Eat Your Fruits

Addicted to making things out of hama beads lately!

Fruits!

I always have to remind myself to eat more fruits!

wedding quilt

Another point I would like to follow this year is to try to carve out some time to make more things. It is only January but 2014 is shaping up to be an exciting year with a lot of really exciting shoots coming up! Making time to do some creative work for myself will give my mind some momentary refreshers during the really hectic times.

Jane shared this post on facebook over the holidays and everything Renate Hiller said about working with your hands really resonated with me. It lit a fire in me to finally make use of all the leftover fabric I used for bunting flags from our wedding 5 years ago. I remembered that this was one of the main reasons I wanted to learn how to make a quilt in the first place, so I could use up these flags!

This will be the biggest quilt I have ever made (big enough to actually cover 2 adults!). I am aiming to finish it by our 6th anniversary in September! Wish me luck!

(top photographs taken by Gabriel Li at our wedding in 2008)

Reading

Happy New Year everyone!

While I am not one to make new years resolutions, I have a few points I'd like to follow this year. One of them is to keep reading (if not more) to Eloise. I read somewhere that reading to your child is the greatest gift you could give them but really, I think she is actually giving me a gift in return. I feel like I have spent the last decade staring at my computer but with Eloise around and her daily "Mommy, read it!" requests, it has forced me to spend less time on the computer and more time to snuggle in bed with Eloise and a pile of books, something I look forward to everyday now.

At the moment, these are her favourite books we read multiple times a day. Do you have suggestions for good books for an almost 2 year old?

Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr
Everybody Poops by Taro Gomi
I want my hat back by John Klassen
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

And now that photographing weddings are on a bit of a break, I may even walk away from the computer and curl up on the couch with a book when Eloise has gone to bed. Something I haven't done in....I cannot even remember how long.

Lauren & Kevin are expecting a sweet little boy

I was honoured when Lauren & Kevin asked me to photograph them during this precious time in their life because I know they are surrounded by a lot of talented friends. I have come to know these two better in the past year and it has been exciting seeing Lauren & Kevin go through the different stages of pregnancy (the good and the uncomfortable!).

These two have a real talent for making their home look amazing, and I love what they did with their nursery! I always ask if Lauren could come and decorate my home. She thinks I am joking but I am serious!

I know I felt scared when welcoming a new baby into our home but I know these two are going to be amazing! He is already so lucky to have you as parents Lauren & Kevin, as I know you have so much love to give. Congratulations you two!