His favorite book

We're big fans of books around here... you can tell by how much his shelves are busting at the seams. At least a couple times a day I'll find him in his room with a pile of books he pulled down from the shelves, turning and patting the pages while babbling. Brown bear brown bear is his all-time favorite and a little over a month ago I discovered that if you just say the name of the book he'll go get it and bring it to you. He bobs his head and cracks up when you read it too. Kid really loves brown bear! Eric Carle books are such a classic and have always been a favorite, I'm glad Beck agrees.

Coincidentally, right around the time he first did his Brown bear "trick" we picked up a couple pair of the Eric Carle pajamas collection at Gymboree—these polar bear ones and the fox ones too. Just call us mega Eric Carle fans over here. They are his first set of two-piece pj's and just so darn cute.

p.s. We have a list of more favorite books here

(Beck at 10 months)

Framebridge

Raise your hand if getting things framed or doing it yourself is totally intimidating to you... Yep, both of my hands are up! I hardly ever (read: never) get 4x6 prints, let alone anything bigger to display in our home. Which is why there was literally nothing on our walls at the last place we lived.
I didn't even have any photos of Beck printed, even though I'm sure there are 40,000 sitting on my computer. Lame.

Enough was enough. To start I decided on two large scale framed photos, one of dreamy Cape Kiwanda and one of tiny baby Beck. And just for fun, a smaller framed instagram shot of my fiddle fig. The process of uploading and customizing your frame is SUPER easy and straight-forward with Framebridge and they have a great selection of frames to choose from (from clean and simple to artsy and eclectic). So much thought goes into the framing of each piece and I was blown away by the quality of the prints and frames when they arrived.

I always rearrange wall decor in a room a million times before I settle on what looked best (indecisive much?) but here is where I landed with these! The Cape Kiwanda shot is perfect for the wall space in the dining room. I just need to hang it now and commit.




The yawny Beck photo is in our room. It looks kinda tiny on the wall but it's actually quite large. I love love love it.




And a classic gold frame for the fiddle fig instagram shot. I want to add this to a gallery wall someday when I have more framed art and photos but for now it's in the kitchen adding some fun to the coffee shelf.


I want to do an entire set of Instagram Mini frames next. Victoria from SF Girl By The Bay shared hers and I'm obsessed, you have to see her post!

Framebridge is generously offering Vanilla & Lace readers an awesome discount on the Instagram Mini frames—2 Instagram Mini's for $50 (and free shipping always!). Use the code 2INSTA50 at checkout.

Whether you have a project in the works or not, go to the framebridge site and upload a photo to test out what you can do. It's super fun to walk through the process and see your photo go from something you posted on facebook to a piece of art you'd love to display.

This post was created in partnership with Framebridge. As always, opinions are entirely my own!