Shadowboxes and scrapbooks are excellent ways to hang on to those little items, photos and knick-knacks that we hold so dear. This kitschy, simple tutorial that I spied over at Giddy Giddy is all of those things wrapped up in one… plus it doubles as fantastic wall art!

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I'm a recent follower and avid reader of Holly Neufeld's craft-tacular family blog, {creat*loves}, and when I saw this DIY Baby Mobile tutorial go up I immediately contacted her about letting us borrow it to share it with you awesome folks!

This tutorial is actually ultra simple and uses just a few inexpensive crafting supplies that you may already have laying around: felt, buttons, embroidery hoops, yarn, needle and thread. And don't stop at flowers… think of spaceship shapes, circles and triangles, bugs and birds, monsters, jungle animals. There are just SO MANY possibilities!

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Photographer Leah Muse (who some of you may remember from OBB, or her awesome Royal Tenebaums nursery) recently put together a wonderful book for her partner's birthday.

She had a friend take photos of her and her daughter all over Austin, TX. Each photo featured them holding signs about what makes the birthday boy so awesome.

The results are so inspiring…

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Some of you may remember Angela from Milestone Images from when I did a Q&A with her on Offbeat Bride last year. Well, Angela also does family photography in the New York City region, and lordy you ladies are going to love her work…

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I begged Etsy seller Zbelle to let me try out one of her brimmed beanies and ZOMG. The cuteness! I'm a huge fan of the brimmed beanies for myself and while I don't want to get all matchy-matchy with my kid, I can't help but want to dress him in some of my favorite styles.

Next up, I'm dreaming of a monkey hat for my boy. Maybe in some insanely bright color. OR RAINBOWS!? Yes, definitely rainbows. And maybe I'll get a matchy-matchy one for myself and be that crazy lady wearing a rainbow colored monkey hat and matching her 3-month-old.

That demented cackling you hear? THAT IS ME!

Thanks to photographer Lauren McGlynn for sharing this wonderful shot with me. She explains, "This is my friend Kate and her baby on her organic blueberry farm in North Carolina."

For two beautiful maternity shots from Lauren, keep reading…

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