I won a prize!!!

I never win anything, mainly cos I often either a: never enter or b: give my work away for free....so it was pretty cool to win a prize for designing the new banner and helping with the background design for the Scrapbook Outlet NZ. Go have a look, the site is totally cool, love the summer feel to it AND the people who hang there are really lovely! Products and Classes are awesome too! Just a couple of shots tonite, had to include this little Thomas fan, since I have one of those too...I'm in proofing jail...pay someone $200 and I'm bound to be let out! Will post a couple of scrapbooking items in the next few days, been busy doing them for my friend Kelly in the States. She has the most gorgeous kids and the photos were taken by her, they are stunning!

Website is nearly done!!!

I'm just about on the move! No packing to be done, but lots of copying and pasting, LOL!! This Blog will be moving to a new host site...so you'll be able to access it via my website or link direct. Yipppeeee! I got the most gorgeous tree design from Tia Bennett and Kylie Clark is working hard to get everything up and going. In the meantime, photos for families for Christmas is keeping me flat out. Two booking spaces are left before I finish up for the year but you will need to email me ASAP. The new Year starts for me on the 1st Feb...taking January off to spend with my kiddos and catch up on some scrapbooking! Got a couple of online classes this week: Nic Howard's tin which will be perfect for our christmas traditions and Chris Miller's oh so cute layout for our yearly Santa photo. Come join me! In the meantime, this is one image out of a storyboard of four...which I'll post later...only kids can jump, smile, giggle and still look fantastic at the same time, know what i mean?

Busy Season

Just a little angel! I can't imagine what it is to deal with a child who has food allergies, especially if they are severe. This family is amazing and the love for each other, their caring spirit just shined. I love that the lens captures this....it is like a secret observer of others' worlds, with the user turning buttons and switches to get the right exposure, tilting for the best crop and waiting for the moment that captures the essence of who people really are. I think that is why I love Lifestyle Photography, because it is unstaged, unposed...it really is Life....caught professionally! Now there is a catch line! New website should be up and going any day...yippeee and thanks Kylie! This is the busy season.....people wanting their family photos taken to share with loved ones over the Christmas season, for many it is the first family photo they have had in a long time and for most it is the only one this year. I love that I can do that for them. My scrapbooking skills combine perfectly with my career, Christmas Cards for clients being one of the great things on offer this season. Waiting to hear about my first wedding booking, two families next week and one the week after....then I'm done for the year. Tradition Time; LOVE Christmas because of all the cool things we do as a Family. Can't wait!

Two Families....two gorgeous wee girls

These two little toddlers were so adorable! Yes I came home clucky...but that wore off as soon as the kids got in the car after school and the fighting started two mins later. They should bottle that and hand it out to teenagers who think they'll have a baby because it will be "fun" LOL

New Website, New Images and New Layout

Kylie Clark from Aussie is doing my website...and totally rocking it! It is going to be soooo awesome. Check her out Here So talented, so sweet...and look at her design work! I'll post some images tomorrow of latest Photo Session....with 15 month cute as a button kid and her Mom. It is that time of year when families begin to think about sending christmas cards....so if you want to book a session and then have christmas cards with your family images printed on the front (I have a selection of gorgeous christmas cards ready for your photo!), contact me now as my calendar for November is nearly full. ...and just for fun (because that is what this was)...here's a Layout I did with the theme "purple" for Yolande's Scrapbook Outlet Challenge. The prize was one of their December Kits, which I would LOVE to win. Their kits are awesome I've heard, so to see it in person, for free, before a general release, would be awesome. Plus I never win anything....put your hand up all of you who know exactly what I mean. Even if I don't get my name picked from the hat....I'm loving the Layout and another one in the album, right? OH AND IN OTHER NEWS...watch this space....I'M GUEST DESIGNING FOR SOMEONE IN FEBRUARY (Sssshhhh!) Will update later!