Photo-a-day

This morning I made myself take my camera out on the school run. I've got loads of ideas I want to share with you guys but the thing that keeps stopping me is getting good photos. You wouldn't think this would be a problem for someone who once did a photography course (well a year of one) and photographed a wedding a few years back! In fact that's how I came to have my camera, a Nikon D40X. I got in a major tiz a couple of days before I was shooting the wedding about my crappy camera not being up to the job and my fab husband (then boyfriend) turned up at my work the next day with a new camera for me. Cute.



And I've figured out why I have such a fear of the damn thing now. If I don't take any photos then they can't be bad right? I've pretty much forgotten most of what I learnt and what I did learn was mainly about developing film. I think one of my biggest obstacles is learning how to edit them properly. I mean I don't even know where to start.



Soo this challenge is perfect for me. I'm going to make myself take photos - every single day, for a whole year to be exact! Surely this way with a butt load of practice things will only get better and by the end of this challenge my pictures will be all pretty and whatnot. Sorted.



So I'm putting myself out there, this is what I got. All bare and naked and unedited.

I'm already looking forward to sharing with you what I capture over the next week.
Do you have any tips for me? I'd be super grateful x

Bye bye November!

Aw we had such a fab family day yesterday. Hot chocolate stop, Ice skating, another hot chocolate stop, and then finished the day off putting the tree up and watching Home Alone 2 (we watched the 1st one last weekend - best Christmas film EVER!).

This was only the second time the little guy had been skating, and hats off to him he kept going regardless of how many times he fell over (it was a lot!).

After our second hot chocolate stop we quickly went into a couple of shops to pick up a couple of presents and hubby treated me to this gorgeous pop-up advent calendar!

It's by Eric Carle, the same guy that wrote The Hungry Caterpillar and I loved that book as a kid. Each day you get a new decoration to add to the tree and today was an ickle bitty santa. How cool!

It's such a fun alternative to a chocolate one. I love the colours.

I can't believe it's December already! I love Christmas so much and we have a bucket load of fun stuff planned for the next few weeks.

Hope you had a fun weekend x

Love that #1

This t-shirt! Years ago I saw a big cat opposite my parents house and everyone thought I'd lost it. There were several reports over the following couple of weeks from local farmers that had seen something similar. Seeing is believing! I still believe.

Maiden Voyage Clothing

How cute are these earrings?! Tiny baby cacti.

Kate Rowland

These are my all time favourite socks. I have a thing for nice socks - my socks need to be bright and fun. I mean, if you're having a bad day all you gotta do is lift up your jeans and a flash of something fun down there is enough to put a smile back on your face. Oh and these are the softest socks ever. Fact.

Seasalt

Dinosaurs and plants! Hmm I wonder if I can get the little man to part with his dinos....

String N Things

This ring is sweet. Makes me think of fircones.

Glenda Lopez

Have a great weekend x