:: Lavender's Green ::

Friday, February 7, 2014

:: Floral Friday - Something Romantic ::

Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred or greed, but I don't see that It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around. - Love, Actually

To me, romance is loving with your whole heart. It's knowing you're not alone.

"Floral Fridays is a monthly photography project with different themes each month. This series is about fun and taking time out to smell the flowers. To play along, please email Trishie (trishie@underlockandkeyblog.com) for next month's theme."

Saturday, January 18, 2014

:: Giggle & Hoot Birthday ::

After a completely unplanned hiatus, I'm back! A whole heap of things have gone on since I last blogged - I shot two weddings, corporate photo shoots, a baby photo shoot, a family photo shoot, two cake smash photo shoots, both my nieces turned one, my nephew turned three, I turned 31, a holiday to the coast, a photo shoot with a very well known Instagrammer, I won a photography competition, lots of online photography features, and my sister is pregnant again (due in July, SO exciting!) ... to name a few! Part of my hiatus was due to the amount of photos I had to edit (over 15,000 to edit in two months, and that was on top of my normal 9-5 job!), and the other part was due to our Internet breaking. I didn't realise just how much I rely on the Internet in my every day life until we didn't have it for a few weeks.

Anyway! I've got some super cute photos to share with you from my niece's first birthday and my nephew's third birthday. My eldest niece and nephew share the same birthday so it was a joint first and third birthday. My sisters chose a Giggle & Hoot theme. For the non-Australians that read my blog Giggle & Hoot is an Australian children's television show that runs for about five minutes at a time in between other shows. It consists of a (super cute) host Jimmy Giggle (I think he was chosen for the Mummys, haha!) and his best friend Hoot (a stuffed owl puppet), they sing songs and do little skits. Hoot also has a friend called Hootabelle, who (as you can probably guess) is a girl owl. My niece is obsessed with Giggle & Hoot and it covers both boy and girl aspects of the party so it was a great choice!

(My sister is still against photos of my nephew being online, but I can assure you he was there and had a great time!)

The birthday girl, in her Hootabelle inspired dress

Party bags decorated to look like Hoot and Hootabelle - so cute! Each bag was filled with little toys for each guest and was later used to hold lollies and prizes from the Hootabelle pinata.

She couldn't stop high-fiving everyone all day, even while we were trying to take photos!

And to prove I was actually there!

Saturday, October 5, 2013

:: Snail Mail ::

Hands up if you love snail mail! There is nothing better than opening your letter box and finding happy mail inside (even if it is nestled between bills and junk mail). I realised today that I haven't posted about my pen pals since June last year. So, get ready to feast your eyes on some pretty stationery.

:: INCOMING ::

:: OUTGOING ::