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Wee find: Laikonik Once a Year Baby Books
I hate to admit that it's taken me a full 29 months to even start thinking about putting together a baby record book. It's been playing on my mind for ages, as I fret about the thousands of un-edited baby photos sitting on our hard drive, and that I'll forget all the important details and milestones. Am I the only one who's spectacularly crap at all of this?
But just last weekend I stumbled across the most exquisite handcrafted solution - Laikonik Once a Year Baby Books.
These beautiful, hand-bound books have a clever concertina design so you can stand and display the book, or store it away in the sleeve. I love that in terms of record-keeping, it's all about once-a-year - meaning you only need to insert one photo to represent each year of life. There is hope yet!
There is space to document all the important milestones from the year, and over the course of 18 years the book becomes an incredibly beautiful narrative of your child's life. And you don't feel like such a craptacular mum, afterall.
The books are handmade in Australia using acid-free, archival quality paper. The gorgeous Polish folk-art inspired motifs on the cover and matching bag are silk-screenprinted onto industrial hemp, and come in four different colour ways, with a choice of a birdy or horse design.
These bundles of memory-keeping goodness also come with a companion 'chatter book', so you can document all the things your kids say over the years.
I haven't stopped thinking about these Laikonik's genius baby books since I spotted them in Sydney's Workshopped a couple of weeks ago - and now I can't wait to begin my son's story.
Laikonik Once a Year Book, AU$80.
It’s a week of babies and kids on Wee Birdy! Make sure you haven’t missed:
19 clever ways to transform a kid's room with wallpaperThe 12 best presents for baby girlsA wee historic royal baby exhibitionThe 12 best presents for baby boys
I hate to admit that it's taken me a full 29 months to even start thinking about putting together a baby record book. It's been playing on my mind for ages, as I fret about the thousands of un-edited baby photos sitting on our hard drive, and that I'll forget all the important details and milestones. Am I the only one who's spectacularly crap at all of this?
But just last weekend I stumbled across the most exquisite handcrafted solution - Laikonik Once a Year Baby Books.
These beautiful, hand-bound books have a clever concertina design so you can stand and display the book, or store it away in the sleeve. I love that in terms of record-keeping, it's all about once-a-year - meaning you only need to insert one photo to represent each year of life. There is hope yet!
There is space to document all the important milestones from the year, and over the course of 18 years the book becomes an incredibly beautiful narrative of your child's life. And you don't feel like such a craptacular mum, afterall.
The books are handmade in Australia using acid-free, archival quality paper. The gorgeous Polish folk-art inspired motifs on the cover and matching bag are silk-screenprinted onto industrial hemp, and come in four different colour ways, with a choice of a birdy or horse design.
These bundles of memory-keeping goodness also come with a companion 'chatter book', so you can document all the things your kids say over the years.
I haven't stopped thinking about these Laikonik's genius baby books since I spotted them in Sydney's Workshopped a couple of weeks ago - and now I can't wait to begin my son's story.
Laikonik Once a Year Book, AU$80.
It’s a week of babies and kids on Wee Birdy! Make sure you haven’t missed:
19 clever ways to transform a kid's room with wallpaper
The 12 best presents for baby girls
A wee historic royal baby exhibition
The 12 best presents for baby boys
