The Family of M's

Lucky me had a photo shoot with a Dad and the 3 ladies in his life. Its so rewarding to see a Dad come on in and happily join in for the session. So thank you for making my day.


Enjoy your sneak peeks.


t

Miss T and Mr R

Just finished processing the pics from another shoot. I am not able to show them to you, but I can tell you that the young people loved being in front of the camera. And the camera loved them too. So many shots were 'you bloody rippas'.

I dare say Mum will print them off and for those here in the area may see some in her scrapping creations down the track.

So thanks Mum for letting me pinch the kids for a while and having a whole bunch of fun with them. Oh and thanks very very much T for helping Annie with her DS Dogs. She's addicted now!! ;o)

I have a couple of time slots available next week of school holidays if anyone would like some family portrait shots done. Its easier while the older kids are home from school.

I like to make the photo sessions casual and fun. I don't do formal. It's just not my style. If one of the children gets upset, don't stress as it doesn't stress me at all. I can always find a brother or a sister, or a parent to take pics of, and jelly beans or bubbles are really fantastic for finding those smiles again. I am more than happy to find a nappy, wipe up spills or take 10 mins out while bubs is having a feed. If you're not relaxed and enjoying it, you can be sure the kids aren't either. So sit back or jump in with the kids and have a moment of time captured forever.

leave me a comment here, email or phone me for those who have those details, if you would like me to capture your memories for you.

Go here for an idea of what my 'style' (whatever that is lol) is like and to get an idea of what sort of shots you may like. Be warned, I always snap baby and kids feet. I have a full on foot fetish and I love seeing so many tootsies to satisfy my craving. lol.

Miss E, Mr R & little Miss M

awwww. such cuties. and so easy on the camera.
Thanks Mum.
Enjoy your sneak peek.

The H family.

Mr J and Mr B brought along both Mum and Dad today for a photo session. And the word jelly beans was a fantastic trigger for big smiles. And to have one as well lol.



thanks Mum and Dad. Your boys were so easy and I had a lot of fun with you all.



enjoy your sneak peek.

he and me

Not much embellishing in this one as I didn't want to detract from the beautiful wisteria. You cant see it here but each dark purple or green spot in the wisteria has dimensional magic to give them interest. And the colour of the pearls is a bit hard to spot, but they are white, purple and green. All in the wisteria colours. This one is for Annie's album.
Such pretty paper.

grateful in so many ways

can now reveal......

The LO as promised using the pics and journaling from my previous post from the Gratitude challenge at E2C.

This is how I pictured it in my mind.

So I am glad that's how it came together as it's fairly unusual because most of my LO's just happen without any pre planning. That the reason why wherever I go, all my stash travels with me. The thought of planning a LO (and I have tried it a couple of times) just crushes my creativity. I must work best by pulling a LO together based on impulsive first reaction to the photo(s). So I need everything at hand to put on the page as it comes to mind. The thought of downsizing my stash for travel or to go to Retreats just breaks me out in a cold sweat.

I am actually heading off for a much anticipated weekend at the end of this month to Adelaide. I have made some very lovely forum friends that I will meet in real life. We intend to scrap a bit, talk a lot, drink a lot, eat a lot, laugh until our tummies hurt. Oh and the odd photo snapped too.

I thought of driving myself over just so I can take all my stash. The only hitch is I literally cant drive Adelaide. I am claustrophobic. I can get as far as Gepps Cross and I HAVE to get out from behind the drivers wheel. I'm a gibbering sweaty mess. The cars next to me are far too close, the buildings lean in and loom over me, there are so many distractions and I frankly do not feel capable of driving safely. Not at all.

So.... with this weighing hugely on my getting there in the first place, I have decided to fly. All the scrap stuff will stay home. I am taking the laptop for photo editing all weekend (hoping to get a couple of tips from Ange), the camera, and a change of clothes. And a pizza box to bring back goodies from shopping. Lots and lots of shopping. Nat works at Seriously Scrapbooking and that is our first port of call. Then the bottlo. So I will have the panadol packed for sure!!

And ... breaking news... Jerry has been sold. So now I am officially horse-less. And for the moment I am enjoying not having to care for an animal that is 100% reliant on me. Esp this time of year with rugging, extra feeds and to have him presented well for Hunts. So I am on horse holiday. I am on the look out for the next one, but am not rushing. The right one will turn up.

I have 3 photographic shoots this week and a couple more in the pipeline for the following. So that will keep me busy for a bit, as well as financial year stuff, and end of month stuff, as well as holiday stuff with the kids, as well as studying, as well as taking a fortnight's tuition with Jessica Sprague with photo editing.

I love a full life. Bring it on!!

;-)

project gratitude

Over at the E2c blog there is a Gratitude photographic challenge. I need to photograph 5 things that I am grateful for. These are the pics and why each one is important to me.

I am so very grateful to the person who invented the nebuliser for asthmatics. Without it, I am certain we would have lost Sean. Without a doubt. It has saved him from so many hospital stays by giving us the ability to manage his asthma at home.


I grew up on a farm and have always thought it the best way to bring up kids. Such a natural enviroment rather than the urban jungle. So I am grateful that the bloke I fell in love with and married is a farmer. So now I am too.

I am every so grateful for these very capable hands. They work so hard to provide for the family. When not working on farm during the peak times of season, they are flat out working off farm as a Builder. These hands have allowed me to stay at home to care for the kids during their pre school years. I love these hands.

And I love these hands. too. Especially at bedtime, after I have read him his story and we have kissed good night, I get up and pretend to leave. He calls out ‘hug Mum!!’ and he holds me so tight and squeezes his love around my neck. It’s so honest and without reserve. I am grateful that he can hug me and tell me that he loves me.

Ahh Annie. That beautiful long hair. I am grateful that it is so easy to manage...providing we plait it for school. I do adore brushing your hair and burying my nose in it for a big snuff after it’s dried from being washed. That smell is Heaven on a stick.

I am working on a LO for E2C challenge with these pics as well. Great challenge. I really enjoyed going thru the thought process of what is important. And more often than not, its the little things in life that are so meaningful.

holiday check list

I love school holidays. I just love having both kids at home and doing stuff with them. I try to have an idea of an activity a day, be it for them, for me, or for all of us.

Rather than have a mental tick list which is prone to forgetfullness, I thought I'd blog here so I don't leave any off the list, or I can add to. I intend to revisit this list at the end of the holidays and see how many I can tick off.

• PLAY
• sleep in (I wish)
• go to Lincoln to watch a movie with the kids.
• picnic on North Block up by the tower
• they'll come with me for my photo sessions. (handy distractions for the kids coming to see me)
• have a least 2 whole complete Dad days (already have one booked!!)
• come to the Hunt with me.
• have at least one pyjama day
• cook with them. (big challenge as I burn, I don't cook) lol
• hopefully see the newborn guinea pigs of which we are acquiring two.
• go visit Granny.
• visit Port Lincoln Kinder Gym.
• See Paige
• Play in the playground and have an ice cream in Tumby Bay.
• Have friends over to play.
• Visit friends to play.

For me

• PLAY. with the kids. with scrapping. with photo sessions. with photo editing. with life!!!
• change over office file systems for new financial year
• I need to be in Whyalla so I will need to visit Spotlight and the Scrapshop (of course)
• attend both scrapnites in Lincoln and the one in Cummins.
• finish module 3 and 4 and to have started 5. (this is a biggie)
• Complete the online Jessica Sprague photo editing and frameups course (so looking forward to this one)
• sleep in (I wish)
• start on gathering end of financial year paperwork for the accountant. (gulp)
• shoot the photography sessions I have booked and add more bookings to my diary.

Happy holidays to all.

t xx

firth

Had a scrap nite last night at one of my LSS.

This is one of the two that I got done. Journaling says: I feel so blessed to have a family. My very own family. To have a daughter is my dream realized and to have a son realizes Kym's dream. We are a family unit of 4 and that is perfect. No more, no less. We are the Firth Family. 1.12.2007.

Will blog the other later after Sean and I get back from Baby Bounce.

;)

t

ps. just lurve the new embossed bazzil cardstock. esp the white leaves.

the sum of us = 4

Yay. I have had the time to scrap. Finally. And it felt so good.

The pics in the LOs just recently, and in some more yet to come, are from my Mum's 60th Birthday in 2007.

Its a rare occasion when someone else holds my camera to take some shots of all of us, so I jumped on it (of course). So there will be a few of the same pics on His and Hers LOs. (Sean and Annie). I could have done a collage of smaller pics on the one LO just to get them done, but frankly, one pic would distract from another, so I decided to do them all individually. Only because they are important family ones.

stay warm and dry.

;)

thankyou

Thankyou for all your comments and support for my photography on FB. Its wonderful and uplifting to hear what you say about what I see thru the viewfinder. And I dont mind constructive critiquing. I am always willing to learn something new each day. (that's one of my personal mottos actually). Your comments are welcome here too ;-)

The first week of school holidays except for Tuesdays are booked out for photo sessions and things that I need to do, but I still do have a few spots free in the second week if you are after some family portraits. Easier to get them done while the older kids are not committed to school, than trying to rush them to me during recess time.

So let me know via my email addy (most people should know that one te he), phone or let me know thru here and I'll contact you.

have a great day and stay warm

Tatum and her Fine Line

Did we have the most awesome shoot or what. My good friend and fellow Hunter, Tatum wanted some shots done of her beloved Fine Line. So with them living near the beach, it was the perfect backdrop one could ask for. And did we have it lucky with the weather. Cloudy with the odd burst of sunshine. I reckon it was the warmest day we have had in the last month.

So without any further ado..... ta da. Enjoy Tatum. *wink* and we both had lots of fun.

hoping

with fingers crossed.
I'm hoping to have a photo session on Monday (today now I guess as its way after midnight) with a chick, her horse, the beach and hopefully nice weather.

hope the weather man is right.
;)

82 5 2 + 60 = 149

Journaling says: Great Grandpa Noble was 82, Annie was 5 and Sean was very nearly 2. All up that comes to a total of 89 years of living between the 3 of you.If I add in the fact that we were all at Tumby Bay for Granny Smart’s 60th, that makes it 149 years.1.12.2007

One way of using up a bunch of numerals.

;)

he she we

I've been asked to create a LO based on this sketch by Carol-Lea Morgan for a Scrapbook Creations Issue

As I really cant show the LO here for a while, I thought I'd tease you a bit.

can now reveal after publication in Scrapbook Creations Iss 72.

Now I have a dilema. Does anyone have any spare pizza boxes that I may borrow pretty please??
;-)

missing

How is that the kids can lose one boot and one shoe? I went outside this morning before the school bus run to check out the size of the 'billabong' puddles in our house yard. We had a good rain last night and it really showed. Water everywhere.

At one point the gutters must have overflowed and the kids shoes were soaked. Luckily I was able to dry them fairly quickly in front of the fire so they didnt get soggy socks when putting them on. And that's when I discovered the missing footwear

I went out this arvo and searched under the bushes, dragged a rake thru the puddles, poked around in every spot I could think of, and still cant find them. I think the peacocks have hid them or a sneaky fox has swiped them during the night.

granny

Just got home from my Scrapnite in Lincoln at Scrapworkz. Leonie opens shop every Thursday night from 7pm to about 11ish.

Did this one tonight and have made a start on a couple of others.

happy place

My 5th and final SHE challenge at E2C. So many of the Kobi Yamada quotes suited my LO's this last month. So the challenge was perfect timing.

Quote for this one is: She said goodbye to unhealthy relationships. Celebrate her happiness.

Journaling says: My Mum has finally found her happy place. It’s with her Grandchildren. Photo taken at Granny’s 60th Birthday on the beach at Tumby Bay. 1.12.2007.

A couple digi elements here: Ronnah Farrer Inked Edges overlay and a Fresh Foliage Rose which I used as a watermark.

your future awaits you

what do you do when its cold, wet, bloody windy and even the odd thunder clap outside?? You scrap of course
*wink*

boys will be boys

just have a look at how much fun Sean had today while I was away Hunting. Kym took this pic with his phone camera. I am so glad that Kym thought to do this and send it to my phone. By the time I got home, the 'evidence' was all washed off (except in the ears lol)