Family Fun at the Park
You know what I like about taking photos in North Lakes? There is at least one park within five minutes of every house, so during our shoot yesterday we spent some time down at the local park...
Not Me! Monday
Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
This week I did not have a glass of Pepsi Max with dinner, which then resulted in me staying awake all night and using a particularly wide awake period from 2-3am to catch up on blogging. There is no way I that am sensitive to caffeine after being off it for so long.
I am not continually frustrated by my lack of spatial awareness when it comes to sewing, I've studied education and fully understand that everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and am totally fine that this is not my strong area. I also did not almost totally unpick and re-pin a huge amount of sewing this week because I had thought I stuffed it up... and finally I definitely do not compensate for total lack of sewing ability with a ridiculous amount of pins, nope, not me!
I did not use Tavi as a makeshift water bottle while editing photos recently, letting him fall asleep after a feed on my lap and not moving for over an hour, I definitely did not enjoy every minute of it. Also, I certainly do not dream about taking photos and come up with ideas for shoots in my sleep. Nope not me!
During a recent Brisbane downpour I did not resort to buying Tavi disposable nappies, I am a purist in every sense of the word, but if I had put him in disposables (which of course I totally did not) then I definitely would not have enjoyed a significant reduction in the amount of washing I need to do.
I certainly do not have enough fabric to make each of my photo shoots look different for quite some time. Fabric hoarder? Me? Pfft, no way!
And finally I did not burn myself a ridiculous amount of times while making this book wreath...and yet keep soldiering on... Me? No way, you are looking at the most talented person who wields a glue gun this side of the equator...multiple blisters from multiple glue gun mishaps? You must have me confused with someone else...
The following is
intended to be dripping with sarcasm and just a little too much truth...
This week I did not have a glass of Pepsi Max with dinner, which then resulted in me staying awake all night and using a particularly wide awake period from 2-3am to catch up on blogging. There is no way I that am sensitive to caffeine after being off it for so long.
I am not continually frustrated by my lack of spatial awareness when it comes to sewing, I've studied education and fully understand that everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and am totally fine that this is not my strong area. I also did not almost totally unpick and re-pin a huge amount of sewing this week because I had thought I stuffed it up... and finally I definitely do not compensate for total lack of sewing ability with a ridiculous amount of pins, nope, not me!
I did not use Tavi as a makeshift water bottle while editing photos recently, letting him fall asleep after a feed on my lap and not moving for over an hour, I definitely did not enjoy every minute of it. Also, I certainly do not dream about taking photos and come up with ideas for shoots in my sleep. Nope not me!
During a recent Brisbane downpour I did not resort to buying Tavi disposable nappies, I am a purist in every sense of the word, but if I had put him in disposables (which of course I totally did not) then I definitely would not have enjoyed a significant reduction in the amount of washing I need to do.
I certainly do not have enough fabric to make each of my photo shoots look different for quite some time. Fabric hoarder? Me? Pfft, no way!
And finally I did not burn myself a ridiculous amount of times while making this book wreath...and yet keep soldiering on... Me? No way, you are looking at the most talented person who wields a glue gun this side of the equator...multiple blisters from multiple glue gun mishaps? You must have me confused with someone else...
That time I Ripped Up Pride & Prejudice
I came across this tutorial and loved the quirky wreath style and thought it would be a perfect Christmas decoration for our house.
I would have loved to use the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens because in my mind that would have been perfection, however I couldn't find it in the particular op shop I was looking in on the day I decided that I wanted to do it....and well we all know I am nothing if not headstrong and impatient at times...and this was one of those times *ahem* character flaw, moving right along... I did come across a copy of Pride and Prejudice and in my version of logic it was ok to buy it only to rip it to pieces because I already own it and have read it a few times. Problem solved. If you are not as pedantic as me when it comes to literature you could always use any book you don't like the look of, but personally I wanted to be sure I wasn't investing a lot of time into hanging tripe on my wall.
I'll be honest, I did squirm a bit when ripping out the first few pages, it just seemed so wrong. I suppose the fact that I majored in English literature didn't help either, but after I got over the initial uneasyness it was actually quite relaxing to rip a book to shreds. You should try it sometime, it had almost a cathartic effect.
I burned myself countless times with the glue gun, I even have a blister to prove it, but don't let that deter you from giving it a go. I just don't have any idea what I'm doing but jumped in and did it anyway...hmm impatience seems to be a theme, should probably work on that.
I would have loved to use the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens because in my mind that would have been perfection, however I couldn't find it in the particular op shop I was looking in on the day I decided that I wanted to do it....and well we all know I am nothing if not headstrong and impatient at times...and this was one of those times *ahem* character flaw, moving right along... I did come across a copy of Pride and Prejudice and in my version of logic it was ok to buy it only to rip it to pieces because I already own it and have read it a few times. Problem solved. If you are not as pedantic as me when it comes to literature you could always use any book you don't like the look of, but personally I wanted to be sure I wasn't investing a lot of time into hanging tripe on my wall.
I'll be honest, I did squirm a bit when ripping out the first few pages, it just seemed so wrong. I suppose the fact that I majored in English literature didn't help either, but after I got over the initial uneasyness it was actually quite relaxing to rip a book to shreds. You should try it sometime, it had almost a cathartic effect.
I ran out of glue so will need to buy some more before it is totally finished but here it is so far:
I burned myself countless times with the glue gun, I even have a blister to prove it, but don't let that deter you from giving it a go. I just don't have any idea what I'm doing but jumped in and did it anyway...hmm impatience seems to be a theme, should probably work on that.
Happy Christmas :)
Cute Gifts For Teachers
To all the teachers out there who are currently rummaging through copious amounts of chocolate and/or recovering from a sugar hangover due to vast consumption of said chocolate, I just wanted to shae the contents of one of the cards Chris got this year that accompanied a clear box filled with M&M's
Green is for the inspiration you give me each day
Blue is for your patience in showing me the way
Orange is for your warmth and caring style
Yellow is for the way you make me smile
Red is for my life that you have touched this year
You're a very special teacher, just like this box that's clear!
You place knowledge in children's hands and melt into their hearts and lives forever
You're a Magnificent & Marvellous teacher!
Thank you for being my M&M
I've seen plenty of gifts and cards over the years but this one is my favourite by far :) Feel free to steal the idea for your child's teacher next year. Hope everyone has a relaxing and restful holidays :)
Love. Smiles. Kisses.
This week I had the pleasure of taking photos for Gemma and her gorgeous girls.
We had lots fun jumping on the bed, playing with toys, blowing bubbles and making a princess tent...oh yeah and we took lots of photos as well. I was thrilled when I saw the amazing quilt Gemma had brought along, so colourful and lovely! I'm feeling inspired to make a big one for us now...although I need to finish off Tavi's first.
Next week is starting to fill up with bookings so if you'd like me to take photos of your lovely family (they make fantastic Christmas presents for grandparents) email me at summertimephotography (at) gmail.com and we'll set up a time.
To see the full set of photos from this session visit my website :)
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year :)
And also the most wonderful bargain! I love Advent Calenders, and had been thinking about making my own quilted one... and yes this was before I had any idea about what quilting actually involved. Since I haven't finished the binding on Tavi's quilt yet I had resigned myself to the fact that while it was a good idea, it would have to wait till another year as I simply don't have enough hours in the day.
I was out hunting for some vintage style props and came across this lovely handmade quilted advent calender, the i phone photo does not do it justice at all but it is lovely and only cost $7.50! You seriously couldn't buy the material for that! Gotta love a bargain :)
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