shown it to about Chase. She is a gem and so talented! Use her!
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kara on Dec 8, 2020
5 out of 5 starsThese. Are. Incredible. Chase does an amazing job and I will definitely be ordering more from this very talented artist!!!
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Sally on Oct 29, 2020
5 out of 5 starsI purchased this personalized baby chart as a gift and the parents loved it. Everything went smoothly from the ordering to the shipping. I was impressed with the quick service and the fast follow-ups by Nestnotes. I highly recommend them!
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Anna on Oct 4, 2020
5 out of 5 starsThe quality of the cards is incredible. I had so much working with Chase on my portrait. Chase was incredibly patient with all of edits, and they did a really wonderful job. I am recommending to all of my friends!
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Stephanie on Jul 31, 2020
5 out of 5 starsThe personalized cards turned out beautifully! Chase is a talented artist and communicated very well with me. I am already thinking about my next order.
About Nestnotes
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Chase with her oldest daughter, Paloma, who was the original inspiration for her My First Year posters.
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Chase's daughters and their friends are the most dedicated product testers and love dreaming up new ideas together
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My paternal grandfather, who emigrated from Italy as a child and told us little about our family history.
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One of the many journals my maternal grandmother kept.
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We spend many weekends in our backyard in Miami coloring and dreaming up new ideas
Your memories are our specialty.
My obsession with capturing family memories seems to be hard-coded in my DNA. From my immigrant grandfather who was embarrassed by his italian heritage and eager to escape the life of poverty he was raised in. Wanting to blend in to him meant discarding his family history and creating a new one. His lack of stories fills my life with questions to this day.
And then there was my grandmother, now 100 years old, who documented her whole life—both the highs and the lows—and created such a vivid picture of her life that I felt I was part of it all.
Both of them, in completely different but equal ways, would forever shape my infatuation with family stories.
Nestnotes (formerly StrangeBirdy) was founded after the birth of my first daughter. I wanted to find a unique way to celebrate all the wild firsts that came with her first year. And so I created an infographic style visualization of her first year and shared it on pinterest. It took on a life of its own and after a lot of requests for custom orders, I decided to create a version that parents could fill out and frame at home.
As my daughter grew and my second daughter was born, the desire to document our memories in a meaningful, lasting format outside of the ephemeral and curated world of social media, continued to grow. I wanted my daughter to be active contributors to our family narrative and so, together, we created the "Story of Me" and "Year of You" books. Interactive book sets designed to capture everythign there is to capture about a child at a particular age.
From there, our product line has continued to grow and we are excited with the library of products we are building.
All of our keepsakes are designed to be cherished and shared across generations. We strive to make keepsakes worthy of your memories and put a tremendous amount of thought and care into every element of our designs--from the paper it's printed on to the memories we select to capture. We are dedicated to making things that will impress the big members of your family as much as the little ones.
All products are created by Chase in collaboration with illustrators she partners with.
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Chase Simmering
Owner, Designer
Chase has 15 years of experience as a designer and Creative Director and has been reimagining ways to capture memories as long as she can remember.
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