North Sydney Newborn Photography is excited to introduce a new blog series spotlighting local businesses that parents of young kids may find interesting. 

For this blog post, we chatted with Jess from Bespoke Moments, a small design business that creates customised prints for all of life’s milestones.  The custom prints by Bespoke Moments have been featured on a range of television shows and in magazines, including on Better Homes and Gardens and in the ‘Pregnancy Magazine’. At the Wedding Industry Expert Awards for both 2013 and 2014, Bespoke Moments won the category of  ‘Most Popular Wedding Accessories – Australia’,  ‘Most Popular Wedding Accessories – NSW’ and ‘Most Popular Wedding Accessories – Sydney.  I met Jess when she brought her first baby to my home studio for a newborn photography session. I just recently photographed her second baby as well.  I am excited to share with you this fantastic small business – read on below to find out some more information about Bespoke Moments!

• What inspired you to start Bespoke Moments?

I started the business in 2012 when my daughter Evie was about four months old. I created my first birth prints for my niece and daughter. From there, family and friends said how much they loved them and it sort of grew through word of mouth. I have always been a creative and busy person. I left behind an exciting marketing and content career in the music and video game industry and Bespoke Moments is the perfect outlet for combining creativity, technology, design and keeping me busy.

• Do you have a favourite product in your store at the moment?

I am expanding into wedding stationery which is lots of fun. I have done several wedding invitation suites now and I really enjoy working with couples to deliver their vision with gorgeous designs on beautiful cardstock. I will however always have a soft spot for the baby birth prints. I love how they capture a little person so perfectly. People feel good about giving such a personalised and unique gift, and new parents adore seeing their child’s details in one hand crafted piece. I still love seeing my kids’ birth prints when I go into their rooms.

• I love your first year prints – tell us a bit about these.

These are very popular of late. They are basically a snapshot of a child’s first year. On one design you can see their important milestones, weight, height, the things they love most, how many teeth they have, words they can say and much more. Many parents order these as a beautiful keepsake and use it as a table centre piece display at the child’s first birthday party.

Now for some fun questions about you:

Favourite colour? Hmmm I have always said blue, but really, I think yellow.

Day or Night? Night. The best time to relax or design while little people sleep.

Favourite food? I have thought about this answer for far too long and can’t decide. So I will say anything apart from seafood.

Mountains or Beach? Beach

Book or Movie? Book

An interesting or quirky fact about you that others may not know about …… I have danced on stage at The Sydney Opera House several times.

Don’t forget to go and check out more of the gorgeous custom print designs:

http://www.bespokemoments.com.au/

For an insight into a newborn photography session with Rebecca Connolly Photography, watch this behind-the-scenes video (click HERE).

We would love to hear from you – there is a contact form on the website.

Rebecca Connolly Photography specialises in Newborn, Maternity, Baby, Family and Child Photography in North Sydney and surrounding areas including but not limited to Chatswood and Sydney.