maternity clothes

Who needs maternity clothes when your baby bump looks this good? The works of art have been painted on expectant mother's stomachs by Carrie Preston, 27.
一位名叫凱麗·帕斯頓的27歲畫家將準媽媽的肚子畫成了藝術(shù)杰作。如果孕婦的大肚子能這么好看，誰還去穿孕婦裝呀？

The artist has painted more than 130 baby bumps to provide women with a unique memento of their pregnancy. Her intricate designs include birds, animals and film scenes.
這位畫家已經(jīng)為超過130為準媽媽畫了肚皮畫，以此為她們的孕期留下獨特的紀念。她精心設(shè)計的圖案造型包括鳥類，動物和電影情景等等。

Carrie said she tries to make her pictures personal to the mother-to-be, whether it be related to their favourite book, flower or colour.
凱麗說，她總是竭力為準媽媽創(chuàng)作富有個性化的畫作，無論這畫作是源于準媽媽最喜歡的圖書、花卉還是顏色。

The craze for painting baby bumps started in the U.S. a few years ago and has started to take off in the UK.
孕婦肚皮畫的風潮幾年前發(fā)起于美國，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在英國開始流行。

Carrie thinks belly painting is a wonderful way to show off the special time.
凱麗認為，肚皮畫是紀念這一特殊時期的好方法。

Picture perfect

1.Picture perfect: Carrie Preston has painted more than 130 baby bumps including this 'Little Apple' painting, left, and an intricate jigsaw of the globe.
完美圖畫：凱麗·帕斯頓已經(jīng)為超過130名準媽媽畫了肚皮畫，其中包括這幅“小蘋果”（左圖），還有這幅精致的地球拼圖（右圖）。

Personal choice

2.Personal choice: The pregnant women might choose to have their favourite bird or animal, like this woman who chose a peacock.
個性選擇：準媽媽可以選擇她們最喜歡的鳥類或其他動物，例如這位準媽媽選擇畫一只孔雀。

Out of this world

3.Out of this world: Film scenes are popular requests like this one from E.T.
飛離地球：很多媽媽選擇畫上電影里的情景，例如這張取自《外星人》的圖畫。

Artistic

4.Artistic: Animals are popular requests like, from left, this kangaroo, pig, and turtle swimming under the sea.
藝術(shù)氛圍：動物造型也很受歡迎，例如左圖上的袋鼠，中間圖畫上的小豬，和右邊圖畫上的在海底游泳的海龜。

Wrapped up

5.Wrapped up: Carrie has been belly painting for two years as she believes pregnancy should be celebrated.
禮品包裝：凱麗創(chuàng)作肚皮畫已經(jīng)兩年了，她相信懷孕是一件值得慶祝的事情。

Moo-mento

6.Moo-mento: Carrie said this mother wanted a cow on her baby bump because she had lived on a farm and her family cared for jersey cows.
超“牛”的紀念：凱麗說，這位準媽媽生活在農(nóng)場上，一家人以畜養(yǎng)澤西奶牛為生，所以她想在自己肚子上畫一只奶牛。

Bear cub

7.Bear cub: This pregnant woman wanted a picture of her favourite Winnie The Pooh story.
小熊：這位準媽媽想要的畫取自她最愛的卡通故事，“小熊維尼。”