* This post may contain affiliate links, to items I totally love and I am confident you will love too. For any health advice, make sure you check with your doctor. I am not a doctor or a health professional, I am just an opinionated mama who did lots of health & fitness reading and hands-on experience. Please read my disclaimer for more info.
We are preparing to welcome our second baby girl in a week now and do believe me that for me, the nesting time has been a real thing this time. I have honestly found myself looking for newborn romper and hat patterns on Pinterest and Etsy and I have been knitting, crocheting and DIYing like crazy.
Besides all the baby preparations and the house cleaning, this time I also read a lot into newborn photography, ideas for props and outfits, as I really want to get better at taking pictures of the girls.
Full of hormones and super emotional, I got lost in a sea of Etsy. My husband has definitely heard a lot of “aww, so cute” in the past month or so. And I have seen his left eyebrow raise just as many times when I got all emotional.
After all this research, I realized 2 things. First of all, that I have spent so much time researching for all these props and basically found some of the most amazing shops on Etsy for newborns. This might be super helpful for anyone starting out with newborn photography, or even just researching outfits for their little human´s first pictures. Plus there is this baby cute factor that as an expecting mommy you just want to share with the world.
And secondly, I realized that I can also test promoting Etsy as my affiliate since they are my go-to place for beautiful things and I would endorse them with my full heart anytime in real life.
As a result, I have gathered and split the stuff I found into a few useful categories and based my research on under 25 $ per item. This is as cheap as it gets considering how special each of them really is. I ordered some really minimal things myself, like one outfit, a backdrop, a wrap and a box to place the baby in. These are super enough to begin with for me. I added all the posing ideas with the prop from Etsy which are just amazingly shot and can serve as inspiration.
Plus, these newborn props are super cool to have and keep for friends who will surely want to give it a try at their own newborn pictures, which is a really nice activity to try out together. And if you discover in the process that this is something you really enjoy doing, newborn photography is the perfect side gig for stay at home moms.
Here go the first 45 of the 101 props.
Let me know which ones you find the cutest or if you have Etsy favorites of your own.
Newborn Blankets, Backdrops, Fillers & Layering Fabrics
1. Brown Artificial Fur Blanket
Photos: Cherise Kiel Photography, Alex Z Photography
2. Newborn Faux Fur Flokati
3. Ombre Faux Fur Flokati
Photos: Corrie Michael Photography, Lovely by Liz Photography, Baby Like Art Photography, Alex Z Photography
4. Brown Faux Chinchilla Fur
Photos: Elizabeth Pellette Photography, A Fine Portraits, Cherise Kiel Photography, Alex Z Photography
5. Super Soft Dusty Pink Faux Fur
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
6. Dusty Purple Silky Smooth Layering Fabric
Photos: Nicole Serafin Photography, Alex Z Photography, Cherise Kiel Photography
7. Natural Burlap Blanket
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
8. No-Wrinkle, Super Soft Angora Fabric Backdrop
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
9. Knitted Blanket
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
10. Handmade Wool Felted Layer
Newborn Wraps
11. Blue Newborn Stretch Wrap
Photos: Tracey Mason Photography, Cherise Kiel Photography, Nicole Serafin Photography, Baby Like Art Photography
12. Gray Sweater Knit Baby Wrap For Winter
Photos: Axsys Design & Photography, Heidi Calma Photography
13. Pink Swaddling Strech Wrap
Photos: Lyndsey’s Photo Co.
14. Ivory White Stretch Baby Wrap
Photos: Heather Mohr Photography, Mon Amour Photography, Lyndsey’s Photo Co., Kelly Ross, Cherise Kiel Photography
15. Dark Red Stretch Knit Baby Wrap
Photos: Kelly Ross Photography, Lyndsey’s Photo Co, EH Photography
16. Newborn Jersey Wraps
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
17. Soft Jersey Stretch Wraps
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
18. Stretch Angora Wraps
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
19. Rose Vintage Fabric Wrap
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
20. Newborn Knitted Soft Wrap and Backdrop
Photos: Fotodetki Photography
21. Soft Stretch Knit Wrap
Photos: Lana Sky Photography
22. Floral Stretch Jersey Newborn Wrap
23. Cheesecloth Wrap
Photos: Gisela Weber Photography
24. Vintage Lace Wraps
Photo: Iga Logan, Tiny Me Photography
Headbands, Crowns & Wings
25. Gray Floral Bow Baby Girl Headband
Photo: Lyndsey’s Photo Co., Alex Z Photography
26. Soft Cream And Ivory Headband
Photo: Nicole Serafin Photography, Alex Zielinski Photography
27. Yellow Flower Headband
Photos: Gisela Weber, Cherish Me Photography
28. Pink Flower Headband
Photo: Klodjanaservishi Photography
29. Silver Halo Headband
30. Pearl Headband
Photo: Talea Photography
31. Green Leaf Crown Headband
Photo: Talea Photography
32. Gold Leaf Crown Headband
Photo: Tiny Me Photography
33. Pink and Green Flower Headband
Photo: Katie de la Rosa
34. Elegant Gold Rhinestone Headband
Photo: Barefoot Photography
35. Ivory Pearl Headband
Photo: Julie Newel Photography
36. Baby Mini Crown
Photo: Talea Photography
37. Elegant Rhinestone Headband
Photo: Robin Marchadour Photography
38. Velvet Bow Headband
39. Baptism Rhinestone Headband
40. Limited Edition True Vintage Wool Hair Bow Headband
Photo: Brittany Tootle Photography
41. Felt Green Leaf Headband
Photo: Alex Rose Photography
42. Gold And Ivory Wing Set
43. White Angel Wing Set
44. Gold Or Pink And Pearl And Lace Crown
Photo: Kristen Walters Photography
45. White Lace Crown With Purple Jewel
Photo: Kay Caruso Photography
And here is Part 2 of the series, with props from 45 to 101.
* This post may contain affiliate links, to items I totally love and I am confident you will love too. For any health advice, make sure you check with your doctor. I am not a doctor or a health professional, I am just an opinionated mama who did lots of health & fitness reading and hands-on experience. Please read my disclaimer for more info.
1 comment
Hi, the 101 Great Newborn Photography Props
Under 25$ – Part 1 article it is well written and is very useful.
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Your baby is wonderful!! 🙂 Kiss you All!