the adorable Miss L

She is adorable. This little poppet was always ready with a smile. She is such a happy, content little lady. Thanks guys, enjoy your sneak peek

Blog Couture

Is your blog page ho hum?

Is it just plain white or black, and well, let's be honest, boring??

Need a face lift

Have a look at this www that I came across via Nat's blog.

http://www.shabbyblogs.com/

Lots of very vintage, shabby designs.

tress chic

I like mine the way it is for the moment, but there are lots of eye candy on this site.

The H Family

I would like to thank the H Family for fitting me into their very busy lives. You see, they went to Adelaide the next day for Mum to have a tiny bit of R and R before having their next addition to their family. And with one thing and another, there was a bit of rescheduling a couple of times before we finally did hook up. That's ok. I'm flexible!!

Thanks guys and enjoy your sneak peeks.

Rabbit Photos.

FYI.
For those of you who may have vouchers or that $100 deal with a new camera!!!!!

Rabbit in Port Lincoln will be closing in 2 months. And its just not the Lincoln shop that will be shutting its doors. Other stores are too.

I really feel for the girls that work in there. They have been fantastic and ever so helpful. What will they do now!!

This has been sprung on them too.

It really sux!!

Miss N.

Miss N has been an ongoing project for the last 10 days or so. She is a very special lady who I helped care for before I starting having my own family. So catching up with N warmed the cockles of my heart.

Huge thanks to Sandra for suggesting the idea, organising behind the scenes and being the crinkly wrapper rubber (lol, Sandra will know what I mean.)

With thanks to N's parents who allowed me to post a few select shots.

I had one shot in mind that I truly wanted to catch. I could see it so clearly. So with a little bit of patience on N's behalf, I got it.

For those of you who don't know N, she is a fighter with grace, and I feel enriched to have had her touch my life. Through N I learnt empathy and patience. Skills for life.

Thanks to N and her parents for letting me 'take a few snaps' for you. Enjoy your sneak peek.

stranger danger

I had a play with some wired leaves that I bought at the $2 shop and made my own floral vine. A bit like the Prima's expensive ones. I used KaiserCraft Blooms that I ran thru the Cuttlebug to emboss before I made them. Instructions for bloom construction, visit Nic Nac's blog. I sprayed it all with gold Glimmermist for a shimmer and it ran into the veins on the leaves.




It looks frigging fabo if I may say so.

quality time

A melting pot of inspirations on this one.


1. LO based on one that Gina has done (currently hanging on the wall in Scrapworkz). Lifted with her kind permission. Thanks chick.

2. Cluster flowers from Nic Nac's blog.

3. Tim Holtz inspired tag.


A different colour themed Christmas LO. Very feminine.

CS4

just got CS4 up and running.

GB. You are a LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mwah

playing with JS

Well I was going to scrap. But Maryanne inadvertently got me moving on the Jessica Sprague classes again.

loving the creased look in this.

Pictorial recap

We have done lots of stuff in this last 7 days.

Last Saturday we went up North Block with the Sheppard's for a picnic and bubble blowing. The countryside is a patchwork of colour atm. The canola is in full flower and we had the most spectacular view.

Sunday for me was a photo shoot and then a scrap day at Scrapworkz in Lincoln.

Tuesday was a photo session. This one is currently a work in progress. Gym for Annie after school.

Wednesday I and some other Mums set up, packed up and ran Kindergym. Visitors for tea.

Thursday was a photo session followed by picking up Annie's guinea pig for her birthday. She turns 7 next month but the little GP was ready to leave its Mum now.

I did have a bit of a giggle to myself. I thought I'd make my way home from near Mitshan where I picked the GP up via the backtracks. And I had no idea where I was. I ended up on the bitumen north of Mt Hope instead of coming west thru Kapinnie. LOL. I rang Kym to ask for directions home once I had a glimmer of an idea where the hell I was. Nearly 130km round trip. So its a bit of a standing joke that anything that's lost around home atm must be near Kapinnie. Then I drove on down to Lincoln for my Thursday scrapnite.

Friday morning was the unveiling of Annie's surprise. We think the GP is a young lady (uneducated guesswork) and she was given the name of Milly Pilly Firth

(her name on the side of the guinea pig hutch.)

Another photo session and on to Playgroup.

Annie decided to play a trick on me at the bus stop that night. Rather than hop in the car she decided to walk home. Bag and all. It would be about 1.5km uphill stroll I guess. And she loved it. I ripped back home to grab the camera for some shots. She damn near giggled all the way.

Today was supposed to be a crappy windy day. Mr Weatherman sure got that wrong. It was just a gorgeous sunny day. Spring is nigh

So we had a family day and went whale watching down at Sleaford. Well.... sort of. No whales to be seen to day, but the scenery was magnificent. Was worth the drive to look at the vista and watch the surfers catch a wave. I tried out my new UV Polarizing filter and am very very happy with it. (I did have a bit of a fiddle with it up at North Block and learnt a lot where I was going wrong with it then.)

I asked Kym to take the camera so I could be in a couple of the shots. Don't ya just love a man's sense of humor. Not!! (lol just gotta love him tho.)

Tomorrow???? No idea. Wherever the mood takes us......!!!!!!!

Mr N and Miss M

I've known this family for ages and it was such a pleasure to catch a moment of time forever for them. Thanks guys. I really enjoyed spending time with you. And for your patience so we could get all the shots.

If the kids are not having fun, nor am I. And you can bet your bottom dollar any Mum would get anxious if the kids are fretful.

So I play a lot with the kids. Their personalities really shine when they know that they don't just have to just sit and smile. They can go for a run for a bit while I work with their brother or sister (s). And then we'll continue where we left off.

And if some of the shoot just doesn't happen because someone is upset, I stop. There is just no point in trying to get kids to co operate when that is the last thing they want to do. If a significant part of the shoot hasn't been captured, I reschedule and try again. And that always works.

I'm not insinuating that this session with this family was stressful for anyone. Far from it. But some of the shots just didnt work the way I hoped and it was close to Miss M daytime nap, so we stopped and captured them the following day.

Hence the thanks for patience.

;o)

tiff

belle

A LO finished last night at Scrapworkz in Lincoln. This is a sketch challenge LO from E2C. I have another almost done. I am finally getting around to scrapping Christmas 2007. LOL. Annie hasn't changed much at all really.

latest

Yay. Finally submitted assignment 4 of the Photography course that I'm studying.


I am really learning HEAPS from this and gaining confidence in my camera day by day. What I love about this Diploma course is that I can fit it in to my lifestyle. Not fit me into its deadlines. I can have it done and dusted in 24 weeks flat (1 assignment every 2 weeks as you are not able to submit any quicker than that) or take up to a year to complete it. At this stage I have been submitting every 2 to 2.5 weeks. I haven't put any pressure on myself to get it done by a certain time or date. It will be done when its done.


-Tiff Firth Photography- has really found its own momentum. I did have 5 sessions booked this week, but I've had 2 families reschedule for different reasons. That's cool. I'm flexible.


Project N started yesterday with 2 locations and we have another day scheduled before I start processing. This has been a challenge with the subject and trying out different spots for shots. And I'm LOVIN it. So I cant show you this one yet. But I do already have some fantastic shots in the bag!!


I mowed the house yard today. I really enjoy the ride on mower and seeing a job well done. I do like the sunshine, straight lines and short grass - well they really are weeds. I did have a friend say that my house yard looks like a manicured lawn. I took that as a compliment. I don't dare let Kym mow. He would roar out there, mow his name in cursive and then put the mower away. Whilst I would have a laugh, it would tick me off. Even 9 months pregnant I was mowing, either the house yard or the lawn around our home with the good ol Victa. I reckon this is definitely a quirk of mine. What's yours????



hence not much scrapping done lately. I do have a LO on the desk that I am have been adding to.


The bees are a buzzing and the eucalyptus are starting to bloom. I do just love this time of year. Its so livable.

Miss E with big sister Miss A

awwwww.
9 days old and beautiful.
I had lots of fun with big sis' Miss A playing under the sheets, singing the scarecrow song and lots whispers.
Thanks guys. I know you had as much fun as I did!!!!
Enjoy your sneak peek.

trimming the tree

A bit of Louise influence here. Glimmermist and her are a match made in heaven.

;oD

xXx

not overly excited by this one, but 'tis done!

a bit of glimmer mist here, and a bit of embossing tinsel powder there, a smidgen of metallic thread sewed on. And just a splat or two of gold paint.

siblings

I saw a LO in a last months SM mag (Vol 11 No. 6) by Leeann Pearce that caught my eye. I turned the corner on that page to bookmark for reference. Last weekend away in Adelaide I watched Nat bring the same idea into life. That reminded me that I liked the look of it. And to see it irl with Nat's , I could see how great it looked. And its a great way to use all those q's, x's, k's, j's, and other odd alphas!!

I thought I'd be a bit lazy and spray paint the LO after the alphas were place on it rather than paint by brush. I was going for the stark white look, but after a couple of coats I stopped as I really like the look.

And another Nic inspired layered bloom. mwah.

u r....

finally got round to scanning this LO of Sean and his top 10 characteristics.

Journaling says

ur....

1. so easy to love

2. annie's best friend

3. growing up 2 fast

4. confident

5. always happy

6. into puddle stomping

7. an asthmatic

8. dad's apprentice

9. scared of spiders

10. thomas and friends mad.

used a few assortment of rubons, alphas, clothing tag, playing cards, journal spots and a bit of clipart. lots of fun with this one.

what a weekend.

I did a post last night with all the details and the pics and as I forgot to turn on the wifi on the lappy it was not saved. I lost the lot. grrrr.

Anyway I'll try again.

phewwww. What a weekend. Lots of belly laughs, talking, eating, sipping and a bit of PS'ing. Friendships now cemented in concrete.

I rocked up to Adelaide a bit later than planned. I missed the early flight. Damn alarm clocks. So with a bit of a laugh at myself (what else could I really do) I rebooked for the next flight out.

Nat and Trev hosted us all in their home over the weekend. A huge thankyou for taking us in and letting us invade their home. This was Trev's idea. I am envious of Nat that she has a hubbie that is so encouraging and understanding about what this scrapping hobby really means to her. Thanks guys. You are AWESOME. (word of the weekend). Nat, you are unflappable.

I met the amazing Louise Nelsonwho joined us for the weekend. Her style is both unique and inspiring. To see her work and how she goes about it in real life was such a treat. Photos in the scrap mags do no justice to her creations. Louise had all the girls going nuts on Glimmermist all weekend.

I feel a connection with Louise and she thinks we are kindred spirits. Wow. What a compliment. She is truly an individual who lets no one put her in a box. That I do understand!!

And she issued the toilet paper challenge. Who would have thought that crap wrap would look so good. Prima lookalike lollipop flowers, spiral blooms, colour blocking, twisted lengths wrapped around twigs. Imagination was limitless this weekend.

Sonia won the TP challenge. And her LO was so cool. Hopefully she puts it on her blog so you can see. I hope her students were kind to her today (Monday). It was such a big weekend.

At long last I met Ange. She was so warm and welcoming on the forum where I met her. What she and her Mac baby cant do, well its just not worth doing.

Cat came all the way from Tassie. Man, she is AWESOME!!! So quick with a one liner. And she discovered an SA secret. Fruit Chocs have now invaded Tasmania!!! ;oD

Donna travelled from Perth. She owns Mystical Scrapbooks. Donna is an wonderful lady. And we were lucky enough to meet and scrap with her sister too.

I didn't scrap this weekend away. I just cant bear the thought of downsizing my stash. I have found that trying to 'kit' my LOs squashes my impulsive creativity. So I left it all home and took the laptop for photo editing instead. And I got heaps done.

I have done a quick collage of the cocktail consumption on Saturday night. I did have a few champers before too. Trev is one very talented bloke in keeping the ladies happy with their bevvies!!






And a group shot of us by the 'blue wall'

Me, Donna, Cat, Sonia, Nat, Ange, Louise

All ready talking about next year!!

EB weekend diary note

First one up and at it this fine Saturday morning on the EB weekend in Adelaide. Last in bed last night too. lol. Mind you I didnt have the 4am start the Melbourne chicks had yesterday morning. Lots of cocktails last night, lots of belly laughs, friendships now set in concrete. Having THE best time. Shop, scrap, photoshoot and cocktails to come. BRING IT ON!!
ps. Panadol is a girl's best friend.
;0)