Weekly Photos Set Up

Well I'm officially all set up to take some weekly bump photo's! Although I know there won't be much to show for the next several weeks. I'm sure there really won't be anything to report till at least 12 weeks. But in the meantime I have everything ready to go. I was inspired when I had seen photos like these on pinterest and have always wanted to do the same thing. I thought it would be cool to have a collection of growing bump pictures from week to week to see the progress.

I had bought the picture frame months ago when I bought the same frame, in black, for a project for our entryway (which turned out awesome). It was cheaper to just pay the shipping once, so I bought an extra frame, hoping I'd be able to use it for this purpose one day, and then I can transition it to the nursery after. I found it on Etsy by Amber Lane Frames. It's such a cool frame, it looks great in our hallway and already looks good for this project!

The next piece was deciding on the graphic to use for the frame every week. While I have seen some people make their own signs every week, one I'm not that talented, two I don't have that kind of time, and three I like the ease and consistency of having something already printed up. I eventually settled on this package, also from Etsy (of course), by Marie's Digital Designs. I just went with the simple black and white theme.

Finally the last step was to print all the pictures and set up the tripod. I printed the first 3 weeks (technically weeks 4, 5, 6) from Target this afternoon. I wanted to start my pictures today since today is week 4! It was way too expensive to get them all printed in the store.  Since I have a few weeks buffer now, I just ordered the rest of the prints from york photo, they are awesome for printing large quantities of photos for cheap and I've never had a complaint about their service or quality.

The hardest part so far was setting up the tripod and camera, figuring out the perfect distance and figuring out how the timer on my camera works, but I got it! All in all it was a somewhat expensive little project, $52 for the frame with shipping, $19 for the digital signs, $9 for the target photo's and another $57 for the rest from york for a grand total of $137 but I'm sure it will be well worth it. I can't wait to see how they come out as we go along!