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8 cool Mother’s Day gifts for photographers. We’d take all of them.

by Nicole Blades | Mother's Day Gifts, Photography

As we start looking around for cool Mother’s Day gifts, we realize not every mom is into keepsake pendants and baby footprint artwork. So for the photographer mom in your life who is always trying to capture those special moments with her trusty dSLR or...

The Photolane photo book app is an easy new way to end up with something beautiful.

by Kate Etue | Photography

The growing options for making photo books right from our phones makes a lot of sense, since that’s where so many of us keep most of our photos anyway. And the new Photolane photo book app makes it so simple, you can design a couple of these cool books while the...

Love Mosaic custom photo books but hate the 20-photo limit? Meet Montage.

by Kate Etue | Photography

We’ve written here in the past how easy Mosaic custom photo books from Mixbook are to create. It truly takes just a few minutes, and you have the photo book in your hands within a couple of days. Pretty amazing. The only downside with their Mosaic books has been...

Lifecake: A new baby app for parents that, unlike any other aspect of parenting, does the work for you.

by Jeana | Best Apps

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that it took me about 9 months to print out pictures of my third baby and put them up around the house. When I think back to how diligent I was with baby #1 and (a little less diligent with) baby #2, I have vowed to be more...

A professional photo printing service that makes you want to turn your home into an Instagram art gallery

by Nicole Blades | Photography

Instagram photos are fun, but staring at them on your little smartphone or tablet screen can only give you so much joy. That’s why we’re always on the lookout for cool professional photo printing services and unique photo gifts that let us show off our...

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...

5 of our favorite tech Pinterest pins

by Kristen Chase | Link Roundups

Are you as obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out these 5 cool Pinterest pins from this week, plus lots more tech goodness from around the web. 1. Finally, action figure toys for girls that are actually cool. (Psst: Great for boys, too)....

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...

What to do with your digital photos? Tons of fantastic ideas

by Kate Etue | Photography

If you’re like me, you probably have taken upwards of 2,000 photos of your kids, your house, your pet, and even your food in the last year alone. And like me, you’re wondering what to do with your digital photos and hoping you can find a fun, creative way...

Easy photo book gifts for all! Mosaic goes Android

by Shari | Photography

I wrote last year about where to print Instagram photos, considering my penchant for taking adorable photos of my kids on my phone and then…doing absolutely nothing with them. Has anything changed for me in a year? Of course not. That’s why I’m happy...

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