efore the weekend starts, I just wanted to quickly update the blog with a photo from a shoot that we wrapped up recently that was very dear to my heart. I've already shared a few sneak peeks on the facebook page, but I wanted to save the one for the blog that was one of my favourites.  
 
As an artist, we often have more ideas than time to shoot... and often when we are working with clients, we are turning their dreams into realities. So every now and again special images and concepts give birth in my dreams, and grow for months and months... sometimes even years these ideas sit on shelves in my head, and for one day out of the whole year, we make my dreams come to life. Every year it is different, and this year, it played around the idea of magic, flowers, and nymphs, with a touch of country.  
 
I won't give any more away, but I just wanted to share this frame with you. Enjoy everyone. And hope you all have a lovely weekend, spending it hopefully with loved ones and making special memories together.  
 
xoxo 
 
 
 
The Dream Team: 
 
Stylist: Jess from The Bridal Collective 
Gowns: Celest Thoi 
Hair and Makeup: Amy Chan 
Model: Monique Kathleen 
Florals: Lina from Chanele Rose Flowers 
Cake: Patricia from Yummy Cupcakes and Cakes 

'm sitting here with about 3 hours of sleep in the bank, and I'm physically exhausted. Drained. And just spent beyond what I can aptly describe. However, I came home with a message from my sister to listen to something. A song she has told me about a number of times, and in my current state of brutal tiredness, I'd normally put aside the message and tend to it another day, but she said this one was special. And that I would like it. So I pressed play.  
 
And wow.  
 
Very very often I write about songs I like and would like you to hear. But never have I heard a song that I NEEDED to tell you about. There is so much beneath this song written by Taylor Swift (A musician and an artist that has truly earned the meaning of those words - something I felt sure of when I fell in LOVE with her record "Speak Now" after zealously discarding her music and writing skills as poor and mediocre prior to that point. "Speak Now' changed everything and I fully believed from there she would honestly become one of 'THE' great song writers years down the road). So this song... called "Ronan" was inspired by this little boy who's life was robbed of him by cancer. His mother had penned down her very honest, real, and often painful thoughts of her journey with her son as he battled the disease from beginning to the very end (The blog is called Rockstar Ronan) - a read I swear to you will change your heart. You don't leave reading those kind of words with a dry eye. I am not normally a crier over movies, books, or songs... but Ronan's story, and taylor's song? *sigh* You just have to read and listen. You will get it.  
 
Cancer is a scary and cruel hand to be dealt. And while it hasn't stepped into my life (touchwood), there are people in my life who have been affected by this merciless beast. It has come close enough to my door to know that it is singularly terrifying. And that those who sit under it's wing live unfairly in it's excruciating pain...it eats you up from inside out... physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It is not a word you ever want to even hear whispered or breathed in any form or shadow around you. Believe me I know. 
 
I hope one day they find a cure. So that the world can be rid of one less wave of tears. So that people can keep their loved ones in their lives a little longer in this short and fragile thing we call life. And on a final side note, don't wait til it's too late to tell, and show those most precious to you that you love them because God will want them back someday.  
 
Alright old rambler... time for bed....I know I have written alot for someone who is painfully exhausted, but I hope it shows the necessity I felt in sharing this as I have been deeply touched by Ronan's story, and just as much by the incredible kindness shown by Taylor in writing this song (all proceeds from this song go to cancer related charities). So to close, this song is dedicated to all those who's lives have been affected by cancer. Thank you Taylor Swift for writing such a beautiful piece. I truly think it is your best masterpiece yet, and only goes to show how your song writing maturity and finesse far surpasses your mere 22 years of age. And thank you to Maya Thompson for sharing your son Ronan's story with us. It truly left a footprint on my heart. God Bless you, and I pray His peace will rest upon you.  
 
xoxo 
 
 

've always most loved those photos that capture in between instances. You know, the ones that people don't seem to notice, or realize were taken.  
 
On a really torrentially raining day, the wind wreaked angrily through the air in a howl like manner, but blew across a whisper of unexpected beauty when it sailed through this moment.  
 
You have to love dresses that play along with mother nature like this :) 
 
xoxo 
 
 
ps: Still hiding in my little (ok, not so little) mountain of busyness so apologies for the short posts!

have like zero time to blog.. and I shouldn't be here penning my thoughts, but I can't help it! :P I was going to dig through my trove of past travel photos to come up with this month's calendar, but I thought, since I'm LATE with this month's calendar, and the fact that this blog is in serious need of some love, what better way to smoothen over all that, than with a photo snapped while on my latest trip to Santorini Greece.  
 
During the trip, my husband and I were talking about memories... and how sometimes we forget to bring our cameras to places to record that particular moment in some tangible way and form, which is often followed by a pang of regret (mainly from my side since I tend to be the slightly more sentimental half of the marriage :P ). Then Ju reminds me and says "you know, sometimes there are memories and places we have been to, that are so particular, or so special, or so incredible in it's own unique way that you don't need a photograph"... it's so distinguishing that the brain somehow retains that fragment of time and space in its visual coves, despite everything else that it has to process and retain from our day to day grind.  
 
For example... when my husband and I were sitting eating dinner in paris one evening, and watching the many tourists scramble around the Eiffel Tower at night, and then in a sudden moment, the entire Eiffel Tower lit up in a sparkling bedazzled array. Or running through New York's Central Park in the middle of winter without our coats or winter protection, and having it snow for the first time in ages in the city....Or, when I had a little too much to drink (I wasn't drunk... just a little 'happy' haha) after a visit to the Sydney Fish Markets and I found the seagulls walking across the carpark lot to be the most hilarious thing I had ever seen. No camera present to capture those very instances of joy, but ever existing and burning brightly in the shelves of our memories.  
 
I had many a moment while we were in Santorini Greece without my camera, and wishing I had brought one, but I'm very sure those memories will stay dear and near to my head and heart for many years to come.  
 
Thankfully though, the photo in this september's calendar wasn't one of those instances (I remembered my camera! :D). Ju and I were walking around the town of Oia for the day, and we managed to secure a very 'prime' spot to watch the sun go down at just about the right time before the hoard of tourists came to camp out around us everywhere. And while it was crowded, it never really dampened the mental keepsake and feeling that accompanied the day. So, as you can understand, it is a very sacred photo to me, as this picture will always remind me of a time that was filled with calm contentment, peace, and quiet joy shared with my favourite person in the world, all the while just silently thanking God in my heart for precious instances such as these that we can enjoy no matter how rare or frequent they come by.  
 
Enjoy the rest of the month peeps and I hope to be back again sooner rather than later with a full picture post that is weddings/engagements related :D 
 
xoxo 
 
 
ps: Remember, as with past calendars we've released, it includes one of my favourite quotes (I LOVE cool quotes), and it will only be available for download from the blog TODAY ONLY. I will be removing the link tomorrow, so do get it while its here, or share it around :) Let me know if you like, love, or nay this month's calendar in the comments below? :D hehe :) Enjoy! And just click on the photo below to get the 'wallpaper-sized' version :) 
 
 
 
 
*UPDATE* As mentioned on our facebook page, this wallpaper would only be available for a limited time today so we've closed this little treat for now. But stay tuned for next month, for our October calendar giveaway! :D