First Steps #5

Un

Deux

Trois

First Steps

La première fois

First Wings

First Freedom
First Chance

To Explore

Conquer
 And
Explore some more
Tout seul

Today's First Steps guest is the lovely Cristina Camarena, a founder of Kireei, chief editor of this fine magazine, an English teacher and mum to a super little boy. Cris sent me a photo of herself on her first bike, when she'd just learned how to ride it on holiday at her aunt's and uncle's in Setaigües, a little town in the region of Valencia. Doesn't she look sweet? I'm looking forward to making an album with all the photos in this feature, I think it's interesting to see where all those First Steps led to, don't you?

I also wanted to thank Cris for inviting me to write a guest post over at Kireei today -  The UK handmade scene, my thoughts and faves, over here.

Graçias Cris !

Kireei Magazine

If you've been following for a while you'll know that Kireei is a big favourite of mine. I always find something new and interesting on this Spanish children's blog. It's fun, fresh and playful, very similar in taste to Kickcan & Conkers.

Anyway, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Kireei's first online magazine, chock-full of colourful finds (some really beautiful wooden toys), great addresses and beautiful images by some of my favourite photographers, discovered through this site. I think your kids will love Joel's cardboard craft activity too.

 Believe me, my Spanish is minimal, pictures speak louder than words! Enjoy!

Small and Round

Alphabetti Buttons - Showpony

Letter Magnets for Baby's Christening - L' Encre Violette

Magnetic Calendar, Studio Dorogaya - via Kireei

Jaime Monfort

©Jaime M

Maybe the main feature of my work (or at least what I've aimed for) is to do children's portraits in a different way. I try to avoid clichés. My aim is to treat them as human beings, as opposed to objects, by trying to capture their everyday emotions and activities.

Oui, j'aime Jaime Monfort.
Some really beautiful moments captured in this Spanish photographer's Flickr stream.

My images of the day.

via the ever-inspiring Kireei.