Hauke family session sneak peeks

Glen and Donna's Wedding sneaks

How's this for a cute 'first glance'?! So sweet. Donna and Glen got married two weeks ago, with photos taken at Cloudehill Gardens. It was a beautiful day, though the day before was one of the rainiest May days so there was a lot of glancing at the sky :) Here are some random sneak peeks... I will share more later.

Technique play

My first 'technique' assignment at Aussie Scrap Source is up - I made this layout using Tattered Angels masks. Click over to the Aussie blog for close ups :)

The light on the grass

And the girl in the middle. Sienna is very cooperative, when we hop out of the car on our way somewhere, and I say 'look at the light on the grass! Sienna go over there (please!)' and off she goes, making herself comfortable and changing position every 30 seconds or so. No cheesy camera smiles. She knows me well :)

She did insist that I had taken a picture of her lying down in the grass before she agreed to move on, though. Just looking at this photo makes me sleepy and warm...

I had two family photo sessions - two families of 5 who were all friends, so there were also a few combined shots - this afternoon up in the Dandenong Ranges. It's been a lovely, busy Autumn for photos, but the leaves are mostly on the ground by now, we have maybe another week or two that will still be good for shooting in. After that the light will still be lovely, but the trees less colourful. And probably a lot more rain happening. Which I don't mind. My lovely brother-in-law installed our new ducted heating unit last weekend, so we are all cosy in our little house now and set for Winter :)

This is the second Saturday in a row that I've been out shooting for much of the day and come home after / around 5:30 wondering what to make for dinner in a short amount of time. Tonight I stopped in at the shops briefly and picked up a 'Chicken Tonight' jar of sauce as they were on special. I find this completely hilarious, as I really don't ever cook in jars of sauce (it's pretty easy to cook from scratch, healthier etc!) and I always think of that stupid Chicken Tonight ad from the 90s, do you remember the one? Kind of like the chicken dance on steroids? Anyway, I still added some extra veg, do they seriously expect you to only have chicken in it? It wasn't too bad. But I still find it funny.

And I apologise if I've offended anyone who regularly cooks with jars of sauce. We also only eat free range eggs and meat, and cook regularly with native herbs, so things can be a bit left of centre in my kitchen ;)

Freestyle Whimsy

You might remember this post from the start of April and my question about styles... well, now I can reveal why I was asking :) Check out the latest announcement on the Aussie Scrap Source blog today! I am so flattered and inspired and excited to have been invited to join the Aussie DT!! For non-scrappers and non-locals, Aussie Scrap Source is the major wholesaler of scrapbooking supplies to Australia, and carry all my favourite brands, so I'm feeling pretty lucky at the moment :)

These are the two layouts I prepared for my first assignment - style lounge. Click over to the Aussie blog for close ups and the best bit that it is also a challenge for you. Submit a layout in my "Freestyle whimsy" style for a chance to win a pack from Aussie Scrap Source. The winner will be chosen by my style crush, Celine Navarro!

Do you think there are enough exclamation points for one blog post? Here are a few more!!!! LOL.

Other stuff around here is mostly photography, family and school stuff. Mum flew over from Adelaide on the weekend as all the kids - Kell's and mine - had 'Special Persons Day' at their respective schools, luckily on different days. So we all did the rounds, Sienna and Ash's school on Monday and Jude and Alannah's school was yesterday. They were all VERY excited to have Grandma there :)

I shot a very sweet wedding on Saturday and will show sneak peeks soon, have two more lovely Autumn-y family sessions booked for this weekend and am plodding through the art retreat portrait sessions from Byron Bay. I will share a 'creative women' post from those soon as well....

And tonight I'm roasting a free-range turkey breast with Sage, onion, pistachio and Mountain Pepper stuffing... mmm... before heading out to the kids school for a "family art night". I have a feeling Ben will opt out of that one ;) and after having many family nights at school involve some sort of competition - always bringing out the sensitivities in my kidlets who don't necessarily understand what is going on or why - I feel the need to support this new approach they are taking. Sport, no thanks, competitions, not my thing. Art? I can handle that ;)