Sharon Montrose specializes in animal photography.  From farm animals, to baby monkeys…bears, to your pet dog.  Check out her prints for sale and her website.

Mini Masterpiece Photobooks

This one is for the artwork…the masterpieces that cover your fridge and eventually get placed in boxes because you can’t dream of throwing away the first grade portrait with two bigs eyes and a huge smiley.

Liz over at Paislee Press designed a beautiful photobook for Shutterfly called Mini Masterpieces that showcases your child’s artwork. “The style includes 20+ idea pages, with predesigned photo layouts, title placement and even journaling prompts. ” You can simply upload photographs of their work and insert or use the customize mode to make it all your own.

(images Copyright © Liz Tamanaha/Paislee Press)

Oh and if you love all things scrapbooking, visit her site : Paislee Press her album designs are B E A utiful!

Makedo : How to make anything out of a Cardboard Box

Sometimes the best part of the gift is the enormous box it came in!  But turning that box into a fort, astronaut costume, or airplane is sometimes difficult for your little one. Masking tape doesn’t hold on the airplane wing, unless you mummify the plane, and duck tape is well…so sticky it rarely gets to its proper place before sticking to them, their fingers, or itself.

Introducing Makedo, ” a connector system that enables materials including cardboard, plastic and fabric to easily join together to form new objects or structures.” Way cool right?!  It’s so simple yet genius! You can make cars, robots, costumes, forts, etc.

Check it out…

Art on the Walls

Enormous chalk board and coloring book walls! Love love LOVE.

You can find coloring wall paper over at Bodie and Fou.  I am still on the hung though for the jungle wall paper above

Boston mom’s are in love with Sophie the Giraffe.  It honestly looks just like your dog’s squeaky toy, but there is something special about it that teething toddlers drool over. I have heard moms call Sophie time and time again their toddler lifesaver and a must-have product as it somehow soothes and helps their baby stop crying.

This video tells the story of Sophie the Giraffe.  Starting first with her yummy tasting roots from the tree’s of Malaysia and finishing with her hand painted and constructed form made in Paris that all together make her a huge hit with toddlers. Check it out…it really is very interesting.

Nile’s mommy loves these swaddling blankets by Aden + Anais which are not only great for swaddling but also as a stroller cover + burp cloth + nursing shield + summertime and tummy time blanket + change table cover + portable crib sheet.  They are breathable, stylish, soft, and quite large in size (but they also roll up small to fit in your diaper bag).

You can view Nile’s newborn session here.