It’s a selfie world, and we’re just living in it
Okay all ye mothers who felt guilty about not getting those baby books filled with photos representing every little milestone: You are no longer alone! Because now, you don’t even have to have kids to feel the pressure of owning a photo album completed with...
Recently Magazine App turns your photos into a magazine…of your own life
Getting excited at a recent dentist visit to sit and read an actual magazine made me realize how little time I have to myself. (And perhaps that I need to find a hobby). People aside, turns out I found a magazine of sorts that I’ll most definitely make time for...
Snapbox Peel and Stick Fabric Posters: A cool new way to display favorite pics without that toxic vinyl smell.
When you have some favorite photos — and with five of us taking photos, you can bet we have lots — we’ve got a great new way to turn them into wall decor. You might know SnapBox as the company that started by turning your Instagram photos into...
The Pictli photo framing app yields one sweet, sentimental Father’s Day gift if you hurry.
I have always loved giving photos as gifts for everything from Father’s Day to birthdays. Really, what’s better having the luck to capture a perfect moment, then having someone special enough to share it with. So I am crushing on Pictli, a service with a...
MyBabyD: Not your everyday baby photo sharing app
Over the years, we’ve found great illustrators who have taken their own baby photos and turned them into fantastic collage drawings. But now we found a sister team out of Barcelona who’s attempting to do one better with their new Kickstarter: The MyBabyD...
Photo wall decals: A Father’s Day photo gift that saves the need to dig up the hammer and nails
For the dad who has everything, you can’t go wrong with Father’s Day photo gifts, especially when they come from the kids. Lately I’ve gotten completely hooked on photo wall decals as the best new way to display my photos, because they don’t...
2 super easy new photo book apps for iPhone that will have the dad or grad in your life smiling
We’re very pro-photo book around here. Actually, we support any service or app that helps us get all the digital pics we snap off of our devices and on display for all to enjoy. And with Father’s Day and graduation season officially underway, here are two,...
Personalized battery chargers blend practical with sentimental for Mother’s Day
Nothing says I love you like, please don’t let your phone die when I’m trying to reach you because it really freaks me out. Which is why I think it’s so clever that Shutterfly has launched the first personalized battery chargers that I’ve...
Printable papercraft photo frames that make us go, wow.
No sooner did we round up some cool Mother’s Day gifts for photographers, that I stumble upon this very cool idea: printable papercraft camera frames. As in, printables that you cut and fold and when you’re through, they look like cool vintage cameras. All...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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