Do you have a photo that you just adore and wish you could see all day, even flash it at passers-by? Maybe not ‘flash’ as such, but this piece will definitely start conversation when someone notices it!
Each year I record a few important details alongside my children’s class photographs, including what they want to be when they grow up. Over the past couple of years my boys’ standard response has been “AFL footballer” but there was a time when one son (then aged four) said “I want to be a publisher, … [Read more.]
The idea of being able to turn a much-treasured fish picture my son drew many moons ago into a funky pendant necklace thrills me to bits! The picture doesn’t exactly look like a fish but since I was told it was exactly that by my proud, wide eyed toddler, I’m believing it. After all, that’s … [Read more.]
You can’t help it – when you see those tiny baby hands and feet, you know you’re looking at the most adorable, perfect thing ever created. Preserve the memory without the plaster cast.
Raising children turns you into a hoarder. It’s true. With each child I’ve kept a bounty of teeny tiny newborn nappies, hospital tags, cards, favourite socks and outfits, favourite toys and that’s all before they start school. School presents a whole variety of stuff you simply must keep, ranging from paintings to carefully written stories … [Read more.]
Think embroidered cushions and something pastel, a little frilly and slightly twee springs to mind – not really my cup of tea. Textile designer Chloë Owens changes all that with her bright, elaborate personalised designs.
Think keepsake gifts and you might also think schmaltzy. But stick with Babyology this Mother’s Day and we’ll show you keepsakes with supreme style.
Posted by Katrina Whelen on April 20, 2010
in Misc
Also tagged art, bags, books, feature, jewellery, journals, Koolaman Designs, lighting, mothers day, personalised books, silver jewellery
Kids just say the funniest things and don’t you wish you could remember them the next day?
When it comes to art, my eldest son takes a quantity not quality approach. In contrast, my second son fills the page, focusing on details and carefully choosing his colours (I’m sure there’s a whole left brain/ right brain analysis to be had there).
Before my girlfriends and I started having children, we were faced with a huge dilemma – what to do with our old diaries when the little ones come along? An Aladdin’s cave of sins of the past, how on earth were we going to convince them NOT to do the things we had done when … [Read more.]
We’ve started a tradition in our house of giving each of our children a special book for Christmas – something that can be treasured for years to come and perhaps even shared with their own children. This year our eldest will be unwrapping a hard-to-come-by hardback copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that’s perfect … [Read more.]
These lush new keepsake toys are from Playsam’s latest range called ‘Childhood’. Choose from a shiny pink or blue pram and you’ll have the ideal present for newborn babies, christenings and baby showers. I would love to see one made in white, just in case the parents aren’t finding out the sex and you want … [Read more.]
