Where in the world have I been?

Where in the world have I been?..... Well nowhere actually. Just in my own little world coping with a busy life, 3 kids and a hubby working long hours. I mentally checked out from the computer for a few months and have hardly touched it which has been nice (I think you need to do this every once in a while). I've missed reading everyones blogs and chatting to my online buddies (anyone still out there?)

Anyway here I am trying to get back in the swing of blogland and giving you an update over the next few days of what I've been doing whilst taking a break.

Firstly we had our photos taken for a school fundraiser which was fun and I LOVE the photos! I have made one my blog banner and will share some of my favs. Photos are taken by Distinctly You. Michelle was great with the kids especially as Finn cried pretty much the whole time and Kyra was a bit grumpy and it was raining. The photo shoot was 30mins long and she snapped 173 great shots for us to keep. LOVE IT.

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and this one and theres so many more :)

I know we are all very matching with colours but I love that about it. I made the girls tops and pants and have actually been on a sewing frenzy. I will share my creations in the next few days.

I have whipped up a really quick 8.5x11 black cloth photo book for Mothers Day with this series of pictures. I was on a time limit to do it before Mothers Day and couldn't do any fancy collages. That will be in my next book. I love the idea of the printed photo book and will definately be doing more.

I have also been attempting some collage photos after a tutorial from Nicole. Thank you so much Nicole for your patience with me. My photoshop program doesn't seem to like me though as it keeps freezing up on me and making me soooo frustrated and things are slow going. Still pushing for a Mac :) I will share them soon too. But for now, here is my cheating collage. Kmart have a new photo computer system for printing photos etc. You can grab as many photos as you like and it keeps filpping around the collage untill your happy with it. It prints out well and each photo has a slight outline/shadow around it which i like. You can print 5x7, 8x10 and 12x12...yes 12x12 for all of you that are still partial to the what seems like "old" 12x12. Best thing for me is that Kmart near me is open 24hours a day and the photo section is open until midnight. When your hubby works late it is a blessing that at least one shop is open that late :) Anyway I will be testing out the 12x12 print this week to put straight in my scrap album and i'll let you know what it looks like. This one below I had printed in a 5x7 as a test just to see what it came out like and then scanned it. Not bad I say.

Well I hope you are all well and have been very creative, looking forward to catching up on your blogs.