I find my kids are my little muses and really always have been. So today I ‘m blogging a tiny bit about them.

Firstly Poppy – a little character who delights and huggles us so much! I loved seeing her below playing in the curtains and enjoying the late afternoon light.

Next my little big girl who shortly will be ten! Zali.

She is astounding me with her creativity and abilities. Here is a painting she did for me a couple of months ago. I paid her to paint me a picture for my bedroom. I asked for something Klimpt in style and she delivered an amazing painting. When my mother saw this she promptly paid Zali to paint her one too!! She wants to be an artist when she grows up… I tell her she is well on her way!

thats all for today… back to work!

I am very proud to present our newest clay animation. You can see our old one here.
“My Funny Family’ was written by Poppy (5yrs) and all the characters made by Zali (9yrs).
We had so much fun together creating this little bundle of colour.

My sister Bene came down to help us shoot and animate this so a BIG thanks to you Bene!!

I thought I would include some funny little shots of the behind the scenes.

This is Poppy’s sketches and storyboard for the project.

Next Zali working on the characters.

Different stages of production….

and here is the film…. please note 5yr old humor throughout!

A few months back my brother and his lovely little family visited from their home in the U.S. We had so much fun hanging out with them and their most gorgeous kids. My girls just loved having cousins around, especially Abigail!! So jammed pack full of character!!

Here are a few images from a little session at the park.

I love this one!! She has fantastic eyes and expressions…. super duper cheeky though!! This is when she called me a POOT!

My brother Isaac, really loves to do fun wild things with his kids… you have no idea how photographing this made me feel sick!!  (also i think she looks like DORA the explorer here!!)

oh dear… we miss them!!