Portraits

Your lil one's portrait has never looked so cool. While plenty of living room walls are covered in traditional family photos, Fancy Little Me converts the boring old portrait into a modern work of art. After sending the company a few of your favorite photos, and selecting a design style (such as the denim one shown here), artists get to work creating a custom image that adds some style to the wall. Based in Australia, Fancy Little Me offers international customers a poster-like option (starting at $161) that is ready for framing as soon as it arrives – about two weeks after the photos are received. The living room never looked so hip, and your tot never looked so abstract!

Skip the classic portrait and opt for something a bit more aquatic! The warm weather months are a fine time to snap candid photos of your tots making memories in the pool. For lil fish who don't want to get out of the water shutterbugs like Abigail Smigel hop in with them and start shooting. She owns Sea Star Underwater Portraits that specializes in capturing the free movement of children as they swim. The results are a bit reminiscent of Nirvana's Nevermind cover, and your water babies will have fun posing for the pictures — she also does sibling shots. Do you like this departure from traditional snapshots?