Recent Photography

Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while will know how much I love taking photos.
On my 'blogging break' I have had some time to experiment with some different kinds of photography and editing, and I can't wait to show you. These photos are just a few of my recent ones, plenty more on the way.  I also started a photography portfolio a few weeks ago, and hopefully I can share some pictures of it in the coming weeks. Let me know if that would be something you are interested in.

Which one is your favourite?
xxxPoppy

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Australian Animals

Hey,
I live in Australia (which I am sure you all know by now) and today I wanted to share a post about some of the Australian animals I have seen recently.

1.Echidna...despite the echidna being one of the animals native to Australia I have never actually seen one in the wild, that is until last weekend. Last weekend I was in the mountains with my family and I saw an echinda 4 times, twice from the car and twice when I was walking. He was so cute and although I couldn't get to close to him I did manage to get some pretty cute photos.

2.Kangaroo....very common near where I live (and pretty much everywhere else too), but it's not too often you get to see a joey!

3.Snake...ah, I hate snakes so much but I really liked this photo, thankfully I don't see to many snakes around my house and there was a nice thick piece of glass between me and this one!

Do you have any photos of animals native to the area around you? You can send them to me at poppyandmop@outlook.com and I might put them on the gallery page of the blog (that is coming soon).

Also, I am going to start posting twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays from now on.

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Bullet Journal Update #3

Hey,
Normally I post these bullet journal updates on a Monday but I am going away tomorrow (!!!!!) so I'm doing it today and I have some posts scheduled for the rest of the week, apologies if I don't get to any comments and/or emails this week.

Yesterday night I brought an actual proper bullet journal, it is a leuchtturm 1917, dotted and a specialised bullet journal. This was probably not necessary but it is a good quality book that will last for a long time, and now that I have experimented and found how much I love bullet journalling I figured that a proper book wouldn't hurt.

Today I am going to share 4 ways to make your bullet journal more interesting.

1.Colour
One super easy way to make your bullet journal is using colour. Simply colouring in the title, or a small doodle can make things heaps more interesting.

2.Hand-lettering
I don't really use this in my journal, but you can search on pinterest and instagram and find heaps of examples of beautiful hand lettering that can be a super-easy way to make your bullet journal beautiful.

3.Quotes and sayings
Making your journal interesting can be easy if you just add a few of your favourite quotes every week and/or day. I have a few pages in my bullet journal devoted solely to quotes.

4.Doodles
I love spending time adding small pictures to some of my daily and/or weekly logs in my bullet journal. You could add a symbol for the weather or something simple like that to begin.

Have a great week everyone!

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Bullet Journal Experiment #1

Hey there,

On Monday I decided that I was going to start a bullet journal. I really enjoyed looking at the ones I found on pinterest and I decided that it would be a great way to organise myself. 3 days later I have found a journal to use, a pen and started my index page as well as some other pages. For those of you who do not know below is a video that explains what a bullet journal is.

I've decided that I am going to make my bullet journal an experiment and publish weeklyish updates here. Each week I am going to give you a few tips that I have learnt and include some photos of my journal. Today I am going to share some tips for getting started.

1.Don't stress about it being neat and the order making sense- the index page means that you don't have to worry about keeping things in any order.

2.Experiment with different layouts and find the one that works for you. I am still finding the layout that works best for me and I'll let you know when I find it.

3. Use colour and pictures to make it more interesting. I am going to stick with 3 or 4 main colours to use for each page and add pictures instead of words to make my journal more exciting and, hopefully, make me want to use it more.

Let me know in the comments below if you have any tips for me to use in my bullet journal , or if you have a bullet journal.

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Quick Update// NEW BUTTON

Hey there guys,
In between planning my post for tomorrow and doing normal Saturday things (like netball) I have been able to design a new button for the blog.

We would love it if you were able to put our button on your blog, and we will be more than happy to return the favour. You can grab the button here.

We would also love to hear any suggestions you have. You can use our contact form or send us an email (poppyandmop@outlook.com).

Also a big thank you to Teenage Blogger Central who featured our blog last Thursday.






PS. Only 11 more days to enter our photo competition, and only four more days to complete our survey and get the chance to win a post spot on the blog. (more details for the photo comp can be found here, and the survey can be taken here)

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