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Photo a Day challenge....I did it!

Yep I did it, completed the PHOTO A DAY CHALLENGE with help from Instagram and inspired by Chantelle.....okay so it was a March challenge and it is now mid April but so what I have a wonderful collage of photos to remember each wonderfully full and frantic day in the month of March!

I do love challenges that make me 'think outside the square' when it comes to daily life and photography and Instagram is a fun way to share the adveture along the way. Thanks Chantelle, hope to play along again soon!

Photo a Day - Project complete!

Kim has done a great job over at www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com keeping everybody 'on track' and enthusiastic about this August project. Even with a busy and hectic month I managed to take a photo everyday based on her prompt, and although I was a little slack sometimes about 'sharing', I have managed to complete a collage on "MY MONTH"...

 
I love that I now have 'evidence' of the day to day activities that sometimes we can take for granted...great memories!

Photo a Day catchup

Well where do I begin, its been such a busy past week in our house, I have been very good at snapping my PHOTO A DAY thanks to Kim at www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com but can't seem to find the extra time to upload....so here goes....a few photos from the challenge to bring me up to day, yippee!

Day 20 - Abstract close up - this was an easy one for me, my house is filled with stunning lillies at the moment, I just couldn't resist getting up close and personal with this one

Day 21 - What Makes me smile - we recently moved the planter box's from our balcony, one awaits to be transformed into a herb garden (we are hoping it is tall enough four "Miss Latte" (our bunny)NOT to be able to reach, our past herb gardens have been destroyed!)...and the other made it to outside our front door. I have filled it with pretty flowers, everytime I walk up the garden path to our front door I smile....spring is just around the corner!

Day 22 - What bugs me - this was a hard one...whilst I was in 'thinking mode' went to our garbage bin to throw something out and there it was!!! I HATE that there is sooo much packaging and waste when it comes to everyday living, we are good recyclers but it seems I am forever emptying the garbage bin...yep this DEFINITELY BUGS ME!

Day 23 - Home Sweet Home - After we finished renovating our house a few years back it deserved some 'special hose numbers', we found these in our travels and to me they represent HOME SWEET HOME..

Are you still with me?

Finally for today Day 24 - My Favourite Fiskars Tool - Hmmm this one was hard too...so many to choose from, in the end I thought hard about the ones that I come back to again and again....where would a girl be without her cutter...and those punches ALWAYS get a work out with my cardmaking!

For more PHOTO A DAY fun head over to the Fiskars website...hopefully I will not be so slack with the remainder of the challenge!
 
 
 
 

Photo a Day

I have both DAY 9 & 10 to share with you today. Firstly DAY 9 prompt was "DIARY / CALENDER"...I dont have a fancy I-phone (yep I am jealous) and must admit I am a paper kinda girl and like to see the calender at a glance...enter KIKI K and their fabulous wall calender for the whole family.

 
I love the last column on the calender,it allows me to list Birthdays then 'highlight' them when the card/gift is ready (part of my organisational streak)..

DAY 10 was to share a photo entitled "YOUR MORNING", I struggled with this (nne of my 'subject choices seemed that interesting) but then this challenge is about taking photos of the ordinary and everyday, after all its a memory for me (I just happen to be sharing it with you).

So, enter a corner of our kitchen that gets a workout every morning...this little nook houses the toaster, kettle, tea and coffee as well as the blender (smoothies are a favourite)..so here goes..

Visit www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com for more challenge photos.
 

Photo A Day

Today is DAY 8 (well actually it is day 9 but I am a day out - you know what I mean) and the prompt was "EXERCISE or SPORT".....

Well lets just say I "try REALLY hard" to go for a run (okay maybe its a jog) at least twice a week and I train with a group of girls every Wednesday where my trainer pushes me beyond what I ever thought I was capable of and somehow I love it and go back each week for more. I am looking forward to seeing the other contributions at www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com ....hmmm wonder what Day 9 will bring... 

Photo a Day

DAY 7 in the Fiskars "Photo a day" challenge is "PORTRAIT" and for this I asked my 'trusty' assistants for help...

'Self portrait' by Taylor

And by Lilly

Thanks girls for your help, be back tomorrow for another PHOTO A DAY but for now I am off to www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com to see what the other participants have been up to - enjoy the rest of your day xx
  

Photo a Day

DAY 6 of the FISKARS photo a day challenge was "YOUR CRAFT SPACE"...well this could be embarrassing...in an attempt to not get too behind in the challenge I have just snapped my space without ANY tidying up or alterations....I suppose its time I was truthful...this is often how 'my space' looks...

I know for someone as organised as me its pretty disgraceful..keep in mind I have made loads of cards over the past few weeks (well that's my excuse and I am sticking to it). I am not complaining I know how lucky I am to have a tiny part of the house that I can leave in a mess and not worry about it affecting anyone!

At least my 'stash' is a little more organised...

Make sure to visit www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com to check out other wonderful 'craft spaces' and see what the next challenge is.
 
 

Photo A Day Challenge with FISKARS

Fiskars are at it again...every day for this month Kim from Fiskars will be choosing a 'daily prompt' for us to photograph, the topic chosen from a random list.

I have participated in these Fiskars challenges before, what I love about them is it makes you look at the everyday stuff that we often forget to photograph, at the end of the challenge you have a wonderful collage of "life as it was"....what a great memory to look back on.

Okay now it is already Thursday 5 August so I am a few days behind, over the next few days I will attempt to play 'catch up'...

I am going to start with DAY 3 - IN YOUR GARDEN, it has been a beautiful day here in Sydney and I have been in my garden a lot today (no not relaxing LOL but to and from my clothesline). My father in law recently created a haven for orchids down the side of our house...

There are a few ready to bloom, I can't wait! Now a walk around my garden is not complete without a visit from the friendly 'wildlife'..our beautiful bunny "Latte" (she roams freely during the day and just goes to 'bed' in her cage at night...what a life!.

If you'd like to see what others have been up to, for a little inspiration or to take part in the challenge (its not too late) head over to the Fiskars website www.fiskarscraft.typepad.com

 

Project completed...at last

Finally some time to finish my APRIL - PHOTO A DAY ALBUM...LOL yes I know its now June but hey I have been busy...

 

And inside a photo for every day of April and some journalling....a great momento and collection of some of the 'day to day stuff' we forget to photograph.

 

Hope you are proud of me Annette - I did it!! (www.annettehanigan.typepad.com)

Be back later with some sneak peaks of some projects I am working on as well as THAT recipe for my yummy Rocky Road (I have had lots of lovely emails asking for the recipe).

Until then, BYE FOR NOW xx

A bit late.. April - Photo A Day update

Yes its me again...finally with some more photos from my April - Photo a Day update - hey better late then never huh!

 

During the last week of the holidays in Coffs Harbour the weather turned pretty foul so ice skating was on the agenda......and a trip to see the 'fabulous Zac Effron' (Lilly and Taylor's quote not mine!) in the movie "17 Again" (they even took Nana!)

 

Then the road trip home where we stopped along the way to visit some friends holidaying at Myall Lakes....we caught the punt across the river and witnessed a dingo in the wild then had another break amongst the sand dunes which were loads of fun!

 

 

 

Such a shame that my daughters hate having there photo taken huh! LOL...Well officially April is over and the Photo a Day challenge is complete..I am off to the shops this afternoon to print out my photos and hope to have them in their album by the end of the weekend...stay tuned!