When it comes to profiting off a baby's birth, I thought I had seen it all ...
But now, there's umbilical cord art.
On "Raising America" today, Kyra Phillps talked to a couple behind Little Cord Art, a company that takes your baby's umbilical cord and turns it into a masterpiece. And you won't believe how they do it.
When your baby is born, you put the umbilical cord in a special container and ship it off to Little Cord Art. They take a microscopic photo of the umbilical cord cells and voila! A work of art!
Crazy, right?
Check out Kyra's interview with the founders of Little Cord Art:
I'm not denying that the canvases look nice, and they're certainly conversation starters. But they also cost between $300 and $500, and well-- that's a lot of onesies and diapers right there.
As someone who bought all my baby clothes and many baby toys at consignment sales, I would never even consider getting my own cord art. Honestly, even if I were a millionaire, I wouldn't buy it. So many companies are out there now trying to convince parents that they'll forever regret not having that professional newborn photo/ hand-drawn framed silhouette/ bronzed baby shoe --after a while it all starts to run together. Little Cord Art seems like yet another attempt to wring a few (hundred) bucks out of a sleep-deprived couple with more dollars than sense.
Not that I blame them. In these sequestered times, we've all got to make money any way we can, right?
What about you? Would you buy umbilical cord art?
Image via Little Cord Art
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I buy art because I like the way it looks (or works in a room if it's decor art). I guess I'd buy this if it met that criteria but I wouldn't buy or not buy it based on it being made of this. I definitely wouldn't send a cord off to get it made.
Why on Gods green earth would you ship your blood and dna off to strangers?? What do they do with the cord when they are done? It's medical waste and considered to be bio hazard..Besides the fact you have your precious children to take photos of.. It shows how little regard people have for creation and the sacredness of birth. God weeps as the locusts swarm the Holy land..
Dumb.
I think this is beautiful. I kept my babies little umbilical cord nub when it fell off, it was special to me because it was what connected us and helped keep her alive while inside of me. I think this is a beautiful concept.
Vegeta that made me ROFL
I think it's weird... but lots of people do weird stuff with their afterbirth, this is far from surprising.
And a waste of money.
I do keep the stump in the baby book. Just one of those things I guess... first hair cut clippings, first lost tooth...