Polaroid Cube camera: Cute enough to eat up. But don’t. Because it’s a camera.

by Nicole Blades | Photography

Can it get any cuter than this? That’s the first thing that I said to myself when I saw The Polaroid Cube camera. I mean, look at it: This new little number is teeny — less than 2 inches — but can shoot quality 6 megapixels photos and 1080 HD video....

What to do with Instagram photos? Print them, then frame them. What a concept.

by Nicole Blades | Photography

We’re always looking for even more new ideas on what to do with Instagram photos that will get them off of our tiny screens and into our big, real lives. Sticky9 just introduced one cool way with Magnet Wall Frames. It’s just like it sounds: a sleek...

The Keepy scrapbook app: Part Facebook, part interactive scrapbook, and all organizational lifesaver

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Gear + Hardware

There’s a lime green folder in a top drawer in our kitchen that is spilling over with paper: artwork, drawings, little wobbly letters that are getting less wobbly day by day. I’ve learned to let go and throw some things away, but the rest of it?...

6 smart, easy tips for teaching kids photography

by Nicole Blades | Tips and Tricks

I’m often asked for tips for teaching kids photography, because as my friends know, it’s one of my favorite things in the world. Whenever my son asks to use my camera to take a photo, I do whatever  I can to maintain my chill. Meanwhile, inside I’m...

10 of the best apps for new moms and parents

by Nicole Blades | Babies, Best Apps

When it comes to new motherhood and the number of helpful apps popping up, it seems the odds are ever in our favor. Whether it’s tracking the size of your growing belly from bump to beach ball or keeping tabs on nursing or milestones, we’ve put together...

The baby book app from CanDoBaby lets you chart milestones with so much ease, you can find time to make your own homemade baby food. Maybe.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

I don’t know how moms manage to get their custom, meticulously created scrapbook baby books completed when they have little kiddos at home. I mean, it’s hard enough for me to get dinner on the table sometimes. And that’s exactly what the mom and...

Adobe GroupPix: A brilliant, simple way to gather, store, and share photos from a party, vacation or, um, Mother’s Day brunch?

by Nicole Blades | Best Apps

With all the photos we take at kids’ parties, sports events, vacations, and this week, Mother’s Day celebrations, I’m so glad to have found Adobe’s brand new GroupPix app , which lets you round-up, store, and share everyone’s photos with...

Carousel by Dropbox: Could this be the photo storage and sharing solution that everyone has been waiting for?

by Julie | Best Apps

Editor’s note: Unfortunately, Carousel by Dropbox is no longer available. I’m a big fan of Dropbox, especially for sharing photos. From trips to parties to big games, Dropbox is such a smart way to get pictures out to everybody without clogging  inboxes....

The best Instagram collage apps: Which to use when one picture just isn’t enough.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

One of the most common requests we get from our readers lately is our recommendation for the best Instagram collage apps that are easy to use. There seem to be a million apps out there that provide the basic functions of creating a  photo collage, adding text to your...

BooksTo.Me: An amazing photo book service for busy, Instagram-loving parents

by Kate Etue | Photography

Even though we’ve made it easy to figure out which photo book service is the best one for you and we’ve discovered plenty of great things to do with your Instagram photos besides keep them on your phone, I still have  a hard time staying on top of all my digital...