He, Me & Ollie.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

If you're anything like me, you'll drown in clutter.

But then again, if you're anything like me, you'll probably still clutter things until you get really hormonal and have the biggest rant to your husband about how your house looks nothing like the houses on Pinterest, and demand he take you to Target to spruce it up immediately.

Cue my new office organisation space;

The shelf (rip-off of IKEA's expedit), was $59 at Target, with the fabric drawers being $9 each.

I asked Pete to show me how to use his drill so I could put it all together while he was at work.

This resulted in me pulling all the contents out of the box, staring at the instructions for a little while, making a coffee, returning to the instructions, then lugging all of the shelves to my son's nursery and pinching his shelf (the exact same one) that we assembled months ago.

"Here's one we prepared earlier!"

Nonetheless, I was proud of myself. Pete not so much!

Inside this teapot (you can get similar styles here), I've actually stored my memory cards and batteries. So yes, it's pretty, but functional too.
I really believe with spaces like this, you need to be minimalistic yet organised. I wanted my shelf to be pretty but free of clutter.

The top left drawer has all my stuff for packaging DVD's for clients.

This is the type of clutter that would sit on my desk top and make me feel like I was drowning in work.

My first (of hundreds) Pinterest advice ACTUALLY implemented in my house.
I keep telling Pete that all that time I spend pinning things will come in handy one day.
Can't say he was as impressed as I was with this idea to dispense ribbon - don't know why?

The middle drawer contains my props. (Wraps, hats, headbands, small blankets, etc.)
Actually, on a sidenote, if you're looking for headbands/tiebacks/scarves, my sister is my supplier and she has some beautiful pieces. You can check her Facebook out here.

Generally speaking, I mostly shot from two cameras, my 5D Mark II, and my 7D. I find they both have their advantages for my work, but by using both, it is DOUBLE the clutter.
So when downloading images to my computer, I usually have both cameras sitting on the desk, along with the lens that's on each camera, and flashes, etc.
This pretty much takes up half my desk.
I'm hoping that by allocating one shelf in my bookcase for whichever camera is NOT in use, I free up some space on my desk.
(I'll let you know how that goes after two or so weeks.. ha!)

My favourite part of my new space are my prints.
I designed and printed all of them, and feel that they make the space both more personal and professional all in one hit.
The photo, is of course one of Ollie from my 365 Days of Ollie project.

So, there you have it, my new photography station.
I won't be sharing the rest of my office as I'm still slowly creating it.
My desk and monitor are, quite frankly, embarassing.

My monitor is a ViewSonic - nothing too special. But it is reliable.

I know it's calibrated to my liking and the thought of calibrating a newer monitor to the same settings hurts my head already.

I have a wishlist of IKEA stuff for my office, which I will share in a post here at some point.

But that's for another day.

Happy Tuesday!

Thirty three.

033. Bubbly Toes.

You have your Dad's toes.
We really are very sorry about that.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Thirty two.

032. "I'm 5 months old TODAY?!"

Yes, yes you are.
You're five months old today.
You weigh nine kilos (you love your food - you have 6 feeds a day along with 3 solid meals), you are rolling (when you feel like it... lazy kid!), you are laughing, and your smile makes us melt.
Your favourite toy is the dragon with all the rattles on it, but your favourite game ever is "Giddy up" on Mumma's lap and you giggle a cheeky laugh whenever we pretend to throw you around.
You have come so far... but with such a big future ahead of you. We love you so much.. our little fatty xx

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Thirty One.

031. Helping Mum with the washing.

Thirty.

030. Things we love about you: How the first thing you look for is trees.

You sit in your bouncer while I hang our clothes out to dry.
I turn around every now and then to expect to see you watching me.. but every time, without fail, you're gazing at the trees.
I know buddy. Mother Nature is one seriously amazing woman.

Friday, November 2, 2012

The first 29 photos of my 365 days of Ollie.

I'm not known for doing things the traditional way!
Normally people start their 365 (or 366 this year) projects at the start of the year.
I really wanted to document the interesting times in Ollie's life - so I started from the day he turned 4 months old, on the 4th October 2012.
The first 3-4 months of his life were such a blur for us and for him.. that I just knew I couldn't commit to taking a photo a day.
Now, however, this little fella is making us laugh constantly, and it just seemed like the perfect time to start the project.
I've been putting it on Facebook primarily (as I didn't have my website/blog set up yet!) so I thought I'd give you a rundown of the first 29 photos before I continue with daily posts for the rest of the project.