There is no more important time to take photos than when you have a new baby in the family. Babies grow so fast, those sweet newborn looks last for a few weeks and then are followed by the first smile, plump baby cheeked dimples and in no time they’re toddlers always on the move. A new mother doesn’t always have time to photograph her baby, so a great gift for her would be a series of photos of her beautiful baby. If you can turn one of the baby pictures into a personalized photo gift to make a lasting memento of this precious time, she will be even happier.
One of the best ideas I found online as a gift for a new mother is a photo keepsake box. A simple cherry wood box, it incorporates a digital photo into the lid of the box. I immediately envisaged it as a keepsake box for all those special baby mementos: the wrist bracelet, the birth announcement, the curl of baby hair from the first haircut. All those treasures could be kept safe in one of these boxes, with a gorgeous picture of the baby as a newborn recorded on the lid. It would be a gift I’d have loved when my kids were born.
If there are older kids in the family then it would also be lovely to catch a photo of the older children holding their new baby brother or sister for the first time and use that on the lid of the box. It’s one of the most precious of family moments and one to remember for the rest of your life. Then the keepsake box could be used for their baby treasures too.
Even Moms who have left the baby years well behind them would be pleased with a photo box as a gift. What mother wouldn’t appreciate a special box to keep those pictures drawn lovingly by her kids, that macaroni necklace they painstakingly made for Mothers’ Day, or the precious neon pink plastic ring that they blew their first pocket money on to buy for her?
So if you capture a great picture of the children or babies in your family, think about turning it into a lasting treasure box for their Mom. There’s no better way of making that moment last forever and no better gift for any occasion.
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