McKinley's Photo Quilt . . . {Update}

McKinley's Photo Quilt . . .

Since my last post about the baby "quilt" project, I've been thinking.

I've been trying to decide how to do one with my son McKinley even though he is already 2 months old. Well, I figured it out. I went through my archives of pictures of him from around 1 month old and found one of him in a white onesie! Woo hoo!!!! So this morning I set him on a piece of fabric, that I just happened to have laying around, and after taking dozens of pictures, got the perfect one to "mesh" with the one of him at 1 month old so that the angle, lighting, and fabric wripples were right. 1 hour and lots of photoshop attempts later . . . TaDa!

McKinley - 1 month

As you probably have guessed, I'm going to be doing them by months and end up with 12 pictures for his "quilt". And for those of you that don't know, the quilt "thing" happens to be pretty perfect for him. One of my best friends and I took a quilting class together when we were pregnant and both of us made baby quilts for our new baby's room. So I'm thinking a theme for a first birthday party is already in the works.

And for the 2 month picture . . . well, I'm a little late too. But only by a week and a half so I figured I might as well just take a new one rather than try and find one of him in a white onesie. So that's what I did.

McKinley - 2 months

So far, so good. In a few weeks I'll be taking the 3 month one. And I'm just in aw because I cannot believe that he will be three months old already in just 3 weeks! Time is a precious commodity.

Baby "quilt" project . . .

One of my awesome clients, who I also consider a friend, posted this link on her facebook wall. And I just HAD to share it and . . . figure out a way to do it! It is just way too wonderful not to!

Unfortunately for me, McKinley (the baby) is already 2 months old so I missed the first 9 weeks. But maybe I can do it by months instead, or if I can photoshop pictures of him weekly would work too . . . although it'd be a lot of work! We'll see what I come up with.

But then this got me thinking (watch out!) "Can I do something like this for clients?" I already have a few in mind that may be interested who have either just had a baby or will be having one in the near future. So if I can just come up with the right concept, price, package etc. It just might work. I'm sure anyone can do this on their own. But how great would it be for a photographer to do it for you!

So here's what I'm offering . . . $150

• Yearly, weekly, monthly, or daily photos
• Pennet flag garland made from the same fabrics (would be great for 1st birthday!)
• Printed out photos (size depends on amount of photos)
• Photo disc

Please contact me if you are interested in this. I think it will be a really great keepsake for you and your baby throughout their first year(s). I will leave buying the fabric up to you though so you can pick something out yourself that you like or if you have a specific color scheme in mind, you can keep with it!