Missing in Action...

So as some of you have noticed I've been MIA for a few months! Due to life in general getting in the road, travel and work I've had barely time to sleep let alone update you all on the new things I have been up to - I apologise! This will be a relatively long post as I want to try and catch up on some of what you have missed so far, but I'll try to keep it interesting! PROMISE!

Back in August I had a photoshoot with a beautiful little boy and his family. Iremide was three months old at the time of our shoot and gifted me with many beautiful smiles and funny faces. This little heartbreaker has stolen his parents hearts and had I stayed with them for much longer, mine would have been lost too!








In mid September I was privileged to have the job of Make-Up Artist for the lovely Nicole on her big day. It was a wild and windy day in Melbourne, but nothing could dampen this beautiful brides spirit! Looking gorgeous in a pale pink gown Nic and her 3 attendants made the groom's jaw drop open with surprise. A beautiful and heartfelt ceremony was had and the happy couple partied the night away.

Congrats to Nicole and Glenn!





On the 21st September I was lucky enough to be invited to do a promotional shoot with the lovely guys from Disenchanted Photography for the lovely ladies at Annette of Melbourne Bridal Couture. This shoot was a lot of fun, and a lot of hard work - if you can call playing with make-up and tens of thousands of dollars of couture bridal wear hard work!

Mario and Matt did a great job of setting the shoot up, the beautiful models Jenna and Deanna did wonderful jobs holding tricky poses, Fliq who did the beautiful hair and Rose designer and creator of the beautiful dresses went above and beyond to make sure our experience with her dresses was perfect. The resulting photo's are beautiful and fit for a magazine. I still can't believe how lucky I was to be invited along to join in! Thanks guys!





















After this session it was time to pack my bags and head to sunny Queensland where a lovely lady and a dear friend of mine, Melissa was to be married. Having been given the honour of making her bridal parties jewellery I set to making some of the most striking and quite challenging pieces I think I've made!

Being that this wedding was a long way from home, another dear friend Tina offered me a warm bed and a roof over my head whilst I was up there and so a huge thanks must go to her and her husband Rob who put up with our discussions about make-up (Tina is also a MUA and is based on the south side of Brisbane - any brides up that way who need a MUA, I cannot recommend her highly enough and yes I am shamelessly plugging her! http://www.tinamathams.com/default.html )

Mel looked gorgeous as every bride should, and after a beautiful ceremony we were all treated to a lovely dinner and a lovely celebratory party.

Congratulations Mel and Shane!









Whilst in Brisbane, I was lucky enough to be asked to do a maternity shoot for the incredibly pregnant Kelly to document this beautiful time. Her beautiful belly and adoring husband and her own sense of humour made this shoot a wonderful experience for me, and I hope that they can one day proudly show their new Baby Boy, Benjamin Lee how beautiful his Mummy was when she was pregnant with him.

Pregnancy is such a beautiful thing and I thank Kelly and Ian immensely for entrusting me with such a special photoshoot.

Congratulations!












After returning to Victoria, the rest of October was relatively quiet, but come November and it was full steam ahead!

November 2nd saw me turn the ripe old age of 24 - It was spent alone due to Dusty's work roster and mum being away, so I occupied myself by watching episodes of Trueblood and eating Pizza and Ice-cream - what else is one to eat when they are spending a birthday alone?!

Melbourne Cup day was the following day (long weekend!) and Dusty and I were lucky enough to have tickets to the race that stops the nation. Bets were put down and races were run - we must have done ok though because we came out with a bit more than we went in with! That's got to be a good sign!

Here's a few pics from the day.









On the 4th November I had a studio session booked with a Melbourne Band called Sugardoll. The lead singer (Nyssa) and guitarist (Travis) are two lovely people that I went to uni with and needed some promo shots for an upcoming gig. I was lucky enough to be asked to shoot them and did Nyssa's make-up too. We had fun, learnt some stuff, and just generally had a good time. Check them out here - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/sugardollmusic?ref=ts



This blog is getting rather lengthy so I'll break it off here and finish it off with another installment tomorrow - who knew that life would get so darned busy! But truth be told, that is exactly the way I like it - I wouldn't and couldn't have it any other way!

Stay tuned!

Love and Light,

Melani