Jikana Damaru: 08/09/11

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Photog. Sessions: {3 Month Old} & {Family of Four}

3 Month Old: Deacon

Whew, he is adorable! I couldn't get enough of him. I'm glad I was able to capture his beautiful smile and him holding his head up!

Family of Four

The girls loved being in front of the camera which made my job easy! They were a lot of fun to photograph!

I love doing this and I'm thankful for all those who trust me taking their photos! Each session is unique and each a learning experience. I am looking forward to many more!

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Felt Food Kit

My Hand-made felt crinkle cut potato chips

Whilst I was shopping in Islington last week I came across the Felt Picnic set in a sale at the art store, Cass Art. I thought it would be great to make for Molly's play kitchen and give them to her for her birthday. I love how they turned out and made a few tweaks from the original kit by buying some red and yellow embroidery thread to match the felt, as the kit only provided brown and purple. I also put velcro on the bun and bread slices so she could make sandwiches and burgers rather than stitching the bread to the sandwich filling as per the instructions. I had so much fun making them that I went on to make felt iced gems and tea bags.

Have a sweet day!

Pucker up

I need to know if I've been embarrassing myself totally for years and years and years.

I'm a bit of a kisser. I like to do the hello-kissy-kiss-kiss thing when it's someone I know reasonably well. It's nice. See, that's me in the picture above saying 'oh, hello, nice to make your acquaintance.' Ha! Not really, we're talking a little peck at most. Occasionally it's a double-job as I'm influenced by the Italians, but generally it's a fleeting peck.

But when I do the kiss, I do make actual lip to cheek contact.

Someone has mentioned that this is majorly embarrassing and you're supposed to kiss the air next to the cheek, not the cheek itself.

Who knew?

Anyway, I tried out the air-kiss and I felt like a total air-head kissing into space like that with the little 'mwah' sound. Man, what an idiot. So I went back to making actual cheek contact.

Now, what I need to know is: is this social suicide?

Am I turning what is meant to be a warm, welcoming thing into a horrifying

experience for all I make overly-intimate contact with?

Does anyone else out there make contact?

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Cards and Envelopes

It has been a big birthday month for my girls with lots of friends parties each weekend.

Being the craft lover I am I always make the card that goes with each present.

Lately I have had a thing for little tags but when one of Sienna's good friends had her party last weekend I decided to make her card a little more personalised.

This card however need an envelope to make it look a little more special but I didn't have anything that was the right size so I decided to create my own using a little white paper bag and some twine.