My books are now OPEN!!!!

Connie Hatch Photography

I am now taking booking for sessions in 2008.....

My first available appointment will be on the 12th of January 2008...

for any inquires please email me at mark.connie@bigpond.com

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and have a happy new year!!



Connie....xxxxx

* RUDOLPH COOKIES *

Today is the last day of school... and i decided to keep Keenan home for the day!!.. as much as he wanted to go.. i couldn't be bothered to be picking him up at 1:30 etc etc... just me being a lazy mumma AGAIN....lol..

I have been so super busy its not funny... but i have news.... I HAVE FINISHED MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!! YEAHHHHHHHHH
Finished yesterday!!!

Marks family all arrive from Queensland this afternoon... so i have been super busy cleaning making the house look perfect... We also have our friend Jacinta here with us today as her Mum had to work and she has been a GREAT help with Jorja!!
Si i took us all down the shops to buy supplies for Rudolph Cookies which i found on Mel's blog.... great blog check it out!!!
And some yummy fish and chips for lunch!!!





HOW CUTE ARE THEY!!!... Rudolph cookies are now resting in the fridge ready to eat a bit later... yummmy..

This is really a good bye post!!... not forever just for the Christmas break... With the family arriving today i wont have anytime to blog...

so i want to wish all my friends a VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

and i would like to thank you all for leaving me comments all though the year i just LOVE getting them.. so thank you very much!!!

I would also like to wish my brother a Merry and Safe Christmas as i wont be seeing him or the kids.. Please pass on my love to the kids and my brother... i really do miss you alot.....

So that's it for 2007.....

my love to each and every person... all the best for the festive season!!

SEE YOU IN 2008!!!!

take care

Connie.......xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(lots a xmas kisses for you all.. be SAFE).......

Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

Where have i been??... well i have been shopping, shopping and more shopping!!!.. i have finished my editing for the year and have closed shop until next year now!!
i am so over shopping its not funny.. and this is coming from the shopping queen... I'm sick of fighting the crowds, not finding what i want.. parking, Jorja is over sitting in the pram..lol... But i still haven't finished YET!!.. only a couple more to go which i hope to finish on Monday!!!

We all have been super busy... Mark is run off his feet at the shop.. Keenan had his end of school concert last week and i was so sick that i could only stay for his song and go... i can't share any photo because his whole class is in them....but just take my word for it he is the next JT..lol.. he has the moves!!
We have had Christmas party after Christmas party.. that we have yet to have a family day together for over a month... every Sunday has been booked out!!
Tomorrow we are off to another Christmas party... Chinese in Richmond.. can't wait a night out for Mark and i with no kids... Mum is coming over to baby sit for us.. and the WHOLE night is paid for... YEAH.. how cool is that.. even a taxi from here to Richmond and back again... so we can all drink!!....

Last night i headed out to the Paper Doll Christmas party!!.. God i love those girls.. and i am so going to miss them.. As you all have heard by now Paper Doll is closing down.. my second home... MY WENDY... is leaving me... it so sad and i will miss everyone and EVERYTHING so very much!!!.. Wendy your friendship has been wonderful over that last year or so.. and i know it will continue.. but i will miss my drop in.. so watch out.. cause i know where you live...LOL....
I have also be SACKED from the Paper Doll DT... HOW RUDE!!!....lol....
and poor Wendy we have been hanging so much shit on her about it...lol... Sorry Wendy you know we LOVE you!!!

So anyway last night... SO FUN!!!.. We done a KK.. and i got the most stunning picture frame from me sweet friend Vesna.... Thank you.. i love it and the cute little dolly pictures also!!!
Karen.. made me the most stunning little dove for my Christmas tree... You are so clever sweetie!!.. Thank you so much!!
and well as for Leeanne.. not much i can say about her...lol.. you cheeky girl!!!.
I really hope we can all get together again in the new year!!!





And a beautiful hand made card from Wendy....

I have done a little scrapping over the last few months... a whole two layouts and a mini album..lol.. HUGE!!... i will share my mini album next post as this is already getting to long!!!

the first one is a TOTAL scrap lift from the Designing with Calendar.. just to get me in the mood!!






I also have a few sewing projects on the go.. which i will share with you all soon....
Next week Mark's family all arrive from Queensland for two weeks!!.. it going to be so exciting to see them all again... we all can't wait!!... I have worked out where everyone is going to sleep... thank god...
So we will be spending Christmas at our place this year... 13 people.. OMG.. but thank god i have Mum and Pam (Mark's Mum) tp help out with the cooking.. should be a GREAT day!!!
The kids are getting excited.. Keenan can't wait for Santa and Jorja well she is scared of him...lol... maybe next year!!
So i will leave you with some more Christmas photo's from around my house...
A reindeer made from Mel Goodsell's blog
My Christmas presents... and Christmas tags i am making...
Reindeer food for the kids...
And some hand made Christmas tree's from Mel also.. so CUTE!!!







That it from me... i have bored you all enough... thank you if you made it to the end without falling asleep!!

take care

Connie...xxxxxxxxxxx

Shhhhh.....!!!!

edited to add please check out more here...

Connie Hatch Photography

back soon with a catch up....

I found an ANGEL....

A sweet ANGEL......





Don't tell anybody... this is a secret shoot a Christmas present!!...

Gallery wont be to much longer {A}... i promise!!!

Have a great Friday......

Connie...xxx

Christmas time at my place!!

Well... i finally got my tree up.. yesterday afternoon... after a HUGE day Christmas shopping with my friend Nic... what a day!!
I still feel like i have nothing done... i ended up buying more for the kids yesterday than anyone else... like the kids need any more..lol.. but every shop i went in there was a bargain to good to pass up.. and it was mostly on toys.. i am NEVER going into Toys R US again.. major damage in that shop...lol...

I have finally finished my Christmas table runner.. i am so happy... again very how you going in some parts and i wont let anybody look at it too close...lol...
but happy that i made it all by myself with no help from anyone... i am really starting to enjoy this sewing stuff!!

Here is some photos of Christmas at our house this year!!!.....








Can you believe i am SICK... i have a pretty bad flu ATM.. feel like im going to die.. But i MUST solider on.. Christmas too much to do...
Tomorrow its the Shop's turn for a bit of Christmas cheer... i will take some photos for you and share....

I am off.... Hope you are all enjoying your day!!

Take care

Connie....xxxx

CHRISTMAS STAR!!!!

TOO CUTE.... TOO SWEET....

more to see here.... Connie Hatch Photography

Been so super busy editing. general life.. just everything.. i will be back soon with a GOOD post.. i promise...lol...

My Sunday client has cancelled so if you are interested in a Christmas shoot..delivery before Christmas drop me a line at mark.connie@bigpond.com
The session is for Sunday 8th Dec at 11am....

Hope all is well...
i really WANT to get my Christmas tree up!!.. hopefully TODAY!!!

take care

Connie...xxxx

Would "LOVE" some feedback.... please....

(click on photo for a larger view)

What do you guys think???

Happy Wednesday... Keenan's home today!!.. i missed him..

take care

Connie...xxxx

****ETA:.... i have a 3pm session available this Saturday 1st Dec.. please email me at mark.connie@bigpond.com for any booking inquires.....NOW BOOKED!!!!!

Part 2... THE PARTY!!!

WOW.. its already seems so long ago......
Well there are NO photos from the party...lol... what kind of photographer am i...lol....
i only have the day after shots to share with you...

Leading up to the party i was so stressed out.... just trying to get everything done.. but once we got under way i had a BALL.....

All the family started to arrive first.. and i was still in the shower getting dressed...lol... I was still trying to get our "meat cutter" organized (yes we hired staff to help out...lol) and my dear Mother was no where to be seen... major stress... Mark and the kids where ready... thank god...
Our front door got broken in all the drama of the finishing touches...lol...

But once people started to arrive i just seemed to relax and i started drinking.... good idea i say....I didn't really see Mark all night... we where both too busy playing host to everyone and trying to talk to all our guest...
But as the night wore on i was getting pretty drunk...lol... oh man it was great to be drunk...
Then we start getting rude...lol....But i promise the rude nits didn't start until most people had left... but about 12 there was about 10 of our CLOSET friends left so we pulled up a group of chair and drunk, mucked around, became very rude, laughed etc.. the best time....
To be honest i don't really remember alot about the party... it all seems like a huge blur.. and drinking wouldn't have helped..lol..
All i wanted was to get drunk with my friends and have a ball... and i did.. We did...
I got to bed around 4am..lol.... and Jorja woke up at 8am... how lucky am i....
A few people ended up sleeping over as it always happens so there where bodies everywhere and the mess WOW.... it too me days to clean it up....
but worth it all in the end..

We got the most amazing gifts.....i loved every single one of them.. just goes to show how well my family and friends know Mark and i... and we also got a HEAP of cash... still trying to work out what we are going to buy with it!!!...lol...

I remember at one stage just standing back.. taking a breath and having a look around and everyone was having a ball... laughing chatting it was great to see... but to me there was one thing missing... my brother....i didn't invite him.. but how do you invite someone who doesn't even know I'm alive
So i made hardest decision of my life and didn't invite him.. but this is something that will only happen once in a life time.. my engagement.. and i really felt that i couldn't do it... i am sick of being rejected all the time from him.. I'm sick of caring so much about him and his kids and only to have my heart ripped out...
so i decided.. this is mine and Mark's night... i don't want any family issues to spoil that.. so i didn't let that happen....
I did have his invite sitting here and a few days before i was just going to do it... but when he didn't bother to call, sms NOTHING for Jorja's birthday.. i knew how much he hates me...something i never thought would ever happen to a brother and sister....enough now.

so onto some after the party photos....







The mess inside was HUGE... lol....

Sorry if this post seems all over the place.. and doesn't make any sense at all.. but that's how the party was too me... an all over the place no sense heap of FUN and LAUGHS!!.....lol...

I would really like to thank my Mum for all the hard work she done for us and a huge thanks to Shelly and Bruce for flying down from Sydney to be with us
and to everyone who came... i really hope you all had fun.. because Mark and i did!!!

Have a great Tuesday everyone... Keenan's on camp... so its very quite here ATM..

Connie.....xxxxx

edited to add.... PAY IT FORWARD GIRLS.... CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME YOURS ADDY'S....THANKS A BUNCH!!!!
oops forgot to add my email..lol... mark.connie@bigpond.com

I have updates some more photo's from Will's Gallery

check them out here....... Connie Hatch Photography.....

I have been super busy this weekend.....

Keenan is off on his first SCHOOL CAMP this morning so i will update again
later today!!

i have heaps to catch up on let me tell you!!!

Take care

Connie....xxxxxxxxx

Mrs. Will.....

I have a little sneak peak for you!!!...

boy i love this teasing stuff...lol..

go HERE to check it out!!!

I promise they wont be long!!


And Yes i know i still need to add part 2... i have a heap of editing to catch up
on before this weekend's shoots....

Take care

Connie....xxxx

First Quilt.....

To share with you all my very first FINISHED quilt!!!... YEAHHHHH

I'm really really happy with this... and YES its a bit how you going in parts.. but its mine and i made it with my own hands..
It's a baby blanket for Jorja's baby dolls....

I have brought all the fabric for Jorja's quilt now... so I'm going to finish my Christmas runner this week and then we start the BIG one!!!...lol...

Back soon with part two... "the party"....





I just wanted to give my quilt its very own post!!!...

have a GREAT Monday everyone!!!

Connie....xxxx

Ps... Need a special Christmas gift??... click here to find out more

CONNIE HATCH PHOTOGRAPHY

calling SHELLY and BRUCE...

head over HERE for a sneak peak!!!

more to come soon i promise!!!!

Connie.....xxxx

part one!!

I have so much to catch up on that i will will do each post in parts..lol..
it will be so much easier!!

Jorja's Birthday!!!

My sweet girl as you properly already know turned the big 2 last week!!
I just can't believe how fast it all goes... i mean she is 2 WOW...
And with each day she is growning and learning so much.. right now she is sitting onto he floor next to the computer "changing her baby alives nappy".. She has pulled the nappy off... got the "baby alive nappy wipes" and wiped her bum, some fake powder has been put on and now she is trying so hard to put the nappy on... even looking at her "own" nappy for pointers...lol...
Anyway, last Thursday we had a quite birthday for Jorja... just a few close friends and my mum came over for a simple BBQ and some cake... i loved it... really relaxing and Jorja had a ball getting all her pressie's... She has that un wrapping down pat now!!..
Mark and i got her a Dora kitchen set... which is UNREAL.. and i caved and brought her a Baby Alive... which i am so very impressed with.. that doll is amazing...and of course i HAD to buy all the "extras" to go with the Baby alive...lol...




Now the cake... YES thats a "cars" cake you see..lol... All she wanted was cars..I think my little girl maybe a tom boy at heart...lol... too cute!!!

I have been so super busy lately... its not funny.... My photography business is going really well....fingers crossed it continues into the new year!!
I have two bookings this weekend..plu one shoot still to edit!!.. but to me its not work... i really love taking photos and then sitting down late at night and playing around with the... ooo so fun!!!
if you would like to check out what i have been up too.. the link is in my side bar!!!

I have also finished my first QUILT!!!.. yes you heard that right... well its a baby blanket quilt.. start small... But i have already brought all the fabric for the quilt i will be making for Jorja's room.... so stay turned for that...
I will share a photo of my baby quilt next post!!!

I also won a PAY IT FORWARD over on Mel's blog....

here are the details

Here are the rules:

1. You leave a comment here on my blog and request to join the Pay It Forward exchange.

2.The first three comments who agree to join will receive a handmade gift from me within 365 days.

3.You return the Pay It Forward by making the same promise on your blog. How fun is that!!!

The first three to leave a comment!!!.....

thats it from me for today... back soon with part 2...

have a great hot Friday..... I LOVE THIS WEATHER!!!!!.... bring on the heat!!

take care

Connie....xxxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JORJA!!!!
the big 2

I LOVE YOU SWEET BABY GIRL!!!... BLESS YOUR HEART!!!!




This was the best photo i could get this morning!!.. with her new handbag from June and new pretty hair ties!!!!

Back after our party.... wish us luck!!!

take care

Connie.....xxxx

OMG, OMG, OMG!!!

Please please if i EVER say that i am going to have a party again...

PLEASE TALK ME OUT OF IT LOL

I have just been flat out trying to get everything ready....I think the whole patio thing has thrown me out of my mind.. and NO its still not finished...lol

The roof goes on this Friday.... the day before the party.. boy we are cutting it close... i haven't finished painting.. so please close your eyes at that part...lol

I went out shopping all day today.. buying supplies etc, ordering all the food plus buying heaps of birthday presents for Bella who just turned one and Caitlyn who just turned 3... and of course my baby girl who will be 2 tomorrow.. more on that then!!

I didn't end up finding a Cabbage Patch Kid with the same birthday.. not fair..

Tomorrow our friends from Sydney arrive so i am really looking forward to that
Friday Mum has the day of work THANK YOU GOD so we will be super busy getting the last minute stuff done...
and at some point i need to get my lawn mowed...grrrrrr

So back tomorrow with photos of my soon to be 2 YEAR OLD!!!

oh yeah.. i have just uploaded some photos over at my gallery of a beautiful family from the weekend...
look here........
HOW cute is little L he is such a spunk!!!

take care

Connie...xxx



ps.. crop for cure girls... if you would like a un edited copy of all the photos please email me and i will burn you a copy!!!!

Still alive (i promise)

OMG.. my week has been so super busy... one minute i was coming home from a FANTASTIC day at CROP 4 CURE...
next thing i know its the following Sunday night!!!

This is just a super fast drop in just to let you all know i am still here... but not...lol..

This week for me is so jam packed its not funny.. i don't even know where to start tomorrow morning....

Hopefully i will be able to post before the weekend.. so i can share all my photos from CROP 4 Cure.. (sorry ladies).. i really haven't had a chance to look at them yet!!

But i will leave you with this....



you will find more HERE.. and trust me take a look!!!!

bye for now.. have a great week!!!!

Connie...xxxxx

Sad Day...... :(

Today Jorja started her first day at Family Day care.... My baby is growing up so fast...I have been putting this off for so long now..as i don't want to let her go...But she needs to play with other kids... at least once a week.. So from now on Fridays is play day... I dropped her off at 9am and she didn't even care that i was leaving...:( Just a BYE MUM and that's it.. i have rang up Anne and she is doing great... hasn't even asked for me yet.. :(
Now what to do.... i have finished all my mornings jobs in record time...You really do feel lost without them.. Really makes me want another baby....(by tonight i will have taken that back..lol)

So here is my BIG girl this morning... all ready for "School" (as we are calling it)




Not much else has be going on... I am slowly getting over this cold... i still have the cough.. but only really at night now
I have started painting the patio... oh what a FUN job that is...grrr and its been raining here so i have had to put it on hold for now... fingers crossed its all done before the party..

Ok a bit of sharing.......

The Christmas layout was inspired but the "napkin" article in this months SC.. great idea... and i just so happen to have some Christmas ones left over from last year...
I wasn't sure on this.. but now its kind of growing one me...lol...

Adore... A quick layout i done last night.. I done a big clean out in my scrap room last week and found all these chipboard squares.. so i decided to use them up as i couldn't find a home for them.. Really love how this one just fell together...







Only TWO more sleep until CROP FOR CURE.. i am so excited... This will be my real first major crop day!!.. I have been to night crops and classes.. but not an ALL DAY crop fest!!!!!...
And believe it or not.. guess who will be there doing MAKE n TAKES....
NGAIRE BARTLAM...
SUSAN DOYLE....
NICOLE FINLAYSON.....

how cool is THAT.. i can't wait!!

I wont be blogging until after Sunday now!!.. so i hope you all have a great WEEKEND!!

Don't forget daylight savings on Sunday GIRLS!!......don't wont any of you sleeping in!!

Take care

Connie....xxxx

Photo Shoots...

HAVE ADDED MORE BELOW>>>>
I have updated my available day and times for the month of November.. please head over to Connie Hatch Photography....

I will be back soon with some updated shots of our patio... (looking really good now) and a new layout!!!!
Must fly...

take care

Connie...xxx

ps....5 DAYS UNTIL CROP FOR A CURE..... OMG CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!

ADDED TODAY AT 10PM.. (late i know)

just wanted to pop back in and share the photo from the patio... now it not finished YET.. still needs the roof and a nice paint job... we are going to paint the old one as well so that match better....

here goes... most of these are from Sunday.....







Did you spot my ever so clean girl in there...lol.. That was her Sunday afternoon.. let me tell you her bath was BLACK!!!

So a big HUGE THANKS to STEVE AND PAUL... for doing all the work...boy we have GREAT friends!!!

I forgot to take a photo of my new layout... will share next post!!.....

take care

Connie....xxxx

I have been so sick all week.......
just a flu type thing.... and just feeling like crap..

My house is a total mess... i cant find any strength in me to get off the couch... all i have pretty done all week... is take Keenan to school... play babies with Jorja all day... pick keenan up.. make some kind of slop for dinner....lol.. and back on the couch again.. and sleep.. well what is that... i think maybe i have gotten 6 hours sleep all week...lol (ok maybe a bit more but it feels like it)

I missed out on going to Paper Doll last night for their Friday night crop.. i would have spent the night coughing at everyone... NICE!!!
So i just watch re runs of Law and Order SVU on foxtel...lol....

Last post i said that i talked Mark out of doing the Patio before the party.....
WELL.........
what do you call... this



THIS

AND THIS......

mmmmmmmmm... i think a PATIO!!!....lol... couldn't believe it.. Steve knock on my door Wednesday with this digger thingy all ready to dig away... i nearly fell over...
and yes you guessed it Mark never cancelled it!!!
So yes we are have a new patio built now... i told the boys it better be finished and looking nice or i will kill them all...lol...
Tomorrow they are all around here to make a start....so more to come!!!

He even had gotten quotes on all the timber... cheeky bugger...lol... and it all got delivered yesterday.... i bet he ordered on Monday morning...lol....
but you know what... pay back....lol.....

So no scrapping done this week.. couldn't be bothered...
but i have been playing around with my camera....my camera bring me comfort... yes i know strange but it does in a way!!!

so i have upload so new photos from this week.. so pop over and have a look....
HERE.....
I have had a few bookings this week leading up to Christmas.. so i am filling up fast... spots are even more limited now that before.. with the party and a few other weekends i can't work... the last booking date that i can guarantee
delivery before Christmas is Sunday 9th Dec....
so email me for more information...
and don't forget... with every booking before Christmas you will receive a FREE 8x10 photo (value $20)....GREAT GIFT!!!

ok im off... back to the couch i think.... Going to ring Mum and get her to take Keenan to golf for me today...

take care

Connie....xxxx