my little pony

I have been designing a lot of kids rooms and nursery's lately so I am always on the lookout for kid friendly art. I came across these amazing photographs from Sharon Montrose the other day when checking out a new store called Hands On 3rd. Hands on 3rd is a local store offering back to basics classes and workshops on anything you can make with your hands.. check out their site for a full list of classes, but back to Sharon..I saw this little installation at Hands on 3rd: (they are selling these framed images for $100 a piece)The woman at the store told me that Sharon spends a full day with each animal to insure that she gets the perfect shot.  I loved them so much I went home to research Sharon Montrose  and found her blog. Sharon is a commercial photographer specializing in animals and babies.. She also likes french fries? Moms check out her family portraits and baby shots, could be good photo wall material..  there are also links to the animal books she has published on her blog. I wonder if she would photograph Beans and Mango? I have posted some of my favorites below.

No animals were harmed in the making of this post. 

silly wet

For our wedding Jesse and I had silhouettes of ourselves facing each other for our save the dates, our gift bags, programs etc. I think it was so personal but it also kept everything very clean. It became our logo and i just love it. They were done on the computer we just took profile shots of ourselves and had a friend photoshop them for us. I have been thinking that I would like to put some sort of reminder of it in our home somewhere but I didn't really want it to be digital so I have sort of held off. Last month O magazine featured a company called Cut Arts. Karl Johnson is a master scissor artist who will create silhouettes like the ones I have posted, he will cut any photo you send him. I can't wait to use these for a kids room or a fun room!  Check out his site for more info.