What do you think????

My sweet baby girl....

I have updated my photo blog... link in side bar------>

please pop by... for my birthday which i never did share... I got a studio!!!

yes you heard right.. a photography studio!!!... I t only arrived this week and have been having heaps of fun playing!!!...

Can't believe i have a studio!!!!!

take care... more to come soon.... I promise!!!!

Connie.....xxxxxx

FINALLY IN PRINT!!!!!!!...yippppeeeeee.....

So excited... so is Keenan...popped into the newsagent to pick up the new For Keeps and what i do see...
The new "Scrapbooking Basics" no.1.. and i am in it!!!...
I was jumping up and down on the spot...lol... Finally im in print!!!.. ( the first of many.. so keep your eyes out)
So my little man is famous!!...lol.. we had to show everyone at the shop lol.....

and in other fantastic news... I got an email from Scrapbook Creations yesterday and they want to use one of my layouts for there display at the "Scrapbook and Paper Convention" in Brisbane June this year... so excited about that.. so any Brisbane girls out there.. please check it out for me... ( maybe even take a photo for me...lol)
So thats my huge news... but there is still lots more to come.. i just cant share just yet...lol...

so i will leave you a photo of my layout in this months "Scrapbooking Basics"

take care.....







Connie....xxxx

I {HEART} SYDNEY

WOW... what a fantastic, fun, exhausting, crazy Holiday....lol
I have fallen in love with the Sydney Harbour Bridge... its just beautiful.. i took so many photos of it from all different angles...lol...
The kids had a ball.... heaps to share
And we finally got to catch up with our friends Bruce and Shelley... it was so great to see them again..

Keenan was part of a street performer's act...lol... more on that later and of course photos...
But today i am super busy.. my Mum is moving house today so i am about to head out and give her a hand
I hope everyone has been well.. and i promise i will catch up on all my favorite blogs this week...

take care

Connie....xxxx

Happy Mothers Day... (for yesterday)

Hope you all had a wonderful mothers day...mine was just right... perfect...
Mark took us down to Carrum Beach... My Mum too.. and had the best fish and chips i have had in ages... yummmmo.... Jorja finally moved on the sand...lol... instead of being frozen... She was running around like a crazy girl!! So happy she is starting to like the beach more!!!
The only huge downer of the day.... PARKING TICKET!!!... not nice.. and on Mothers day too!!!!!
That was pretty much it.... PERFECT!!!.....

So we are off in a couple of days so i wont be back before we go.. So i wish you all a FANTASTIC week and be safe!!!
But i will leave you with a couple of photos from our day at the beach.. My darling son Keenan.. i took heaps of shots.. still proofing!!!!

take care all

Connie.....xxxxx

been awhile.....

Hi all... been so long since i checked out blog land.... everything has just been super crazy since my birthday... which i had a GREAT day with friends and got heaps of YUMMY pressies......Mark got me a stunning pair of earrings and the biggest surprise is yet to come......

wait for it....



cant tell YET.....lol......sorry... :)


I havnt touched any scrapbooking in ages... i think i forget how to do it...lol... just lost total mojo and just really dont want to play at the moment.....
But i have been taking heaps of photos and learning so much more everyday.. and loving every second of it....

so please pop over to my photo blog and have a look....

http://conniehatchphotoblog.blogspot.com/

Oh well thats pretty much it from me.... A dear friend of mine is having major family problems so i have been helping her out a bit this week with her little baby Zack.. so i off to the shops now and pop into her place!!

Not sure when i will be back.. as next week we are off on our weekend away to Sydney!! can't wait... looking forward to catching up with Shelley and Bruce.. (hi guys) and checking out the sights of Sydney... hotels all booked Keenan is over the moon with excitement.. he cant sleep and he is counting the days!!!!...

So i will try and pop in before we go!!!

take care

and thanks heaps to everyone who left me a birthday wish!!!!!

Connie....xxxx

TODAY......

Is my birthday..... the big 30.... not sure how i feel about being 30 yet...lol..
but my morning so far has been GREAT!!!... been treated like a princess!!!

hope you all have a great day!!!

Connie...xxxx

Our look a likes.....LOL....

How funny is this....lol... just really bored tonight and really dont wanna scrap!!!

take note that both Keenan and Jorja have a same person to ME!!!...lol....

gone on i dare you all to give it a go!!!!... and dont forget to share...

have a great weekend... back soon with a real update!!!

take care

C....xxxx

Proud MUM here.....

Keenan had a Golf challenge yesterday at his golf course... A skill test...Held by the Junior PGA.
All ages groups could enter and Eric Keenan's coach thought it would be a good idea for Keenan to give it a go!...
Keenan is a LOT smaller than most kids his age and a hell of a lot smaller than his peers in his Golf class... So Keenan has always lacked that confidence... For the past year he has been playing golf he has had to watch all the "big" kids hit the ball a lot further than he can... and he has has a lot of trouble understanding why he cant hit like them!!
Keenan is the youngest in his Saturday golf class by 3 years.... anyway... The skills test!!...
I was so proud of him...he played so well... He gave it his BEST shot.. hit all the best shots he could and he was the only 8 year old there! He hit a score of 11 /50.. which gave my boy a bronze medal... I am so proud of him.....i had tears in my eyes as Eric congratulated him on a job well done.. and other parents... parents i have never met or seen before coming up to him and telling him what a great job he done and how his a GREAT little golfer... The smile on Keenan's face was priceless... a smile that i will never forget and that will stay with me for ever.
Now i didn't take my camera.. so no photos... but i don't need any i will never forget this moment... The look of confidence in his eyes... the pure HAPPINESS.....
Keenan may never be the next Tiger Woods... but i don't care... i just want him to be happy, to have fun... to enjoy this wonderful sport... I am so proud of you Keenan so proud of the little man you are.
Sorry to ramble on... but i just wanted to record this moment... maybe my first non-photo scrapbook page.....thanks for listening..... :)

I hope you all have a had a great weekend..... i have updated my photo blog with a shoot i done last friday... link in side bar ------->

Take care

C...xxx

Quick pop in...

Been super busy the last day or two...lol......

Not much scrapping being done at the moment... but heaps of photo taking....lol...

I'm really starting to enjoy it again.....

I was right in to photography years ago... Took thousands of photos of Keenan.. you would die if you saw all my negatives....lol... When i went back to work.. i was taking photos and printing photos all day long.... kind of got sick of it i guess... and taking photos to "suit" my employer at the time was not fun.... i couldn't be creative.. i "had" to stick to their way of doing it... boring...

But since i brought my new camera.. i have found my true love again..... i just can;t stop playing with my camera and mucking around with photo shop into the wee small hours...

so im sorry if i have been boring you guys with photos after photos.... i just cant help myself...lol...

So anyway... i headed out to Paper Doll on Anzac Day for a crop... SUPER FUN!!!.. i had a ball.. and a much needed break from the kiddies ( if you know what i mean.. wink wink)..

I was so proud of ME.. i finished TWO layouts!!!......

The other day I took Keenan for a hair cut... he asked for a MOHAWK!!!...lol... i just had to scrap these photos straight away... too cute my boy!!!!

Been doing some other scrapping but i just not allowed to share YET!!!!

Today i had another shoot... a really good friend of mine and her beautiful kids...

I;m still proofing the photos so i will share soon.......over the weekend.....

Happy weekend everyone...

Take care...

C.....xxxx

Yeah....

I know you are all sick to death of seeing my photos...lol...

but i have updated my photo blog.... so please take the time to drop by and say HI....

Connie Hatch Photography

I will be back tomorrow with some layouts i done today!!!...

Hope everyone had a GREAR Anzac Day... i know i did.......

take care

C....xxxx

Update!!!

My first photo shoot!!!.......






Check out some more ...... here

i have also updated some photos of my kiddies too....

Take care

C....xxxx

My very own Cookie Monster....

Jorja... this morning... while i was doing some laundry... she made her way into the pantry.... and stole the COOKIES....this is how i found her.... hiding in my scrap room..lol.. how could i be angry she is just too cute!!... so i took some photos instead!!!....

Have a GREAT FRIDAY!!!!

C...xxxxx

So Glad she had matching Jammie's on...lol... i am so bad for that... i just grab whatever.. so most of the time Jorja is mis-matched... anyone else do that????

I *HEART* JENNI.....

And of course I *HEART* Wendy... ( from Paper Doll)........

Wendy ordered the most DELICIOUS paper and things from Jenni Bowlin... and when i saw that they had finally arrived on Wendy's blog i just had to have them..... ALL...lol...

check out my YUMMMY stash.....

So if you live in the Frankston area... Get into Paper Doll and get some NOW... before its all gone!!!!

Keenan went back to school all good... I think is happy to be back as he can see all his mates again... Jorja is missing him like CRAZY!!! and cries most mornings when we drop him off!!!!

Me... not much has been going on.. I had a Kim Archer class to take today... but didn't make a start on my layout.. will start hopefully tonight!!!

I have also been scrapping ofcourse... but cant share anything just yet!!!!

Before i go and finish dinner... check out this blog..... Scrap The Boys

its very cool.. BOY ONLY LAYOUTS!!... and guess what i am also a contributor... so go check out... Great Blog with heaps of ideas for scrapping the men in your life!!!!..

OK i am off now... gotta feed my hungry tribe...

Take care all...

and GREAT to see you back Karen I missed you and our emails!!!!

C....xxxx

Yesterday...

was my blogs 1st anniversary.... and i missed it...lol... oh well

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!!!!....

I still can't believe that i have kept my blog up for a year now!!.. and so many people laughed at me for starting my little world and now look.. most of them have their own...lol....

School holidays are nearly over here in Vic.... thank god!! Keenan is driving me CRAZY!!!... Yesterday he had his golf day at golf... he loves to go!!.. Golfing all day long... BBQ lunch... and me... i love them too..... peace and quite!!!

But back to it on Monday... and i will miss him when he goes back i always do!!...

Today we went shopping in Frankston..... had some money burning a hole in my pocket...lol...

I brought the most gorgeous stunning tea pot and cup and saucer set for my kitchen hutch.. i just love it!!!....shhhhhhh about the price tag...lol... nah it wasn't too bad really... i also fitted out Jorja with some new clothes... like she needs them.. a new pair of jeans, a new denim skirt to go with her new pink boots that i got last week and a couple of jumpers and tops... too cute!! and i also got Mark some new jumpers for winter... and that was it really!!!

I had a wonder around lindcraft checking out some material and things.. as i have the sewing bug again... but didn't find what i wanted... so off to spotlight next week!!!

That's pretty much been my day!!... exciting hay.. i will share a couple of layouts i have done the last few days... and yes Wendy even a card...lol... Wendy from Paper Doll.. make the most stunning cards from scraps and things that i decided to copy her and start doing my own....Thanks Wendy!!

Jorja's first Easter.... sorry about the bad photos... too lazy to go outside.... :)

I love this photo of Jorja.... so had to scrap right away and these Fancy Pants paper suit so well... I so LOVE Fancy Pants right now!!!!

I forgot i Had these photos of the kids!!!... So Glad i came across them again the other day!!

And a card using scraps!!!..........

I hope you guys all have a GREAT weekend!!!.......

i have also updated my photo blog so check it out here..... Connie Hatch Photography

Take care....

C....xxxx

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

After a late night entertaining friends.... I got up really early so i could "PLAY" Easter Bunny!!....

Lucky I did as the kids woke up early for a change....

So ... the hunt was on....lol... Jorja had a ball.... i couldnt believe it but she was looking for eggs and placing them into her basket as she found them... i honestly didnt think she would take part...lol.... But with Keenan's help she got the hang of it pretty quick.....

Then it was onto eating chocolate for brekky...lol.......YUM!!!!

We also got the kids a Budgie each....lol... Joja loves birds, she sits out on the patio for ages watching all the birds and talking to them, so we decided to get them one each for Easter...

So please met... Dora and Shadow!!!!... (dora is Jorja' bird and shadow is Keenan')

Keenan went with my Mum today to see her family... so Mark, Jorja and I hung around, eating chocolate, napping (lol)... I also took about 200 photos today playing around with the settings on my camera!!... It was a fun and such a LAZY day... just what we all needed!!!..

I hope you all had a GREAT EASTER..... dont eat to much chocolate tonight....lol...

Dont forget to pop by my photo blog while your here and check out the new photos i took of Keenan the other day!!... there will be more to come.... Connie Hatch Photography

Take care and be safe...

C....xxxxx

HOPPY EASTER!!!

Happy Easter to everyone!!!....

I hope you are all having a great long weekend.....

Yesterday in Melbourne they held the GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL!! to raise money for the Royal Children's Hospital... as you may remember i made a post here a few months ago about sponsorship for a friend of mine Mel Millar...... RUN FOR RANI!!!

Well i happy to tell you all that Mel and her family raised a grand total of $4480.00.

how unreal is that!!... That total combined the sponsorship money for Mel's brother Steven to run the fun run, raffle money, and money that SCRAPBOOKING 4 LESS raised... well done everyone and thanks to everyone to helped out!!!

Yesterday while watching the Hospital appeal.... we had some friends over for a beautiful seafood lunch/ dinner... YUMMMMO..
Fresh fish, prawns, cray... fresh salads and rolls.... I'm still full....lol...

I have been busy doing lots of secret scrapping...lol... sorry cant tell yet
and i also still have the sewing bug... so i came across a blog Fiona Carter and she had sewn together the cutest bunnies... so using her links i found a pattern and gave them a go...lol..
Now Mark thinks they look evil..... but hay there is word on the street that i am..lol..
Well i think they look a little strange... a little ugly and a little cute in rolled into one cute bunny...lol..... and remembering... my first go!!!!




LOL........... funny hay....


Well i will leave you with my DT stuff for Scrapbooking 4 Less this month... (thats if you have finished rolling the floor laughing at my bunnies)





I have also updated my photo blog... check it out here.....

Take care all.... and have a Happy and SAFE Easter!!...

C....xxxx

I am so inspired....

from the FREE mag we got with For Keeps this month... I Can Make It Myself!!......

that i decided to make a pillow...lol.....

Now i am NOT a sewer...lol.... the most i have ever done is a Happy Jacket in high school... which was very sad and sewing on my layouts!!!....

So yesterday i sat down and watched "Simply Quilts" on the How to Channel to get some tips!!!

This morning i was up nice and early and decided to give it a go....

And i must say i am sooooo proud of myself!!!... check out my very first pillow!!!... Made for Jorja's room!!!.....now dont laugh... :)

Very simple.. i know... but its my first go... so tell me what you think!!!!

I have been busy catching up with all my scrapping deadlines... and i just made my Scrapbooking 4 Less DT deadline by a couple of hours.... BOY!!!...

So i cant share much scrapping wise today...

A few weeks ago Wendy from Paper Doll started a little tag swap on her blog.... such a great idea... Yesterday in the mail i received the most STUNNING tags from Kim... my god they a beautiful.... Thanks so much Kim and thanks Wendy for organising this little swap!!!

I have yet to take a photo so i will share next time.. along with my tag i sent out!!!!

So all i can share is one layout with you today... This one i whipped up one night while Mark's Mum was here... i was really hanging for a scrapping fix!!!...

Well thats all from me....

Take care...

C....xxxxx

OHHH Where have i been....

Playing tour guide!!!!....lol....

Sorry its been another week since i blogged... My in- laws are still here and we have been having a BALL!!!.....

I am so worn out its not funny... and i think i have put on 10kgs in the past week from eating out at all the yummy cafes we have found on our travels....lol......

But more on that stuff later... i have heaps of photos to share.....

But im here to share some BIG news!!!!!... well it is to us anyway...lol... ( and no im NOT pregnant...lol).....

Well Mark, my sweet man... has been wanting to buy into a race horse for many years now... he just loves everything about racing, horses, etc....

so....

Last Friday.... we brought a share in a race horse!!!.... so excited... but thats not all....lol...
we also brought a share in another race horse...lol... so we own TWO...lol..

We brought in with 4 other people... really good friends of ours... one of which is a trainer and the other is a former Jockey!!!!

So with out further a do....... here are the NEW members of our family...lol... and im am already so in love with my babies....

First is " Flashy Dancer"... she has run only a couple of races... coming third place in one of those.... She doesnt have a stable name as yet... i know ...but we have been calling her "HORSE"... sad hay....lol....

And like me she hates having her picture taken... this is the best one i have so far....lol...

and next i would like you all to met... the baby...our BIG boy....

Who doesnt have a name yet!!!...lol.... But his stable name is "SULLY" ( as of yesterday anyway). Sully is only 3 years old and he is such a BIG boy.... He has never had a run as yet but is fully trained.. and oh soo sweet!!!

Cant wait until we all sit down and pick his racing name!!!....

So there you go my new babies....lol....

We are hoping to have Horse racing in about 12 weeks time... so i will keep you posted!!!!

Thanks for sitting though all my crap... We are just very excited about this!!!!

Take care... back soon with more photos and stuff!!!!

C.....xxxxx

I'm Back!!!

Hay bloggers... I'm back!!!...lol... after huge problems with telstra i finally have the Internet on!!!
WOOO HOOOO... I have so missed blog land...lol... i have heaps of catching up to do!!!


Well the move went GREAT!! and i am so in love with my new house and furniture!!!....
Still heaps of unpacking to do but i will get to it slowly...lol.....
I will share some photos of my house soon i promise!!!

Today Mark's Mum and sister arrive from QLD for a little Holiday... I'm pretty excited about this little trip!!

I have done some scrapping .. yes i have... a few pages where done b4 the move!! and i have done one since the move!!! so pretty happy with myself!!!

here goes....






















And i would like to send out a HUGE CONGRATS to Jody (arty pants) and Jeff on the safe arrival of their NEW baby GIRL... Chelsea..... Congrats guys!!!!!

I have also update my photo blog... link in side bar so be sure to pop by.... here
The wonderful and very talented photographer Katie Toland
helped me out yesterday with some very cool photo shop tips!!!!

Thanks so much Katie for your time!!!... be sure to check out her beautiful work!!!!


Well that's it from me......

take care

C.......xxxxx

Good-Bye.... (4 now)

Just thought i would pop by and say Good-bye!!!.....
We take settlement on the new place this Tuesday... so god only knows when i will be back on line again!!

Today we spent the morning loading up TWO trailers of all our stuff... ready to take over on Tuesday morning... all my scrapbooking stuff in on there....booo hoooo!!

And today my plan is to finish of some of the kitchen and to pack up the computers!!!
We are trying to get all the Boxes and little stuff over this week so then on Sunday we only have the furniture to move!!.... And stupid us are having a little BBQ on Sunday to thank everyone for helping out... but i just keep on inviting people to drop by....lol... so its kind of turned into a party...lol... oh well it s all in FUN!!!...
I have my family coming up from Rosebud and a few friends as well!!!!

Then on Wednesday the 21st Marks Mum and sister are here from QLD for a week and a bit!!
So hopefully i can have most of the house step up before they arrive!!...
We also realised today we don't have a spare bed!!...lol.... so at some point this week i have to go out and buy a bed!!!

so bid you all farewell!!!... i hope you all look after yourselves and i hope i don't miss out on too much in blog land...lol...

Oh yeah I'm meant to be doing Kim Archers online class...lol... not sure when!!!!

Chat to you all soon!!!...

And be sure to leave me a comment!!!...

C....xxxxx