Piquing Our Geek: IKEA cardboard camera
I love how IKEA is really branching out into the world of tech with their cool interactive catalog as well as an IKEA YouTube channel to help you assemble your SKITFCT. Heh. Well, now they’re launching a new limited edition gadget that combines high...
Where to print Instagram photos? SnapBox makes the answer a whole lot easier.
With everyone wondering where to print Instagram photos, it’s nice there are helpful apps like Keepsy and cool services such as CanvasPop to turn them all into great artwork and gifts. In fact, I think I’m already done with most of my holiday shopping....
The easiest photo album app yet
As much as I wish I were a scrapbooker–or, OK, even the kind of mama that actually puts photos into an album more than once a year–I’ve made my peace with the fact it’s probably not gonna happen. So I flock to cool apps like Martha...
Turn your Instagram photos into art
I’ve made all sorts of amazing gifts from Instagram photos, like custom coasters even photo books from my iPhone, but I’ve been hesitant to try the many photo to canvas services because I’m a little worried about how the resolution will translate....
Meet Bobine: A smart phone charger and tripod all in one
There are two images in my mind right now: one of my husband struggling to keep his Android phone steady in the car while using it as a GPS; the other, yours truly, trying to read a recipe on my phone without dropping it in the pancake batter. Both of these awkward...
Edible Instagrams? We’ll take it!
At first when I heard about an edible Instagram product I thought…InstaGrahams? But nope. No clever puns. Just beautiful, delicious chocolate. The new service Cocoagraph, from 3D Fine Arts major Rae Vittorelli, merges chocolate and photography–two of our...
Piquing Our Geek: Turn your iPhone photos into Polaroids. Remember those?
I still fondly remember my Polaroid camera. Like so many photo buffs, I was devastated when Polaroid went the way of the Betamax. Well, with this new gadget, you will get almost the same effect with your very 21st century iPhone. And the story is pretty...
The new Keepsy app: print photo books right from your smart phone
It’s no secret that I take nearly all my photos with my iPhone, which means in order for me turn my favorite pictures into anything but a file on my computer (that no one really ever sees but me) it takes a lot of extra steps and a lot of time that I don’t...
Instacube makes Instagram viewing even bigger and better
The photos I see on Instagram are many things: evocative, funny, sweet, and sometimes just plain cool. But they are also really small. Which is why I’m digging a successful Kickstarter campaign that will make it so easy to get to enjoy those Instagram photos on...
A camera case for your business cards
Even with all the handy pouches and pockets in the Epiphanie camera bag or the beautiful new camera bag from Kelly Moore, if you’re like me, you’ve still got business cards floating around on the bottom of your bag. That’s why I think you...
The ultimate handbook for photographing motherhood
I’m pretty sure we can claim to know cool mom, author, and photographer Tracey Clark “when,” since we featured her first book way back when we first started our site. She even took our first official Cool Mom Picks photo, back when we each only had...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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