Rosie's Casting Studio

Rosie's Casting Studio Newborn Hand & Foot Casting📍Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand
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28/04/2026

Absolutely completely and utterly OBSESSED. This is a sculpture by .nz made from a 3D scan that my bestie did of my body 3 days before Teddy arrived in this world. Such a precious keepsake to add to my collection - I swear I have the best keepsake collection of anyone in the world - something I’ll never take for granted. 🤍🧸

Amanda from First Days NZ does pop ups around the place and is coming to Wellington this weekend. Do yourself a favour and book in with her ❤️

🧸 Teddy 🧸 a special frame for me to go to sleep and wake up next to every day ❤️‍🩹
10/03/2026

🧸 Teddy 🧸 a special frame for me to go to sleep and wake up next to every day ❤️‍🩹

26/02/2026

Treasures. Teddys face, hands, and feet in solid bronze ❤️‍🩹

A surprise delivery landed on my doorstep yesterday…and this was what it was!!!!!!! An incredibly generous and thoughtfu...
16/12/2025

A surprise delivery landed on my doorstep yesterday…and this was what it was!!!!!!! An incredibly generous and thoughtful gift from a fellow business owner turned internet friend. Thank you so much Lilly ❤️❤️❤️

If you’re new here, hi 👋🏼 I’m Rosie, the heart and hands behind Rosie’s Casting Studio, based in Paraparaumu, New Zealan...
30/11/2025

If you’re new here, hi 👋🏼 I’m Rosie, the heart and hands behind Rosie’s Casting Studio, based in Paraparaumu, New Zealand.

I’m also Mum to two boys: Oakley and Teddy.

Oakley, now 6, was my reason for starting this business. In 2019 he was born a micropreemie at 28 weeks gestation weighing 695g (1lb 8oz). After a 100 day stay in NICU, I started Rosie’s Casting Studio so that I could earn a living whilst being able to also stay at home with him.

Then 6 years later on the 4th of October 2025 I had another baby boy called Teddy…perfect in every way but stillborn unexpectedly at full term. He is a huge part of my life, and I talk about him openly and often.

Right now I’m on maternity leave, taking time to recover, adjust, and look after myself and my family. The studio is closed for in-person appointments, but my online course and masterclasses are still available if you’re wanting to learn how to life cast yourself!

If you’ve been here a while, thank you for sticking around through everything. It means more than you know.

Have you ever looked at my work and wished you could do it too? I get asked ALL the time, so I created a 'How to Cast Ba...
30/11/2025

Have you ever looked at my work and wished you could do it too? I get asked ALL the time, so I created a 'How to Cast Baby Hands & Feet' online course for beginners!

I’ve been lifecasting for years, and I know how intimidating it can feel when you’re just starting out. So in this course, I walk you through everything step-by-step — from mixing the alginate, to creating your moulds, to pouring, demoulding, and finishing beautiful casts.

You don’t need any experience. Just a few simple materials and an eagerness to giving it a go.

Inside the course you’ll get:
✨ 25 beginner-friendly video lessons
✨ Amazon links to purchase the exact tools and materials I use
✨ My exact methods and tips I’ve learned from casting hundreds of babies
✨ Lifetime access
✨ Plus an invite to my private Facebook group for students from around the world

If you’d like to learn the skill of lifecasting to create your own keepsakes, or if you're thinking about turning it into a business, I’d love to teach you.

Come join me inside the course. You'll find it here: https://www.rosiescastingstudio.com/baby-hand-foot-casting-for-beginners

03/11/2025

This is my son Teddy. He died mere hours before he was born on the 4th of October 2025 at full term. I had a complete placental abruption, and confused its symptoms for early labour. I waited 3 hours before doing anything about it, which was already too late.

My firstborn (now 6) was delivered at 28 weeks gestation. He was severely growth restricted and spent 100 days in NICU before we got to take him home. It was because of him I started lifecasting and created this business.

For the past 5 years I have had the pleasure and privilege of meeting hundreds of families to create hand and foot casting keepsakes for them - never in a million years did I think that my professional experience in meeting and working with bereaved families who had lost babies would come in handy for my own first hand experience of exactly that.

We got to spent 9 precious days and nights with Teddy at home - something I have learned is not possible in all countries. Of course I took castings of his hands, feet, and face - and now I get 6 months of paid maternity leave. It is not lost on me how lucky I am to live in New Zealand.

Why do I share this?

I want you to see my baby and coo over him just like I did, like I do (he had been dead for 5 days in this video - he was soft and floppy, and practically perfect in every way except his heart was not beating).

I want you to remember him and to talk to me about him.

I want you to better support someone you know if they ever experience this.

I want you to know that if you are lucky enough to live somewhere that you can take your baby home, that there isn’t necessarily a rush to farewell their body, and you can spend time caring for them as you would if they were alive (dressing, bathing, cuddling, co-sleeping with them etc).

I want you to know your living children, friends, and family can meet them and rewrite their own perspective on the taboo of baby loss and the handling of a body after death.

And lastly, I want you to know that grief is not a problem to be solved, it is an experience to be carried and tended to.

If you have any questions about Teddy you are welcome to ask.

Thank you for your love ❤️

23/10/2025

The most important, special, and terrible job of my life casting the hands, feet, and face of my own baby boy Teddy, unexpectedly stillborn on the 4th of October 2025 🧸❤️‍🩹

Many people have seen the video of Teddy in his Dads arms as I was taking his hand moulds and wondered what the casts would come out looking like - and here they are. To answer a common question… it was me doing the moulds, not a nurse. I was in still in my pyjamas just 4 days post cesarean and you can even see the drain still attached to me. These casts have been tidied up and sanded - but they are yet to be duplicated, painted, turned to bronze, or framed etc - the possibilities are endless and I have all the time in the world to be creative and make the most of my skills.

We were lucky enough to have our perfect boy with us for 9 nights in total. 3 in hospital and 6 at home. I know everyone is not as lucky. These casts were taken 4 days after he was born. If you’d like to know more about our time with Teddy and our journey so far, you’re welcome to checkout my ‘Teddy’ highlight reel on Insta. He’s very cute ❤️

Thank you for all of your love,
Rosie x

09/10/2025

When I found out I was pregnant I knew that I would would take many casts of my newborn baby. Little did I know instead he would be stillborn and my professional experience with baby loss would kick in like muscle memory.

This is such a strangely familiar experience, because I’ve been around many families who have gone through similar, just this time I’m on the receiving end of it all.

I spent the afternoon 4 days after his birth creating all the casts of him that I wanted to, the most important casting job of my life, and I’m so proud and relieved that the are some of the best I’ve ever done. We did his hands, feet, face, and a fingerhold with me. Here is a little clip of doing his hand, in the arms of his heartbroken Dada.

I share this because it’s our reality. So bittersweet to have a skill set that I can use in this scenario, and wish I didn’t have to.

Thank you all for your outpouring of love. It means a lot 💕

On Saturday the 4th of October 2025 we welcomed our newest family member into the world. His name is Teddy and he was bo...
08/10/2025

On Saturday the 4th of October 2025 we welcomed our newest family member into the world. His name is Teddy and he was born sleeping 💔

I had something called a complete concealed placental abruption. I didn’t even go into labour, it just happened during the night while I was sleeping. There was nothing anyone could have done, it happened without warning without symptoms and without suffering for him thankfully. A cruel lottery draw.

There is nothing anyone can say (except sorry, which we appreciate) or do to make this nightmare we are living any better. Please just continue to include us in your lives and don’t be afraid to talk to us about him.

Oakley is an adoring big brother and we are heartbroken his big brother dreams are very different to what he expected. He has been showering him with kisses, calls him the cutest baby ever, and is figuring out what death means in his own 6 year old way. He is our personal ray of sunshine and I am so thankful for him I cannot even explain.

Mike had the horrendous job of telling our family the news, and has been taking the best care of me possible. Forever grateful to this man and Dada of two boys ❤️

Today I did the most important life casting job of my whole life. Teddy’s hands, feet, face, and a fingerhold. What a bittersweet final job for me and skill set I have the luck to do something meaningful with.

Please keep us in your hearts as we spend our last moments with him physically. We aren’t having a funeral and appreciate your understanding of our wishes for privacy.

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