Ever since Jo from CLEO magazine contacted me about featuring Alana & Luke’s wedding in their wedding special I’ve been excited! REALLY excited. So when i finally stumbled across it in the newsagent this afternoon I was all smiles. :D

This is our first ever printed feature, but it won’t be the last! Keep an eye out for us in the next Modern Wedding and Discerning Bride Mags.

Today our  Alice in Wonderland shoot was featured on one of Australia’s greatest wedding blogs -  Polka Dot Bride. Big smiles! :D

Sometimes… usually when we don’t have a wedding every weekend… I have time to re-charge the creative cells. When the creative half of my brain isn’t consumed with weddings and editing it has a chance to wander into exploring and experimenting. It’s usually more about the process than the end result, kind of like creative therapy. Anyway, today I decided to shoot B & E doing what they do…

ps. the paintings are Brett’s from when he was 12 {!} he amazes me.

enough said.

So. This going to sound WAY lame, and I almost don’t want to type it… But if there’s one thing I totally believe works in business {and life} it’s honesty and being yourself. Sooo… honestly I’ve wanted to have a wedding featured on Style me Pretty for a while… well to be absolutely honest for ages! I’m always inspired by the amazing images that grace their blog, but have been too self doubting to submit anything myself. Well, a while back I decided to give it a shot, figuring the worst that could happen is I get a big fat NO starring me back in the face.

So when I checked their blog today and saw the gorgeous Luke and Alana looking beautiful back at me I was all smiles! :)

So after missing my schnookety-pookety baby over the past weekend, I was at a point of intense excitement and anticipation at the thought of holding her in my arms again.

 When we arrived home this afternoon something was missing. No welcoming sighs, no excited quivers or happy paw slaps… L

 Ella stayed with auntie Elyse and Dalilah, who were coming up to visit tomorrow and bring her back, but had to arrange their visit for later in the week. So I figured Brett would want to wait until tomorrow to head down the coast and pick her up after the drive home today… but guess what - SURPRISE! I don’t know if it’s a Collingwood high but we are going down THIS EVENING {after the footy - of course}!!!! Wow, I don’t think I’ve been this excited since our veggie patch started sprouting.

 Love you my little Ella Bella! xo

ps. how adorable is the little handmade jacket! I’ll tell you more about them later. :)

I’m about to embark on a long weekend full of sport – spectating {duh}, kids, camping and no Ella {!!!}. This will be the longest time I’ve spent away from her since she was gifted into our lives… I think I’m having withdrawals already…

I’ll let you know how it unfolds…