Photo Challenge Week Four!

This weeks photo challenge comes in the form of all things pretty.  I was in the kitchen cleaning when I saw my mum's gorgeous Blue Willow teapot and thought that's what I'm going to photography this week.  I just love this teapot!  I love the shape and pattern and that blue, it is such a gorgeous shade of blue.  I also {heart} peonies, cake stands and tea cups - so here is a capture of just a few from my collection.  Enjoy!

My Photo Challenge Week Four { 27th July 2011 }

My Pretties

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

{ Jim Rohn }

"Beauty is the promise of happiness."

{ Edmund Burke }

A little cup of friendship

With a bag of tea

When you drink this

Think of love from me

{ unknown }

When you're feeling sad and blue

And have no clue what to do

Sit down and have a cup of tea

And a hug or two or maybe three

Fell those troubles melt away

And start you on a better day.

{ By Paulette }

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

&

Happy Baking!

Photo Challenge Week Three!

I've been on holiday this week and have been quite lazy and just hanging out with my daughter doing fun mummy daughter stuff.  I'd been thinking about this weeks photo challenge but just couldn't be bothered with getting the camera out!! {I know!}  Well I woke this morning, feeling full of energy and decided I'm committed to this challenge .... "go grab that camera and start week three!"

This weeks photos are all very different.  I'm still fascinated with my macro len and water droplets but thought I needed to have some other subject matters to keep it interesting.  I received a large parcel of books this week that I order from the UK.  If you don't know I LOVE books!!  So what better why to capture my love of books by taking a photo of my books {of course in an artist way}.  My other love amongst many is colour!  This week I've been doing quite a lot of cake sketching {millons of designs running around in that head of mine} So a capture of my beautiful array of colour pencils.  And lastly I had to indulge my fascination with my marco len and water droplets.  I went out into the backyard hunting for the perfect capture.  This weeks macro capture came in the form of a spiders web with these tiny jewel like water droplets - just gorgeous!!

I'm glad I got off my butt and captured these images for my week three challenge!  Love all three and expresses what kind of week I've had!

My photo Challenge Week Three { 22nd July 2011 }

The week that was

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence"

{ H.L.Mencken }

"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most"

{ John Ruskin }

"And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see."

{ Donald Cargill }

Another week has gone by and very glad that it is Friday.  I hope all you lovelies out there have a fabulous weekend. spending time with your love ones and doing the things you enjoy most!

Happy Baking!

Photo Challenge Week Two!

This weeks photo challenge I decided I would get out my macro lens my hubby got for me.  So funny it took me about 1/2hr to figure out how to use the darn thing! Found out that I had to manually focus everything - which I thought was kinda cool once I got use to it.

So I still had the Chrysanthemum  in my studio from last week, so I just used them as my subject matter again this week {they are so pretty to photograph} But just a different take on them.  I became a little obsessed with capturing the drops of waters on the petals.  I LOVE macro!! 

My photo Challenge Week Two { 12th July 2011 }

pMacro : Pretty water droplets

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart"

{unknown}

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

{Barbara de Angelis}

The best days are the ones that start with sunshine and end with moonlight.

{Linda Poindexter}

Let the beauty we love become the good we do.

{Rumi}

I'm lovin' these photo challenges and am learning so much about my camera and how to take photos.  I wonder what week 3 will hold?

Happy Baking!

Photo Challenge Week One!

Ok, So I'm no professional photographer but I do love to take photos.  I wish I had more time to indulge in my passion for photography but life is so busy that I just don't.  I've decided to give myself a challenge of taking a few photos one day a week for 52 weeks.  Hmmm lets hope I can stick to it!! I might need a little bit of help from you lovelies out there.  If you don't see a photo challenge post every week, could someone pretty, pretty please with a cherry on the top just send through an email and to say HEY! Where are your photos?!?! lol.  But I will try my very best to keep it up.  Because I can only grow as a photographer if I take lots of photos right?

This is all very excited and can't wait to see where it takes me.  Amature Photographer here I come!

My Photo Challenge Week One  { 5th July 2011 }

Small Posies of Chrysanthemum which I have in my studio to brighten those winter days.

Flowers are those little colourful beacons of sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts

{ Dodinsky }

Flowers whisper "Beautiy!" to the world,even as they fade, wilt, fall.

{ Dr. SunWolf }

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...

{ Susan Pollis Shutz }

Every Flower is a soul blossoming in nature.

{ Gerard de Nerval }

I loved taking these photos and look forward to next weeks challenge.  I wonder what it will be?

Happy Baking!