Nov 15, 2012 | beautiful to me
Can you just imagine the time that it must take to carve one of these eggs!? As beautiful as they are, I know I would probably not have the patience to do it… Or the steady hand. Beth Ann’s carved eggs are available at her Etsy shop – The Nest at...
Nov 13, 2012 | inspiration and motivation
The Beautiful Girl is studying ‘Romeo and Juliet’ this term, which meant when the Shakespeare Insult Kit fortuitously made it’s way in to my inbox, I printed it out with instructions to “take it in to your English teacher and show her!”....
Nov 10, 2012 | live laugh love
I know I have a brain like a sieve and am prone to forgetting what I had for breakfast this morning, so I thought I’d make a semi-regular thing of revisiting posts from 12 months previous. Here’s my top 4 from November 2011: {diy} Tuesday – So...
Nov 9, 2012 | photography
Last weekend was a complete write-off… Remember how I mentioned that things were ramping up in our part of the world? Well, my body decided it had other plans and was going to play host to some bleepity-bleep virus. Two days couch bound and two days of sleep...
Nov 8, 2012 | live laugh love
Living the dream for me involves making my living as a photographer. Being able to capture the memories… the moments… the minute details… Making them… sharing them… creating the photos that families will treasure for years to...
Nov 7, 2012 | photography
I’ve recently completed the 4 week Photoshop Elements 101 course over at Nicole’s Classes. Highly recommend it too… …self-paced video tutorials, with feedback on your photo editing homework, made it a fantastic learning environment. Now,...
Nov 6, 2012 | beautiful to me
This postcard was the first to catch my eye – being a peace-loving hippy and all. Then this one made me giggle. You see, Husband has a little phrase that he uses whenever something bad happens to one of the kids or myself… “It could be worse. It...
Nov 2, 2012 | photography
Oh my… November already! Things are starting to ramp up here in our part of the world. End-of-year functions, swimming club starting, new car being purchased, holidays being planned. Lots to do and organize. Picking up my camera and snapping photos for The...
Nov 1, 2012 | photography
It was a link in my Facebook news feed from our mutual friend Jen Kealey, that led me to the home birth photos from Amy…. and the photography of Lou, from Sunny & Scout. Photos that evoked a multitude of emotions in me. First, it made me wish for a do-over...
Oct 31, 2012 | Wordless Wednesday