Jikana Damaru

Button Art

After organizing all my buttons into colour groups I took a break to make something crafty.

I first saw button art on Mod Podge Rocks and loved it! Coupled with the fact that the glass on the picture frame I had been saving for something else had cracked, I got on and made my very own button art. I removed the broken glass and cut a stiff piece of white card to size and secured it into the frame. After laying out all the buttons I wanted to use, I moved them around the white card until I was happy with the balance of colour and size. I then attached them to the card using double sided sticky tape. Voila! a cheap and easy to make piece of art for my newly organized craft room.

Have a sweet day!

leave pass

last night i needed to have dinner organised & ready to go early so i could pop out to do a quick photo session. after i had finished the shoot i had some time up my sleeve before i was due home for the bedtime routine & good night kisses. so i stopped the car at the foreshore & enjoyed snapping away. others were dining with friends at the restaurant on the beach. some were enjoying fish & chips at the picnic tables & i was loving the time to just look around & this is what i saw:

Things I have seen that I wish I could unsee

I'm sure we all have images burned onto our retinas that we can never take back. Once seen, they can never be unseen. They are part of us for life.

Five of the things I have seen that I wish I could unsee.

1. A man getting brutally bashed.
This was in Nairobi. He stole a bag. They bashed him.

2. Inside my friend's vagina.
This is a story I only ever tell after about 47 glasses of wine and 3 tequila shots.

3. The lint filter of my washing machine after discovering that my 2 year old washing machine has a lint filter.
No further correspondence will be entered into on this matter.

4. The ultrasound of a blighted ovum pregnancy
That sweet mother's face is the bit that I can never unsee.

5. The home of an obsessive-compulsive hoarder
I have had an aversion to clutter ever since.

What things have you seen that you wish you could unsee?

[Image (which technically has nothing to do with this post but it has binoculars and is pretty) via weheartitbutdon'tcreditit - please let me know if it is yours]

I'm not here, I'm there...

I'm not home at the moment. I'm here. In the country. In an old, rambling farmhouse with nothing but 3000 hectares of rolling pastures, a mountainous backdrop, and the sound of distant thunder. It's a long way from the stresses of everyday life. And I'm happy, here with my family. And only one bar of mobile reception. My shops are on 'vacation' for the week and so (blessedly) am I.

If you need me, I'll be here...

Our cottage, a million miles from anywhere...

the outside...

Elli-Boo with hands outstretched to catch....

..... the grapes that drape along the cottage verandah!

We're getting some amazing family portraits!

But best of all some quality family time together.

I wish you all were here! xx

Sweet Photo Shoot

My camera has been in overdrive since I found the photography bug about 18 months ago - I have so many photos that I sometimes get confused what I have shared and what I haven't - keeping them backed up and in a sensible order is a job in itself (would love you to share your online photo filing system in case I am missing a simple solution).

I came across these today while sorting through the library and I realised I have never shared them. They are from a second shoot I did for the My Little Jedi Magazine Launch Issue last year (the one used in the magazine can be found here). Hope you like them - sweet and simple and would be perfect for a little bridal shower.

Cake - Blissfully Sweet Cakes

Party Bags, Mason Jars, Straws, cake stands - Sweet Style

point & shoot

this weekend was chock - o - block. it started with a family fun night at school with a giant slide & jumping castle to keep all the little ones entertained while the Mums & Dads mingled. I mingled so much I didn't take one photo oops!

then on Saturday I spent 3hrs helping & holding up my little first time skater girl {it was her school friends birthday party at a local skate centre} until she had the hang of it all & was wanting to skate all by herself!

we then enjoyed a bbq with friends very late into the night, & Sunday involved sleeping in, Tupperware & an afternoon tea party.

today my skater girl & I are hanging out at home drinking lots of fresh juice to try & rid ourselves of Summertime colds.

play point & shoot here

p.s {i have taken off the annoying & hard to read word verification so comment leaving should be much. much easier now!}

My Photography Blog site!

I finally have my own little photography corner of the world wide web :)
It has a ways to go (including uploading all previous sessions) but I was too excited to get it fully fixed up before sharing!
So here it is!!
Jessica Lacey Photography

I would be posting many client sessions on here anymore! But I had to also share this cuteness from over the weekend!