Guide to hiring the right photographer for newborn photos
Those precious moments with your newborn go so quickly. Photographer, Aimee Glucina shares why it's worth hiring a …
Great ideas
Great ideas are something to be shared! Ideas for how to capture those special moments and memories. Things that inspire our family life such as creating family mottoes and having inspirational family statements as art around the house...you name it - we want it! We're out looking and being inspired as well, so we can deliver you some fantastic ideas that others have had - and that you our members have sent through as well! So be inspired and please do send us your inspiration and ideas! WE LOVE IT!!!xx
10 essential things to keep in your car
Keep the kids clean, dry and comfortable this summer with our car necessities list! 1. Bags. Smelly nappies, wet clothes or food scraps - the recycled bag has a million and one uses.Tie spare bags in a knot to minimise their suffocation risk. 2. …
Summer survival guide
The beach, the park, the back garden - summer beckons families to come out and play. Here are some tips for maximum fun, with minimal fuss. BEACH READY Keep these summer essentials in the car, handy for spills, chills and summer thrills. ▪️ Wipes, …
The best way to capture magical moments
Photographer Sam Mothersole shares her advice on how to capture your precious family on camera. I spend a lot of my time looking at the world through a lens and it never ceases to amaze me how the simplest of moments can be so beautiful. I am …
NZ Photographer shares her tips on capturing your newborn
There's nothing like those first weeks at home with a new baby. While we may not be able to make time stand still, we can capture some of the magic. Alice Veysey from Paper & Pearl Photography shows us how. Newborn photography can take on many …
Why you don't have to be a professional photographer to take perfect photos
Capturing those perfectly imperfect moments is photographer Tash Stokes' forté. She explains why real life holds the most magic. I’m Tash Stokes, a wife, mother and photographer from Hamilton. I'm one half of Black Robin Photography where my husband …
FREE Printable: Our family this Autumn
Kids love to look back at photos of themselves, or funny things they said when they were little. So many important memories are soon lost in the hustle and bustle of life. Click on the image below to download a PDF to print off and fill in to keep …
Tips for capturing magical shots yourself at home
It’s easy to rattle off a bunch of clichés when describing maternity photography, but not every mum feels a pregnancy 'glow’, or that pregnancy is a magical time. Personally, I had a love/hate relationship with the way my body changed and how I …
FREE Printable: This is our family this summer
Kids love to look back at photos of themselves, or funny things they said when they were little. So many memories are soon lost in the hustle and bustle of life. Click on the image below to download a PDF to print off and fill in to keep those …
10 ways to remember those precious childhood moments
Those early years are precious, and over way too soon. Pippa Henderson suggests ten ways to keep your favourite moments alive. My daughter’s very first friend was a little boy named Jacob. As babies they were two peas in a pod; podgy, energetic …
How to enjoy the holidays with your pre-schooler
With the summer holidays nearly upon us, we parents need a break to unwind after a busy year, and so do our little people. But without the routine of preschool and term time activities, how can you keep them entertained and still get stuff done …
Less screen time, more family time: Nigel Latta's top tips
Clinical Psychologist Nigel Latta says parents need to reduce their own and their children’s screen time to form closer family relationships. “The single most important thing we give our kids is our time. That’s where we teach them all the skills …
FREE printable: beautiful family journal page
Kids love to look back at photos of themselves, or funny things they said when they were little. So many memories are soon lost in the hustle and bustle of life. Click on the image below to download a PDF to print off and fill in to keep those …
Great ideas for non-toy gifts
If you’re looking for children’s gifts of the non-toy variety, we have some good news – they do exist! Here's a list of our favourites (something to pass on to relatives who are stuck for ideas!) The gift that keeps on giving Giving a child …
How to: make your video clips worth watching
Michelle Sokolich makes family movies professionally. Here she helps us amateurs turn all those video clips on our phones into cinematic gold. Do you think our grandkids will look back on this time in history as the most documented time ever? Our …
Watch our memory-keeper make a wall of memories
Watch our memory-keeper, Michelle Sokolich, create a family photo gallery as she and her family star in a television commercial for Brother printers. Michelle shares her tips for DIY family photo walls in the winter issue of OHbaby! Magazine, on …
Five activities for the school holidays
Five paid activities for the school holidaysVisit your local pool We all have great memories of lying around our local pool, ice cream melting down our fingers. Pools are a great way to cool off in the heat and keep the kids entertained for hours …
Don’t spend more on life insurance than you can afford
The thought of life insurance can be overwhelming, but it’s a practical matter that needs to be dealt with and discussed in your family. We insure our house, car and possessions but many of us don’t insure the one thing most precious to …
Five free activities for the school holiday
A bike parade Gather your kids and their friends together, decorate their bikes with streamers, make some signs for the front of the bikes and take the kids on a tour of the neighbourhood with a bike parade. You could even turn it into a …
DIY storage ideas
Quick, easy and cheap, here are some storage, ideas for dealing with kids stuff. Zip-lock plastic bags for jigsaw puzzles. Hang them up on a coathanger and store them tidily away in the closet. Boxes for toys. Label with a photograph of the …
Great ways to display kids' art
Don't relegate your kids' art work to the back of the cupboard anymore! Get those masterpieces out on show and prove to your budding Picasso and Degas just how proud your are of their artistic endeavours. It can be as easy as ABC. We love this …
Turn your kids' photos into beautiful art
We love this simple but oh, so effective idea for capturing your child and their needs, wants and must-haves at any given age. All it takes is a gorgeous photo, and a little skill with Photoshop or similar editing programme. These are the photos …
Photography tips
Create childhood memories to be proud of by following the advice of Auckland photographer Fiona Tomlinson. Becoming a parent is licence to go crazy with a camera. You'll want to capture each and every milestone of your little one's growth, from …
Fun lunchbox inspiration!
I recently stumbled across this website - http://www.funkylunch.com/gallery.htm it has some fun ideas and lunch box inspiration for the kids! I just had to share some of these pictures - but do go and check them out for yourself! I'm trying to …
Fun craft idea that shows a lot of love
Too cute! My kids are always drawing me pictures and paintings a gifts which I love. Recently my eldest told me I needed to make something for her too. So - inspired by this idea from a blog on blogspot ( here) I made all the kids an "I love you …