Isaac is the son of my dear friends Sarah and Joel McHale. Yes, the Joel McHale of Soup fame, and a great friend of mine since high school.

So when Sarah and Joel asked me to make their son Isaac’s announcements, I simply could not think traditional baby blue sweetness. Sarah is one of the most stylish people I know, and Joel is one of the most…Joel people I know! So this definitely called for some fun.

Enter 3 year-old big brother Eddie with a quote to save the day, “He looks like a bald man.” Indeed. That became the centerpiece for the announcements, which you can see here. We letterpressed the cover and digitally printed the accordion fold out page.

If you’re interested in having an announcement like this for your child, get in touch. Pricing starts at $150 for 25 qty.

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I’m working on a “pregnancy to newborn to toddler” book for the talented Boulder photographer Julie Afflerbaugh.

All of the images are fantastic, but I just had to share this one. It melts me with cuteness.

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My talented photographer friend Kevin Delahunty helped me finally make the leap and actually post a photo of myself on the site.

This seemingly minor step took me … oh, over 2 years. Not kidding. I even had one last minute abort when I was still in LA. My friend took shots and everything and then I wimped out and posted an old photo of my grandparents instead. I’d much rather look at old family photos than ones of me!

But I realize whenever I go to other people’s sites I like to know about them and I love being able to picture what they look like. So, here I am. I’ll be adding my own version of a bio in the future too.

Kevin made the shoot totally fun and not nearly as cringe-worthy as I feared. He also took some great book shots you’ll see soon. Thank you, Kevin!

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Here’s a little (month of) Earth Day inspiration for you.

Each year right about now my grandparents used to throw a party for a tree. I know, doesn’t that sound amazing?

Their Mount Fuji cherry tree spanned 60 feet and bloomed each April. It inspired their annual Japanese-themed dinner party featuring sushi, chopsticks, kimonos and my grandmother’s porcelain butterfly dishes.

Just look at this stunning tree - definitely worthy of a party!

And here they are with friends, paying tribute to Mt. Fuji in kimonos. (my grama is 3rd from left, my grandfather is on the right)

My grandmother tells me Sunset Magazine wanted to feature the party one year, but she declined. She didn’t want to offend anyone who wasn’t invited then might feel bad seeing it in a magazine! My sweet grama.

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After much noodling and a bit of paper cutter drama, I’m really pleased with how these accordion books turned out. They’ll be for sale on the site soon, and available through photographers as well (if you’re a photographer, contact me!)

Here’s an example of a baby book, with some seriously cute pictures by Teddi Yaeger.

And wedding books! So excited to finally offer a wedding book idea. We can match the ribbon and pattern to your invitations, colors, etc.

You can choose a full bleed or a white border for the images, and some images look best over 2 pages, like so…

Sign up for the mailing list (at the end of this page) to be notified when these are available for ordering!

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I love this photo of my grammy I recently received from a cousin. She is grave rubbing - tracking down family information the good old fashioned way. (pre-internet!)

You go grammy.

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An action shot from our family’s easter egg hunt today…my niece Quinn finding the egg I hid on the fence. Ok, so I might have slightly directed her to the location.

Hope everyone enjoyed the day!

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This is the greatest idea, period. I saw this over on growmodern (thanks, Summer!) and just can’t get enough of Lola in her orange chair.

From week 1, Erik van der Neut has taken weekly photos of his daughter, Lola. She sits in the same orange chair with an assortment of stuffed animals and tells the camera just how she’s grown.

Eric then makes the photos look like Polaroids and labels them. You can see his full set of weekly shots here. My favorites:

And of COURSE, I think the next step for these pictures is a book!

Now if you’re so inspired, go get thee an orange chair, a child, and a camera. And you can use this site to make like a Polaroid picture, since the real thing will (quite sadly) soon be extinct.

Thank you, Eric, for sharing your photo project!

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