- Waking up in my Mum’s flat in London.
- Making myself a cup of tea.
- Enjoying a hot shower.
- Slipping on a favourite dress.
- Getting cosy in a pair of thick tights and my beloved shearling boots.
- Carefully applying my makeup.
- Waking my sister up so I could use her hairdryer.
- Stupidly skipping breakfast.
- Packing up my camera and heading across London to attend Emily Quinton’s Photography for Bloggers Workshop. Book yourself on the next one ladies and gents, it was brilliant.
- Feeling my hipster senses begin to tingle as I strode into Shoreditch.
- Bubbling with a mixture of excitement and nerves.
- Meeting lots lovely of new bloggers like Kirsty, Corrine, Catherine, Geraldine, Lynne and Natalie.
- Learning so much.
- Taking pictures of pretty flowers.
- Getting to grips with aperture and ISO.
- Soaking up the inspiration.
- Jotting down pages of notes.
- Breaking for lunch.
- Wandering in search of a sandwich.
- Finally tucking into a delicious panini.
- Taking to the streets with camera in hand.
- Marvelling at the incredible street art.
- Eating homemade cake.
- Wishing the workshop didn’t have to end.
- Taking the bus to Camberwell.
- Breathing through my mouth in order to avoid death by odorous commuters.
- Sharing a meal with my godmother. She spoiled me with smoked salmon mousse on rye bread to start, porcini risotto and then finally a chocolate souffle for dessert. It was heavenly.
- Drinking wine and catching up.
- Making my way back to West London.
- Finally arriving home a little after 11pm.
- Feeling sleepy, but not being able to resist a few more chapters of The Happiness Project before bed.
- Waking up in a daze when my phone started beeping. Is there anything worse than forgetting to switch off a 6am alarm call on a Sunday morning?!
- Finding my sister making tea in the kitchen.
- Lazily getting showered and dressed.
- Making the most of the glorious sunshine by taking some photos in the garden.
- Waiting for Laura and her sister to arrive.
- Rifling through an old suitcase full of my Dad’s possessions. We found a stash of old film from his art school days and a pile of production notes dating from 1976 that included a treatment for a documentary he hoped to make about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- Finding great comfort in the sight of my Father’s handwriting.
- Acknowledging my huge capacity for nostalgia.
- Greeting friends.
- Sipping tea and chatting.
- Laughing a lot.
- Tucking into chicken fajitas and a huge mountain of nachos.
- Desperately trying to find room for cupcakes.
- Feeling very full.
- Slipping into the garden for another round of photos.
- Wishing I didn’t have to leave, but looking forward to seeing Mr. LA and the children.
- Taking the train to Paddington.
- Stocking up on mini eggs for the journey back to Exeter.
- Reading and sleeping all the way to Devon.
- Being greeted by huge hugs from two very smiley children.
- Listening as Izzy and Jesse excitedly recounted their weekend adventures.
- Eating curry, rice and naan bread.
- Bathing the children.
- Reading bedtime stories.
- Tucking Jesse in.
- Having a quick cuddle with Izzy while she showed me her latest DS game.
- Feeling sleepy, but content.
Love Audrey xxx
Love your photographs from this weekend! It was so lovely to have you at the workshop x
Thank you for having me Emily, you put on a brilliant day. I learnt so much.
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Your weekend sounds lovely, I love your photos and it was lovely to meet you too x
It was lovely to meet you too Corrine!
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Your weekend sounds action packed and lots of fun! I hope to book onto a future course, bit gutted I couldn’t go to this one.
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I would highly recommend it Victoria, Emily is a great teacher and the whole day was incredibly inspiring. Shame you couldn’t make it to this one, would have been lovely to meet you.
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What a lovely weekend! The day with Emily was so much fun, so glad I did it and met you lovely ladies too. Hope your week is equally and sunny.
You have a new follower now, I love you blog! x
P.S. your photos came out really well!
Thank you, it was so good to meet everyone and I really felt I learnt a lot! I shall look forward to seeing some of your photos from the day too.
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I loved reading your tweets about finding some of your dad’s posessions. What great mementos! 🙂
Love love love the Happiness Project!
and daffodils! So much love for this post!
Your weekend sounded like it was full and fun! Lovely to meet you at the workshop, you’ve got some great shots here. Thanks for mentioning me and linking to my blog too. Here’s to continuing with all our photography improvements! 🙂 x
Lovely meeting you. Your photos have come out beautifully 🙂 x
Hey lovely,
What camera are you currently using?
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