Bloggy playdate… Fun!

Well… another VERY fun blog gathering… this time it was a playdate. ๐Ÿ˜€ My mom, grandma, ruari and I headed up to Washington to celebrate my cousins graduation from high school. SO… of course I had to plan a playdate with some of my favorite fellow bloggers in Washington. We wandered to a fabulous play place that’s perfect for little toddlers that like to escape and do naughty things…. ;D SO much fun… except for the part where Ruari fell off a step and landed on her face… ๐Ÿ™ She now has a blue bruise on her cheek. Poor babe.

Please enjoy this photo barf… photo explosion… mass of photos…

{Photo taken by, Fiona from Letters to Littles}

{“You killed my dog?” I thin that’s what Harper is saying. ;D}

I had SO much fun. I’m really growing very attached to these lovely blogging ladies. Here they are: Fiona from Letters to Littles, Mandy from Harper’s Happenings, Andrea from Peanut Butter Handprints, and Amanda from Raising Reese. Those girls are awesome you guys. Check them out if you haven’t seen them before. ๐Ÿ˜€

By the way… All you PNW’s…. get yourself ready….. A bloggy gathering to be remembered is being planned as you read this! Come back Wednesday for more info. ๐Ÿ˜€

AND: I would LOVE it if you guys could vote for my blog! I’m about to fall of the first page. ๐Ÿ™ Just click the button below… then click the owl on the left. Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ˜€

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โ™ก Chelsey

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I Heart Faces: Bright and Vivid

I Heart Faces - Photography Challenges and Photo Tutorials

Just a couple more weeks to enter Your Best Shot of a Child:

The Paper Mama
AND: I would LOVE it if you guys could vote for my blog! 
I’m about to fall of the first page. ๐Ÿ™ 
Just click the button below… then click the owl on the left. 
Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ˜€
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โ™ก Chelsey
 

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Sunday Challengin’

Scavenger Hunt Sunday:

Long Exposure

Cars. I was not driving. ๐Ÿ™‚

Shapes

Green

Hmmm… nice saggy diaper!

Fruit

Today’s fruit is brought to you by… that guy. Above. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Childhood Memory

Steppin’ Out:

Ruari, my mom, grandma and I went up to Washinton (yup, again) for my cousins graduation party. I had so much fun… more photos to come.. of course. ๐Ÿ˜€

Scavenger Hunt SundayMM3

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I’d LOVE a vote! ๐Ÿ˜€
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โ™ก Chelsey

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The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Green

June 11th
This weeks challenge: Green
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty). Wearing green. Eating green. Around green. Whatever green! Green living? ๐Ÿ˜€

My example of Green:

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Here are a couple links to some free photo editing software if you don’t already have something:
Picnik 

Picasa

Gimp

Pixlr

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Remember: my photo challenges do require you to have either your children or one of your furry children (pets) in the photo (unless it’s a self portrait week). It could be just one finger… or a toe… but, they must be there.
There always has to be rules… I know, boring right? But, it’s to help me and you. ๐Ÿ™‚ Click on this link for more details… Each entry does need to link back to my blog… All photo entries need to be in by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on June 9th…   
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Winners so far this month:
– Self Portrait: … Snappin’ Candy
– Family: … Mama and the Dudes
– Green: … no one yet …
– Parenthood: … no one yet …  

The Paper Mama

And, if you all get a moment…. 
I’d LOVE a vote! ๐Ÿ˜€
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โ™ก Chelsey

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And, the winner of the "Family" photo challenge is…

June 4th
This weeks challenge: Family.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty)
. With some family.

First:
{Mama and the Dudes}


Congrats to the winner! Great job, and please feel free to grab the Fact: I’m Awesome button! Because You are awesome!!

The Paper Mama


Second:
{Bunch of Barrons}

Third:
{North Fillmore}

Fourth:
{Miggyhood}

Fifth:
{Cropped Stories}

Congrats to my top 5 winners! If you’d like… you are more than welcome to grab a Top 5 Photo button below!

The Paper Mama

 
My favorites (in no particular order):

{4 Lettre Words}

{They Call Me Mama}

{Hot Coffee Mama}

{Moments and Impressions}

{Jenny Rain}

If you’re one of my favorites you are more than welcome to grab a “Paper mama hearts me” button below!

The Paper Mama

 
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Winners of the month so far:
– Self Portrait: … Snappin’ Candy …
– Family: … Mama and the Dudes …
– Green: … no one yet …
– Parenthood: … no one yet …  

 
And, if you all get a moment…. 
I’d LOVE a vote! ๐Ÿ˜€

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โ™ก Chelsey

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Vote for my blog? Yes?

Yup, more asking for votes! ๐Ÿ˜€ As much as I hate asking you all for votes… I do get a TON of my traffic from Top Baby Blogs. I have also found and made some wonderful blogging friends through that site!

Thanks for the vote in advance! You can vote daily. ๐Ÿ˜€

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ONE more thing… I wrote a blog post over at my Paper Heart Camera community on how to widen your blogger blog… I hope it helps!

โ™ก Chelsey

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Shop update: more drawings and banners!

I’ve been drawing and creating banners like crazy! I’m a busy girl… It’s hard to find to do anything while being a stay-at-home mom…. BUT, I can do it. And, am doing it… slowly… but, I am. ๐Ÿ™‚ The first drawing was for Tricia of Desperately Seeking Silence. She told me to just go crazy! So, I did. Well… I could have gone even more crazy… but, I’m happy with how it turned out!

This cutie is the grandson of a lovely lady that owns a tattoo shop. She thought it would be cute to hang up in her shop.

AND: Many banners… this isn’t all of them… just a sampling of what I’ve been creating. ๐Ÿ˜€ Who are these for? Here: This little port, BluEye Blog, Hella Kids, Little Red Buttons, and The Monfort 3.

You can get your own banner… button… drawing… or tattooed baby at my shop: The Paper Mama Shop! yay! Check it out.

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AND… don’t forget… if you’d like to sponsor me for BlogHer ’11…. click the button below. Thanks everyone!

โ™ก Chelsey

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