Showing posts with label Tiny Prints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tiny Prints. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

My Tip of the Week: the power of a picture

I recently went from seeing my son 12 hours a day to only 3 hours, because I went back to work and he started going to day care.  Now all day long I cannot stop looking at pictures of him and really understand how my husband felt when he went back to work after some time off with us while I was home this past year.  So as part of his Valentine's Day gift, I am thinking of doing something for his office with pictures of our son (and even me - assuming he misses me too!).

I think this is such a great gift for a working dad who sees his children just a few hours a day.  It would definitely put a smile on his face especially because I know he would never go out and buy himself a frame or put something together with different pictures.  Here are a few ideas:

Snow globe
Via Black's Photography

Digital photo frame
Via Best Buy

Via Best Buy

Easel Art
Via Tiny Prints
Via Tiny Prints
Via Tiny Prints

Picasa collage in a frame

Create your own collage on Picasa and get it developed and then frame it or develop it on just about any type of photo gift.

Via Skip to my Lou - check it out for a tutorial on making collages in Picasa
Have fun!

Thursday, 10 January 2013

My Tip of the Week!: Gift for a one year old

Everyone keeps asking me what they should get my little guy for his upcoming first birthday.  That is a difficult question!  My son just received a ton of toys for Christmas so he already has more than he needs, and the sad part is that he spends more time following me around and playing in the cupboards than with any of his toys.  In upcoming days, I will definitely list a few gifts I think as a one year old he will need and enjoy, but for today I will tell you about the gift I am making for him.  In addition to "the" Pottery Barn Chair, I ordered for him (as posted on Monday) I will be making him a picture book.  He loves flipping through picture books and he loves looking at pictures so I am going to make him photobook of the people and things around him (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, etc.).  This will not only make a nice souvenir for later but it will be good for him to start learning people's names, etc.  He is already saying a few words and this will help expand the vocabulary he will need daily.  The photo book will need to be small and pocket sized like the following.

5.5 x 5 - Via Black's

Small CEWE PHOTOBOOK
5 x7 - via Tiny Prints



Planes, Trains & Autos Kids Photo Books
6 x 4 - Mixbook


These are my favourite options.  I prefer the Black's option because it is a square book and the smallest size and it seems simple inside.  I will see which one ships faster.  The best part is that both Black's and Tiny Prints have sales on these items right now!  Hope he likes it.