So talented.....

A while ago a girlfriend introduced me to this amazing couple who met on flickr from opposites sides of the world and then fell in love, such a sweet romantic story. Rosie and Aaron have now started a blog as well so I thought I would post about it, they are definitely worth a look.



I love their photos and the amazing photoshopping they do.



Do yourself a favour and GO check them out...................

Quick update.

Just thought I should do a quick update.

The kids and I flew down to Melbourne on Tuesday and after a quick lunch with Andrew, Sharon, Max and Mima we headed up to my Mum and Dads house in Charlton.

We have been having a lovely time, it's very relaxing here and Ella and Huddy are loving being with their Nana and Poppy. The thing they were looking forward to the most (besides seeing Nana & Poppy of course) was going for a ride on Poppy's tractor! Unfortunately that hasn't happened yet as the tractor wouldn't start, needless to say the kids were really disappointed but Dad did get it started late today so it's on the agenda for first thing in the morning. Cross your fingers that the old Massey Ferguson, more endearingly known as Fergie, starts tomorrow for us, lol.


I love coming to my parents house, it's relaxing, cool in Summer (cold in winter though), has a lovely garden and is a beautiful old home filled with lots of memories from my childhood, not that I grew up here but my mother is a true hoarder and there are lots of little things around the house that remind me of my childhood.

Hudson has been following my Dad around like for the last few days, concerned about where he is when ever he can't see him and pestering him for rides on the tractor or for a push on the swing. Poor Dad has spent quite a bit of time the last few days pushing him or Ella on the swing on their back verandah - bliss for me though, lol!

Tomorrow is a big day for Charlton, it's the Charlton Agriculture Show, an annual event that the whole town comes out for. Mum has been busy doing her bit to support the town and show by entering some floral arrangements. I'll try to remember to take a photo of them tomorrow, she's done a great job considering they are in the middle of a drought and she has had a lot of plants die and the garden definitely isn't up to standard. I'll let you know how she goes, lol. I have very fond memories of the Wycheproof show and entering numerous things, quite often getting a prize too. I'm looking forward to tomorrow as are the kids, Ella's keen for the animals and Huddy the rides. They are even having fireworks tomorrow night, hopefully the kids will last as I'm sure they would love it, it won't be up to the standards of NYE or Riverfest but I'm sure the kids will think they are spectacular none the less.

We are off down to Rye on Tuesday, really looking forward to catching up with some friends down there. The last few times we've been 'home' either I or the kids were sick so unable to catch up with anyone. I've organised a lunch with some girlfriends, a dinner with some other girlfriends and a another lunch with friends so that should be heaps of fun. Other than that we will be just spending time with Col's family and chilling out. We then head to Andrew and Sharon's house for the rest of our stay. This is a huge highlight in Ella and Huddys eyes as not only will they get to play with Max and Mima but it is also Max's 5th Birthday while we are there and he is having a party - the absolutely most exciting thing that could happen according to them, lol!!!!

So there you are, a quick update on our whereabouts, well not so quick but that's what happens when there is nothing on tv, no scrapping to be done and the housework isn't calling.

Ahhhh holidays, bliss!!!!!!!

xx

More yumminess!!!!!

Oh my I am definitely getting myself some of this - the new Sassafras Lass Christmas range, Life at the Pole. They just now how to do it don't they, the epitome of cuteness. Loving it!!!!

Loving this!!!

Just saw the new range from Websters pages and I must say I love it! So pretty.

And they are having a giveaway too, go here to check it out :)

October 123 Criteria is.........

It's a little different this month as Charmane and Karlene loved all the suggestions put up....

Use THREE of the following criteria on your layout:
1 Hand-stitching
2 Use the colour purple somewhere on the layout
3 garden theme!
4 an animal somewhere... there's loads of cute animal embellies at the moment like birds, owls, bugs, butterfly or create your own

if you want to use all of the criteria - EVEN BETTER!!!

THE NEXT 123 Cybercrop WILL BE HELD ON Monday 13th of October starting at 7:30pm - MORE details coming soon!

Fab Family Day!

It was a gorgeous day in Brissy yesterday so we decided to take the kids down to the beach. Now there aren't a lot of choice for beaches in Brisbane itself, there are mostly mud flats but there is one really lovely but very busy spot not that far from us - Wellington Point. So we headed down there and the kids had a ball, they had their first swim (well paddle really) and made their first sand castle for the season. It was lovely. The playground there has been redone and Ella and Huddy had a great time playing on it as well as climbing all over the huge root system from the magnificent Moreton Bay Figs there.




Of course I had to take my camera with us to have a bit of a practice, lol.

Huddy loves to kiss and cuddle, I dread the day where he'll be too embarrassed to kiss us in public, I hope he never stops doing this.

We were going to just get take away from the Cafe there but they were so busy we ended up going to the restaurant and having a lovely lunch with a nice glass of wine - pure Sunday bliss!!!!!

Ella and Col decided to swap sunnies.

Of course Hudson had to be in on it too.

This kids got attitude!!!!

When we got home Ella insited on going in the pool for a swim, there was no way I was getting in, the water was freezing. She had a lovely time paddling around although she did admit to be 'freeeeeeezzing' when she got out, lol.

It's not so scary after all!

Last Saturday Kath, Anita and I did a photography course up at Mount Tambourine with a fabulous company called Bluedog. It is run by two extremely talented and lovely people, Nick and Danielle Lancaster who have a wealth of knowledge when it comes to photography and who really made it all sound so simple. I got heaps out of the day and came away having learnt heaps about my own camera as well as Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get to know their camera better as well as demystifying the lingo that goes with a camera.

I thought I would share a couple of photos (straight out of the camera) that I took on the day, not brilliant ones by any means but just shows you some of the cool things we did........

like freezing water


















and slow shutter speed nighttime photos














closeups with a blurred background

and landscapes with a long depth of field.

On Sunday Col took Hudson for a 'boys' day out to the 'Festival of Speed at Tweed' so Ella and I had a lovely girly day together. We went for a picnic down to a lovely park on the river - Colmslie Park and of course I had to take my camera with us for a bit of a play. Ella wasn't really into co-operating much (what's new) but I did manage to take a couple of photos like these ones of my girl :)

Unbelievable!

For anyone that watched So you Think you can Dance you would have seen this last night but I thought i would share with you. These two guys are astounding! I'm not really into popping but I couldn't believe some of the moves these guys have. Robert the one in the pac man t-shirt must be double and triple jointed to be able to do the moves he does. Awesome - check it out!

Scrap share.....

Just a couple of layouts to share with you.

This one was done for a challenge on The Boxx. It was for a monochromatic lo using the colours, Bright green, orange or aqua, I obviously chose the green, lol.

This lo is for the latest 123 Challenge. I've had this photo of Ella and Hudson for ages and have kept putting off scrapping it because I loved it so much and wasn't sure how I could do justice to it (even though it's not really a great photo).

For some reason the colours in this lo look really washed out but it's not all when you see it irl. I should have photoshopped it but can't be bothered going back now to do it.
*Edited to say I have fixed the colour in the above lo and it looks much more like the true colours it is.

These last two are just ones I put together, trying to use up some of my stash! The first one is a photo of Hudson and I on Mothers Day this year, he loves to grab my face and pucker up for a big smooch - I love it too!

Aaarrrrggghhhh! Me hearties

We've been in total Pirate mode the last week with Hudson's Pirate party last Saturday. He had an absolute ball and has been really sad and disappointed this week that his Birthday is now over, lol. Ella and he dressed up as pirates and I thought they both looked very cute indeed. Hudson was a bit subdued but Ella really got into the whole pirate thing and even had a parrot (well duck) on her shoulder and ran around yelling "Where's your buccaneers? On your Buccanhead" which was courtesy of Col!.
I made name tags for everyone with their pirate name on them which I got from here which we all had a bit of a laugh about. Hudson's was 'Cheatin Harvey Jones', Ella's was ' Cap'n Jezebel Fancypants', mine was 'High pitched Wilma' and Col's was 'Pirate Edmund the Dagger'. Hehe I think they are very funny, If you have a go make sure to leave me a comment and let me know what your Pirate name is too :)

So here's Cheatin Harvy Jones

The Pirate Ship Cake which Huddy insisted on ( I tried to get him to change his mind to a treasure chest because I thought it would be easier but he wasn't having it, lol)

Pirate cupcakes and treasure chests.


More Pirate ships and we also had fish bites in the shape of fish which the kids loved.

Cap'n Jezebel Fancypants with her parrot ;)


and the very cute but Motley bunch of Pirates who were giving us their best "AARRRRRGGHH" :)

doesn't Lucy (the baby) look so cute with her eye patch on, lol.