WALK WITH PRIDE: October 2006

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

more MY FAMILY

Cousin Dan! a little guy with a huge heart !

And this gorgeous woman is my cousin Courtney !

Yes Nathan Again, he is sucha poser! but one of the coolest fellas I know!

This is my Cousin Taylor :)

This mad mob are not family but they are pretty close, these are friends from Scotland, Carol and her kids made me feel so welcome... Miss you all heaps !

This is Nate again with his nephew Willy, he is adorable.

This is my cousin Nate (Left) and his totally HOT mate Rob (Right) partying in Broome !

Thursday, October 26, 2006

MY FAMILY

Hi there, this is dedicated to my totally awesome family.
Missed them heaps while I was away so here is some of them now!

These two gorgeous people are my mum and dad. They are the most amazing parents, love them to bits.

My Little Brother and my amazing nephew River.

And another pic of River on his 1st Birthday. awww he so cute!
definately takes after his uncle !

This is my Aunty Noreen and my mum at Pride Parade 2005.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

I Still Call Australia Home

ALL GREAT THINGS MUST COME TO AN END

Yes I'm Home back in Oz... A very well kept secret by two great friends Leonie and Marnie allowed me to surprise a whole group of friends tonight (Monday 23rd October) after arriving home after a very long flight, a stop over in Frankfurt and Bangkok. I had an amazing time but the time came to return home and it's been wonderful seeing my family and friends once again after exactly 9 months in Europe. After spending Sunday home with my folks I caught up with my best friend Sean, Mark, Leonie, Marnie F, Josh,Muzza, Nick and Jan, had an amazing BBQ..."Lesbians cook great barbies"

I leave behind Marns up in Scotland, it's been an amazing 9 months and It's been an experience Ill never forget. I miss you Marns... thanks for a life changing experience... you were awesome to travel with and I've had the best time of my life. Won't be long and ill see again!

So as this chapter of my life closes to an end, Id like to say I love all my friends dearly, can't wait to catch up with everyone, will post my new mobile number on here as soon as I organise myself.

Tomorrow night it's off to see Jules and the Boys... too exciting !

Over and OUT

don't forget to check more travel piccies and journals on WalkWithPride in the coming weeks.

Big hugs

Bradles xoxox

Friday, October 20, 2006

The Wood Closes for Good

The Wood at Rowington, where we worked in England has closed it's doors.

CLOSED DOWN DUE TO A TWAT!

such a shame, was a great place and made some awesome friends!

Happy Pride 2006

HAPPY PRIDE

A huge big "happy pride" to all my friends back in Perth.

I hope you are all enjoying this years festival and having loads of fun.

see you all soon

xox brad

check out this year's festival events at www.pridewa.asn.au

less is more !

Thursday, October 19, 2006

I'm a total SCRAPPER !

Yup, me my friends and I love to Scrap! what is scrapbooking ?

Scrapbooking is a hobby that has been growing in popularity. The underlying goal is to preserve memories in a unique and creative way. A scrapbooker starts with a scrapbook and a set of memories that they want to preserve for the future.
Some scrapbookers put separate themes in separate books, whereas others reserve each individual spread (two adjacent pages of a book) for different themes. A theme can vary from a particular event, a holiday, or what life was like at a particular moment of time. One spread, for example, may be reserved for a birthday party or social event.

Instead of just placing photographs in a photo album, a scrapbooker aims to capture the feeling and the mood associated with thier memories. Photographs are embellished with all sorts of additional items to help set the mood of a spread. Backgrounds, rubber stampings, cut-outs, die cuts, drawings, newspaper clippings, stickers, cards and other flat items are used to embellish photographs to set the tone. When you look at a page in a photo album, you see a few photographs, but when you enjoy the pages of a well-executed scrapbook, you are transported to a different time.

Let us imagine a birthday party captured in a scrapbook. The scrapbooker may start with a festive sheet of background paper and overlay it with photographs from the party. Then, one of the invitations is attached, along with a cutout from the party hats. Next, some thoughts about the party and some details are written on the page. Finally, confetti from the party is glued over the entire spread.

Getting involved in the hobby is not too expensive. Dont get me wrong , it can be if you are hooked like me! There are elaborate tools that can add interesting effects to a scrapbook, but simple pages often have the most impact. Basic scrapbooking tools include scissors, paper, photographs and glue. As you progress into more advanced techniques, you can purchase cut-outs, stencils, colorful pens, templates, die-cutters, stickers etc.

Basicly, give it a go, its a blast and once you have tried it, theres no going back

happy scrapping !xox brad

check out www.scrapcentral.com.au my favourite scrapbook shop in the world !

Random Fun

Str8 men just cana get enough triffle

Anyone got a Bluey ? I think i got a turtle head stickin out !

Off with my head!

What poor unfortunate animal had to die for you to wear that ?

Scottish Sunbed Anyone ?

Its raining men? I wish !

Its Been 18 years

Lisa and Jethro

This is My second cousin Lisa and her Husband Jethro. I hadn't seen Lisa in 18 years prior to meeting her and Jethro in Inverness, Scotland a few weeks ago. It was wonderful to see them. They live on a gorgeous Canal Boat on the River Ness... total bliss!