http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/cheap+decor/default.aspxTags: cheap decorenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/19/birth-organs-gone-wild-placenta-prints.aspxTue, 19 Aug 2008 20:01:00 GMT42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:118969Madeline Holler6http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=118969http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/19/birth-organs-gone-wild-placenta-prints.aspx#comments<p><a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/08/16-22/placenta%20print.jpg"><img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/08/16-22/placenta%20print.jpg" alt="" align="bottom" border="0" height="393" hspace="4" width="250" /></a></p><p>An acquaintance of mine -- she&#39;s given birth four times -- hands over her babies&#39; umbilical cords to her mother. Nana then waits for inspiration, shapes the cords accordingly and allows them to dry. Then she mounts them for wall hanging.&nbsp; And, you know, hangs them.</p><p>Me? I&#39;m attached to my organs up to and through their practical utility, at which point I&#39;m more than happy to let them go. Others -- clearly much deeper thinkers than myself -- find them artful. </p><p><a href="http://www.cookiemag.com/magazine/blogs/crabmommy/2008/08/wall-art-2-plac.html">Take, for example, the people behind this special find (thanks to Cookie Mag&#39;s Crab Mommy)</a>:<a href="http://www.blissfulmomblessedbabe.com/kits/placenta/placenta2.html"> placenta prints</a> and <a href="http://www.blissfulmomblessedbabe.com/kits/placenta.html">placenta print-making kits</a>! Quick, get <a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/12/matthew-mcconaughey-keeps-placenta.aspx">Matthew McConaughey</a> on the line!</p><p>No need to stop at inky footprints. And, indeed, that&#39;s a nice looking placenta!</p><p>What sort of afterbirth hangs on your walls?</p><p>Related Posts</p><h4 class="BlogPostHeader"><a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/08/12/matthew-mcconaughey-keeps-placenta.aspx">Matthew McConaughey keeps placenta</a></h4><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>Image: blissfulmomblessedbaby.com</i>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=118969" width="1" height="1">Placentaafterbirthcrabmommyplacenta printscheap decorwall hanginscookie mag