day four

I have been thinking a lot about true friendships. I am lucky to have found true friends. I may not have my mum's shoulder, but I have each of theirs. It is nice to have such a bond. I am not sure if any of them would share a sandwich for lunch so we can have the cake. Maybe that was our thing? Either way I am grateful for the beautiful people I have in my life.

The images above to me depicts great friendship.

day three

I really do not need to say any words to this image, I can already hear you giggling. Well that is what I hope you are all doing!

Enjoy your days... I am having coffee with a lovely girlfriend and her bub. Then getting into some paperwork, writing for another blog, (this is very exciting and I cannot wait to share, but I thought I would surprise you all on the day it goes live), and write some more for my other really personal blog. I have procrastinated the whole week really. Another friend of mine pointed out yesterday that sometimes we are just not meant to get things done. Maybe this week is about me. This might be time for me to refuel and completely suck in the air and breathe again.

just breathe

day two

Photo shoot with the cool new summer ITCH.... love it!

day one

fashion shots with some really cool itch summer clothing this morning!... kids bedroom photographed yesterday. A lot to share next week!

craft monday :: talking hands

Over the weekend I was lucky to have my sister to visit. We butt heads all the time as we are very different. But for the first time this weekend we both knew this and were happy to have a few words to each other and then to move on. I am a big softy and she is a tough woman. Together we do just clash! She brought along her fiance and her step daughter. I thought it would be a lovely time for Keely to play with her cousin through some fun craft.

During the week I found these fun animal hands, temporary tattoos for talking hands. I bought a couple of packets and once they arrived I realised they are for adults and not kids. They are fine for kids with really big hands, but I am not sure if there are any little people with really big hands! Using my old creativeness I pulled out the paint brushes, some paint, the talking hands and I asked each of them which was their favourite.

Loreli chose the shark, but wanted it as a dolphin, and Keely chose the giraffe. I painted the shark on Loreli without the teeth to turn it into a dolphin. With each colour I asked them to sit and wait for it to dry. Being children's paints this time was very quick. I finished each animal off with the eyes and any darker colours that went on top of the base colour.

The little ones chose the zebra to be stuck on me and then we had fun with a little talking hand puppet show.

This craft is great. Even if you cannot draw very well you can still manage to pull this off. You can do so much more, make people, other animals, and use a few different elements from your craft boxes. Just make sure you use safe products on their skin that will wash off with some soap and water.

Enjoy making your talking hands!

I thought I should also let you know I have decided to take the week off blogging. I will be posting an image a day, but beyond that I am going to be doing a lot of work towards the website. This is the time that a lot of the summer stock will start to arrive, so I need to be on top of it. Plus the sale is going crazy!

I personally have also found my "thing." My thing is to write, and I have made a place to go and do this. It is a wonderful safe place to be and to completely be me. I have a voice, and it is nice to find my voice is through written and typed words.

See you all properly next week. I will still be here posting images each day, so you can still say hi! Take care!

happy weekend

I am feeling rather happy today. It is friday. Yes the lonely chick flick friday, but now I know it is not so lonely and I feel really happy about that. Maybe we can have our own chick flick club! Ok, sorry for those men that read the blog and for those women who do not like a chick flick. I will just leave it for myself, and for it to be my thing. It is nice to just have a thing!

This weekend is going to be amazing, busy and so much fun! I am shooting the kids room! Yes, it is going to be finished as Taj's bed arrives today. The big bed. I am sure he will only sleep in it during the day for his day sleep, but I am happy with that. I honestly have to say I would miss our cuddles during the night. He calls me most nights to come to bed, if I am not in there by 11pm. You can hear a little voice saying, "mumma, mumma, cuddle." It more sounds like cuttle!

I will do my usual walk with my lovely friend tomorrow morning, and my sister is coming with her fiance and her step daughter for the day. I hope they arrive early enough for the waffles! I also have styled shots to do on sunday in the studio for some summer products. No they are not in store, it is samples! I am shooting for a magazine spread. I cannot wait to do it. I am very impressed with this labels summer range. Amazing!

I hope you all enjoy your weekends. See you on monday for a fun craft day!

the lonely chick flick

I had just finished watching my chick flick last friday when I have came back to my computer to find an anonymous comment on my blog about a shared loneliness. I may have sat there watching my movie on my own, but it won't be forever. It is true what this lady said. I will also one day have my children old enough to be watching a movie with me. Sitting eating popcorn, or in my case eating way too much chocolate. Yes, I sat here crying over a movie that was so much more then a chick flick. But I also sat here thinking that I am not the only one. I am not the only one that has little people sound asleep and watching movies on my own.

I hope that I do not write a blog that has a lot of sadness. I sometimes wonder if I come across like poor me. I am happy too. I do have great times, more so then bad times now. Yes, I still cry over the loss of my mum. I think I always will. But I also smile and laugh at our times we had together. I am living a life I did not think I would live. I never thought I would sit at home on my own with two little people that were mine. I have made choices in my life. We all make choices, and I made a big one to end my marriage. It was a choice, not a path I chose my life to go in. But sometimes we have to make these choices. The hard decisions.

I hope one day I will find love again. I hope one day I will have someone to watch a movie with me on a friday night. But, if that person, or people are my children, then I know I will still be happy. There is so much more to life then sharing it with someone. I share mine with two gorgeous people, and a loving memory of my mum.

I had a girlfriend tell me on that same friday that I am happier. I seem to be comfortable within me and have confidence. She is right. I am happier, comfortable within me and I do have confidence. It was nice to hear it. Sometimes we just need to hear it to know it ourselves.

I have started writing more, so if you are lucky you may just see me pop up somewhere else around the blog world. Keep an eye out, and if you cannot find me, you can always ask!

{the images above of Keely and Taj are the aftermath of our girl time at the movies. we saw shrek in 3D, hence the cool shades}!