Photo project

Before Vivian arrived I really wanted to do a little home photo shoot and capture some images of my giant belly. I loved being pregnant and wanted some photos to remember that time by. I took the weekly photo out back but I wanted some of my belly too and I specific images I wanted to capture. I set up my velvet backdrop and grabbed a couple outfits. Greg shot the photos of me alone and we used the tripod for the photos of us together. The heart around the belly.This was an image on the front of my "Giving Birth Naturally" book that I wanted to copy.Our cute little family. The classic belly sticking out of a man's white dress shirt. Well Greg had no plain white shirts and he is so skinny that this one barely fit me. I was really limited on what I could do with it. A side shot was all that really worked. And another classic shot, the hands on the belly. I like how our wedding rings are together though it looks like there are about a million fingers on me! Ha. I actually saw this same shot at my friend Kate's house during a visit and knew I wanted to get one too.

So now the project. I like the above belly shot so much I wanted to get a print to hang in my bedroom. I really wanted one of those photo canvases printed up but everywhere I looked they started at 11x17 which was just too big for my taste. Then at www.scrapbookpictures.com I found something called a bamboo mount that sounded interesting. This option started at 8x10 which is the size I wanted so I threw caution to the wind and gave it a try (there were no examples on the website). It is about $30 for an 8x10 mounted on bamboo. When it arrived I was thrilled with the results. The bamboo is so smooth and pretty looking around the edges and the image has a really nice finish.Then once Vivi was born I wanted another photo to go with the belly shot. Sort of a before and after! So I ordered a second bamboo print. We love love love these simple photos and the bamboo mount made a very sleek and nice presentation.