Christmas Shortbread

I always try to make something at Christmas for friends and family. A couple of years ago I knitted everyone scarves, last year I baked biscuits and cakes and this year I made shortbread.

I didn't want to go with the typical 'biscuit box' idea so I decided to package them slightly differently...

Busy, busy, busy...

I haven't been posting as often as I would like recently for a number of reasons. I have been working full time which has meant that I am limited to evenings and weekends for camera time and of course, there has been Christmas.

Heading into the New Year, I have a lot of plans so my blogging should start to increase a little more soon and there will be some rather big changes to come too!

Owen's first photoshoot!

On Saturday, I finally met my nephew, Owen. At only 5 days old, he had his first photoshoot!

He is adorable and so tiny! No doubt, more photos will come soon!

If you would like to see more images from this shoot, please see my Flickr page.

I'm an Auntie!!

After months of waiting, my little sister finally gave birth to a beautiful little boy at 9.09pm last night.

His name is Owen George and he was 8lb 3.5

As they live just short of 200 miles away and I can't get any time off work, I haven't yet met him and have to wait until the weekend - this week is going so slowly!

The Bump!

I have been meaning to edit these images for a while now, but I just haven't had time!

This is the bump...My sister's bump...

She's due early November so baby photos will follow soon after no doubt!

Alex and Paul (her hubby), are keeping us all in suspense as they have decided that they don't want to know the sex of the baby so we all have to wait until November now!! I keep buying her baby clothes... one in pink and one in blue! Haha!

Also, the word 'bump' is driving me insane...

Every time I hear it, I get the lyrics to that old cartoon 'Bump The Elephant' stuck in my head!

"Bump the elephant isn't quite as elegant,

because his feet, are not so neat...."

...and I can't remember the rest, I just end up humming.

AAAAAARGH!

Update & Gwynneth's 80th Birthday Celebrations

Ok, so I haven't been updating my blog much since I finished Uni - thats not because I haven't been up to anything, but because I've been too busy!

I spent a lot of time over the summer camping - mainly at Robinhood's bay (just south of Whitby). We have found a lovely camp site with stunning scenes (see earlier posts) and we just kept going back. Needless to say, while camping, I haven't been able to use my computer and update my blog due to the lack of plug sockets and internet connection!

My photographic work was put on the back burner while I was finishing uni - I didn't want to risk taking wedding bookings and end up with too much on my plate, hence the lack of new wedding images. I am taking bookings again now so the images will start to flow again soon.

It was my grandma's 80th birthday in July so we had a very large family lunch and I met loads of relatives that I never knew I had!

Anyway, there will be more to come soon. As you can see from the photos above, the pregnant young woman on the left above is my sister, Alex. She is expecting early November so there will be bump and baby photos soon!

Employed!

Now that uni is over, I have managed to get myself a full time job. I am now a Helpdesk operator, and conveniently, the office is about 3 minutes up the road from my house!

I am not just doing Helpdesk support... I will have design work to do aswell...

Less time for playing with my camera now... Boooooo! :(