Morpeth.

A day trip to Morpeth gave us some much needed time together...

 ~ Those are all turtle heads ~

~ Using the polarizing filter on the camera to capture them all ~

Sam xox

Queen Victoria Building.

Following on from yesterday's high tea photos, here are a few more of the beautiful building in Sydney where the Tea Rooms are. It is called the Queen Victoria Building and is over 100 years old (now guys don't laugh, that's old in European-Australian years).

Tomorrow I will start my short series on Christmasy things... You all know how much I love Christmas!

Sam xox

100th blog post & giveaway.

This is my 100th post!

It will be short and sweet.

To celebrate I am holding a giveaway!

(I have seen others do this and it seems like fun!)

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How does it work? Simply leave me a comment in this post, and on Sunday 8th August at 9am Sydney time, I will draw a winner using an online random number generator. I will then announce the winner on this blog and also contact them on theirs.

The winner can then choose a 8x12 inch photograph from my Etsy store Buckingham Road and I will package it up and send it to them for free!

{Click here to visit Buckingham Road}

Thanks so much to each and everyone of you who I have connected with through this blog. I am so grateful to have this space to share my ideas, obsessions, successes, and milestones, but most importantly to be able to connect with people from across the globe who encourage and inspire me every day!

Sam xox

A walk in the park.

Jamie and I have had my little brother staying with us this past week. He is a boisterous 10 year old who has kept us on our toes!

Today was his last day with us, so I took him for a walk in the huge park near our house. We are incredibly lucky to have this leafy sanctuary tucked away in our inner-city suburb. We took a bag of stale bread, a picnic rug and a camera; and spent two lovely hours in the winter sunshine.

Sam xox

Nice and dry.

Thanks so much for your kind comment regarding our mini-flood. After three days our carpet is now dry and does not smell at all. We have returned the pedestal fans to their rightful owners, and now do not have to walk around the house with shoes on to stop our feet getting wet. The cat seems a lot more settled too!

Jamie and I went to Surry Hills today for an impromptu coffee which turned into breakfast. Surry Hills is an inner city suburb that I rarely go to. It has a very unique style to it that I am not entirely sure how to explain. Somewhat alternative, yet very affluent. As Jamie put it "To be cool in Surry Hills you have to try hard to be not-cool"... lots of people in tweed jackets, thick black rimmed glasses that upon close inspection don't actually have lens in them! Anything goes.

I decided to take my camera along as I want to get some more photography practice. Jamie had the patients of a saint as I made us walk through all the back streets aimlessly, admiring run down terrace houses, graffiti art, and a random cat that followed us for almost two blocks.

This was our day out.

"Tour de Tweed" - annual Sydney Cyclist event.

Sam xox

I made it to the front page of Etsy.

Guess what! One of Buckingham Road's photographs made it to the front page of Etsy!

'Fill Your Cup'

To celebrate this I have listed the Tea 3 photographs as a set. This photograph set includes the photographs 'Tea for Three', ‘Fill your Cup’, and ‘and one makes three’. Each photograph is sized 4X6, making them perfect for display in a three panel frame, or individually for extra impact.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/49671371/three-photo-package-tea-cup-photographs

Sam xox

Photographs and bags.

I printed out some of the photographs I sell on Etsy to put up in my apartment. They look really nice enlarged and framed.

I have put the two Light House photos in our bathroom. Because we rent our apartment, our bathroom is all off white and brown, and it feels like no matter how much I bleach and scrub it, ti still won't brighten up. But now with these two photos, it makes the bathroom SO much more inviting!

I also made a handbag to sell in my Etsy store. I am going to make some more this weekend from other fabrics (I was thinking of making one from the remaining foot stool fabric).

What do you think?

Sam xox

One of my photographs is famous.

You know how I said in my last post that I have an Etsy store, well one of my photographs were featured on Clever Corner's blog today in her weekly Top 10 feature!

I am thrilled that someone liked my photo enough to put it on their blog :-)

If you want to check it out, here is the link:

http://cleverscorner.blogspot.com/2010/04/tuesdays-top-10_27.html

Sam xox

My Etsy store.

In case you're wondering why I have been a little quiet these past few days, here is why...

Buckingham Road: http://buckinghamroad.etsy.com

I have decided to jump on the Etsy train and open an online 'store'. If you have never visited Etsy before, it is basically an online market place where people can buy and sell handmade treasures.

I am going to (try) and sell some of my photographs and some toy patterns. I have enjoyed the process of setting up the store as a way to fill time in the days I am not teaching.

Please pop by and have a look at my store Buckingham Road.

Sam xox