See Be Art. Melbourne child and family photographer.

I detest tinsel. I think it is the most feral looking christmas decoration around, mainly because my mum use to cover our tiny little christmas tree in so much tinsel when i was younger that you could barely make out that there was even a tree under it all. Totally Mac-Tacky.

Anyway, i don’t know how we even managed to have tinsel in our house because i certainly didn’t buy it…but some how a bunch of it found it’s way into our xmas decoration box. I refused to put it on our perfectly minimalist tree but Charlee was determined to do something with it (mainly because like most little girls she adores anything with a hint of sparkle.) so i told them to go decorate the front of the house.

Is it wrong for me to hope that at some stage during the week a giant storm will come along and accidentally blow it all away?

Every year in January i start a personal project called “Photo a day for 30 days”. This yeah i’ve decided to start a little early. I plan on taking a photo a day between now and the end of Febuary.

Next year is a big year for us. Charlee is starting school, which is a huge step for her and of course we are also adding in a new family member at the end of April which will completly alter the dynamics of our currently rather even household.

Hopefully by the end of the next three months i’ll have a collection of images that can be filed away for future reference to look back on our lives at this point in time. I really recommend joining in with this project, even if you are not a photographer you can still take at least one snapshot a day of your everyday routine. It is fantastic to look back on them months down the track and see how much everyone has changed.