A photographer and a hooker walk into a bar . . .

No, just kidding. But a photographer and a hooker, i.e. crocheter, DID get to chatting one evening. The photographer asked the crocheter if she could make those adorable little custom creations that one might see in beautiful portraiture photography of babies. And the crocheter said she could, and a beautiful, creative relationship was formed!

The photographer, Ms. Heather Cromack of Heather Cromack Photography in New Jersey, thank you for allowing me the freedom to create and design some amazing and versatile photo-props for your business! What a blast! If you are in the New Jersey/NYC area, please contact Heather for your portraiture needs! (She has some amazing props! Ha!)

I started with a cute little pumpkin beanie. Because, well it's a PUMPKIN BEANIE!


I then made a little blue newsboy cap at Heather's request. And what's cuter than a tiny blue newsboy cap on a baby boy's head? A matching tiny diaper cover! This is the softest, most luxurious yarn, made out of bamboo fiber!

A quick internet search revealed even more cute ideas for chunky yarn crocheted into adorable baby beanies, like this double Pom Pom beanie from Hooking on Madrid's Metro blog.



And of course, what's cuter than just a double pom pom beanie? A matching tiny diaper cover!


Then I decided that the baby girls should be rightly represented, and I swear there's nothing more precious than a baby girl in a headband with a large, pretty flower! So I took this gorgeous silk, cashmere and merino wool spun in Italy and hand-painted in Chile and made a classical head band that's adjustable for size (9mos down to newborn) added a vintage button and a reversible/removable  flower. (top)



But one vintage style wouldn't do, so I also made a fun and very colorful adjustable headband with another vintage button, this time in merino wool hand dyed in the colors of "strawberry and lime rainbow"! (bottom)

Isn't it adorable how the flowers are removable and can be pinned to other hats or dresses?Or the headbands can be worn plain?

So now that I was so impressed with the cuteness of matching sets I decided the orange pumpkin hat and matching girlie hat like this one, (but is not pictured on my blog as it's not completely assembled, however it IS part of the newborn prop set) also needed a cute matching diaper cover. For this, I decided to go for a little bit more coverage as I wanted to add appliques. There were no matching patterns for what I wanted, so I wrote my own. And voila, a versatile matching bottom that can go from Spring or Summer, and from girls to boys, and then to Fall with the matching pumpkin beanie!



The front of the drawstring-adjustable diaper cover with leaf and vine applique, and the vines wipes around to the back . . .



Where there's more vines, and cute little matching buttons.



And beautiful Fall leaves can be attached to the cute little butt. . .



Or even a bright green for Summer and flowers!

And because there's more seasons and not everyone is a fan of orange, I though how cute would it be to make a different color of beanie, remove the ribbing and the pumpkin vine, add a leaf and re-title it to:


"You're My Huckleberry!"
Double crocheted from Sublime cashmere/merino/silk yarn. 


 I've had so much fun creating all these little items, and having the freedom to come up with creative ways to make props more usable across seasons and sets. I do hope to have a chance at another set of Photographer props, because the next set will have just as much creativity but not all the same patterns and colors. Thanks for looking! And again, if in NJ or NY, consider Heather Cromack for your photos!

If you are a photographer interested in adding more props to your stash, or a parent looking for the perfect little prop for your baby's first photos? Contact me at kedroc8@gmail.com!