There's nothing sweeter... a sleeping baby, one week old.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Adorable defined
My favourite little person just overflows with adorableness (...new word).
It kills me.
'Tis the Season...to be busy
The last two months of this year have been so full on so far, it's really thrown me. There aren't enough hours in the day... I'm sure I say this often on my blogs.
For those of you still religiously checking back every few days to see if I've posted, here's a little something for you.
A while back now I hosted a girls craft night which was a great excuse to get together, drink some wine and chat freely all night whilst getting creative. It was so much fun, I definitely want to do another one when everyone isn't so busy.
The result of craft night - some felt owls for my tree and some paint filled glass baubles. Both crafts were so easy. The owls were slightly more time consuming, but a cute result.
I took the top of the glass baubles (purchased from Spotlight) and poured in a generous amount of acrylic paint in bright colours. I then slowly swirled the paint around inside the bauble until I had the desired coverage. Couldn't be easier!
Our tree is a little bit sad in the present department, but I'm yet to get around to my Christmas shopping. I'm going to have to battle it out with the rest of Auckland at some point...joy!
For those of you still religiously checking back every few days to see if I've posted, here's a little something for you.
A while back now I hosted a girls craft night which was a great excuse to get together, drink some wine and chat freely all night whilst getting creative. It was so much fun, I definitely want to do another one when everyone isn't so busy.
The result of craft night - some felt owls for my tree and some paint filled glass baubles. Both crafts were so easy. The owls were slightly more time consuming, but a cute result.
I took the top of the glass baubles (purchased from Spotlight) and poured in a generous amount of acrylic paint in bright colours. I then slowly swirled the paint around inside the bauble until I had the desired coverage. Couldn't be easier!
Our tree is a little bit sad in the present department, but I'm yet to get around to my Christmas shopping. I'm going to have to battle it out with the rest of Auckland at some point...joy!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Then there were four...
I'm sure you recognise this family, especially the little smiler in the middle...
Well now they've added another one to the mix, this time a little boy, Fletcher.
He was only one week old, and already so chilled throughout the shoot. He protested his hunger a few times quite loudly, which his sister found really amusing. The part I found amusing was her new found interest in my camera that day. Do you think she'd been interested in the camera at any other photo shoot prior to Fletcher's arrival? No. I had to chase her and beg for her to look in my direction.
But not this day. Not the day of her brother's first photo shoot. She was throwing out the smiles, creating works of art to show me, climbing on her mum's back, throwing around kisses to everyone and getting right into each shot. It was hilarious and made the shoot so much fun.
Plenty more obviously, but here's one to give you an idea of the dynamics when a family welcomes a new arrival.
A perfect baby boy. Congrats x
Well now they've added another one to the mix, this time a little boy, Fletcher.
He was only one week old, and already so chilled throughout the shoot. He protested his hunger a few times quite loudly, which his sister found really amusing. The part I found amusing was her new found interest in my camera that day. Do you think she'd been interested in the camera at any other photo shoot prior to Fletcher's arrival? No. I had to chase her and beg for her to look in my direction.
But not this day. Not the day of her brother's first photo shoot. She was throwing out the smiles, creating works of art to show me, climbing on her mum's back, throwing around kisses to everyone and getting right into each shot. It was hilarious and made the shoot so much fun.
Plenty more obviously, but here's one to give you an idea of the dynamics when a family welcomes a new arrival.
A perfect baby boy. Congrats x
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The YaYa Sisterhood...
Given that it's my birthday, I thought I'd take the opportunity to introduce you to the "YaYa Sisterhood Travelling Paper" that's been passing back and forth between my younger sister and I for about 8 years ( I think). It started as a lazy gift wrapping attempt and has, over the years, grown in significance.In fact, it almost doesn't matter what's inside the wrapped parcel anymore, as long as you pass on the YaYa paper.
It all started as a mad rush to wrap my sister's present before heading away for a ski weekend. I grabbed some old pink paper and jazzed it up with some awful cat stickers. I didn't even get her a card, instead, just wrote on the paper. The paper received alot of comments at the lodge that weekend and at the time I felt a bit embarrassed with my crap wrapping attempt.
The following year, to my surprise, I received my birthday present wrapped in the same pink paper covered in tacky cat stickers. I couldn't believe my sister had saved it!
And so a tradition began... the YaYa Sisterhood Travelling Paper. It goes back and forth from NZ to Australia year after year, and each year you have to find a present that will fit inside the paper. It is getting worn in places, so we have to limit the amount of sellotape used, and I've added some stickers to cover up small holes along the way.
One year I heard from Mum following my sister's birthday, that she was really disappointed I hadn't wrapped her present in the YaYa paper. I felt so awful, I had to get her another present just so I could pass the paper back to her. It's a little bit of a bizarre tradition, but I've become really attached to it. You wouldn't believe the disappointment you feel if you receive your birthday present wrapped in anything else.
This year, inside the YaYa paper was a cat eye mask and some moustache cookie cutters. My sister is so funny.
Love you sis x
It all started as a mad rush to wrap my sister's present before heading away for a ski weekend. I grabbed some old pink paper and jazzed it up with some awful cat stickers. I didn't even get her a card, instead, just wrote on the paper. The paper received alot of comments at the lodge that weekend and at the time I felt a bit embarrassed with my crap wrapping attempt.
The following year, to my surprise, I received my birthday present wrapped in the same pink paper covered in tacky cat stickers. I couldn't believe my sister had saved it!
And so a tradition began... the YaYa Sisterhood Travelling Paper. It goes back and forth from NZ to Australia year after year, and each year you have to find a present that will fit inside the paper. It is getting worn in places, so we have to limit the amount of sellotape used, and I've added some stickers to cover up small holes along the way.
One year I heard from Mum following my sister's birthday, that she was really disappointed I hadn't wrapped her present in the YaYa paper. I felt so awful, I had to get her another present just so I could pass the paper back to her. It's a little bit of a bizarre tradition, but I've become really attached to it. You wouldn't believe the disappointment you feel if you receive your birthday present wrapped in anything else.
This year, inside the YaYa paper was a cat eye mask and some moustache cookie cutters. My sister is so funny.
Love you sis x
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