The winner of this months vote off is….

{Fiddlehead}

 Congrats! What a sweet photo! Thank you so much for playing! You had 37% of the votes. Followed by, Hella Kids, Babe in Boyland, and K. Laudick Photos! Thanks so much for playing!

The Paper Mama

Can I get a vote for my blog? Pretty please?
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❀ Chelsey

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AND… the winner of the "Surprise" photo challenge is…




April 2nd
This weeks challenge: Surprise
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty). We just had April Fools! Any surprises?

 




The winners chosen by me:
First: Oh my goodness! So cute!!!

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: Love her watching her new baby bro. πŸ™‚
Third: Surprise mom! I never stop moving! Fun photo. πŸ™‚

{Photos by, Shyann}

 Fourth: It was always fun to stick your tongue out when mama asks for a smile! πŸ˜€

{They Call Me Mama}
 Fifth: Every time I see this photo I crack up! Ha ha!

{Once in a Lifetime Love}
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):
{K.C. Captured}

{Crazy Daisy Pictures}

{Tezzie}

{The Franklins}

{El Patito Preciocito}

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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Guess what…. after 4 challenges there will be a week long vote off of the winners from the 4 previous challenges… 3 more challenge to go…

Winners so far:
– Surprise: … Smiles Awake You …
– Black and White: … no one yet …
– Self Portrait: … no one yet …
– Multicolored: … no one yet …

 
And, if you all get a moment…. 
I’d LOVE a vote! πŸ˜€
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❀ Chelsey

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Maybe if…

Maybe if I post this photo of these daffodils… then old man winter will realize it’s spring and he’ll go to sleep. What’s up with the cold winter temps?

I should probably change out my snowy photo in my banner too… ;D
A couple clicks for our blog?
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❀ Chelsey

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GIVEAWAY: $25 at Paint the Moon! {CLOSED}

Hey guys! Yup… it’s been a year since I started my Paper Mama blog! I’ve been blogging since 2008… but, my other blog never meant as much to me as this one does… this blog is my little bloggy home. Wow! I’ve really loved every moment of blogging as The Paper Mama and can’t wait to see where this next year takes me! So, for celebration I have a few awesome giveaways for you all this week! Yes! Here’s giveaway number 4…. (you can find the others in the left sidebar under “giveaways”)

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Have you ever been to the Paint the Moon site? No? Why? πŸ™‚ The actions they create are so fun and easy to use… I just LOVE them. I’ve been playing around with the Moxie action for the last 2 weeks. I’m in LOVE! I’ve been putting together some action “recipes”. Check out what I’ve done with the actions Moxie comes with:

And, that doesn’t include many other goodies included in Moxie… some vignettes… etc. πŸ˜€


What can you win?
$25 coupon towards the Paint the Moon store!!! πŸ˜€ Yes!


How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… πŸ™

Mandatory entry:
1) Just answer this question: Do you edit your photos?{1 entry}
 
Optional entries (Please leave a separate comment for each entry so it counts. Thanks!):
1) Follow me (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) Like my Facebook page for The Paper Mama {1 entry}
3) Follow me on Twitter: @thepapermama {1 entry}
4) Follow them on Twitter: @paint_the_moon {1 entry} 
5) “Like” Paint the Moon on Facebook {1 entry}
6) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway. You are welcome to copy and paste this tweet:
” Win $25 towards the Paint the Moon store! @thepapermama http://alturl.com/p4pdt “{1 entry}
7) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {1 entry}

If you have a moment, I’d LOVE to get 
a couple votes from you!
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Last day to enter giveaway is April 30th, 2011 at 11:59PM Pacific time.

❀ Chelsey

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Blog Anniversary Giveaway: A Custom Doll from Rice Babies! {CLOSED}

Hey guys! Yup… it’s been a year since I started my Paper Mama blog! I’ve been blogging since 2008… but, my other blog never meant as much to me as this one does… this blog is my little bloggy home. Wow! I’ve really loved every moment of blogging as The Paper Mama and can’t wait to see where this next year takes me! So, for celebration I have a few awesome giveaways for you all this week! Yes! Here’s giveaway number 3…. (you can find the others in the left sidebar under “giveaways”)

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So, I’ve been following the Rice Babies blog for… I don’t know… probably a year now. I wandered onto it around the time I started my little Paper Mama blog. This lady is so freakin talented! And, so very nice. She dabbles in about a million different things and therefor has an amazing Etsy shop!

Here is just a small taste of my favorites (you should visit her Etsy shop to see more!):

What can you win?
A beautiful custom doll from Rice Babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <— Can you tell I’m excited for you (and, very jealous)! πŸ˜€

How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… πŸ™

Mandatory entry:
1) Just answer this question: If you win… who will you give this doll to?{1 entry}
 
Optional entries (Please leave a separate comment for each entry so it counts. Thanks!):
1) Follow me (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) Like my Facebook page for The Paper Mama {1 entry}
3) Follow me on Twitter: @thepapermama {1 entry}
4) Follow them on Twitter: @thericebabies {1 entry}
5) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway. You are welcome to copy and paste this tweet:
” Win an AMAZING custom doll from Rice Babies for your baby! @thepapermama http://alturl.com/hizve “{1 entry}
6) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {1 entry}

If you have a moment, I’d LOVE to get 
a couple votes from you!
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Last day to enter giveaway is April 30th, 2011 at 11:59PM Pacific time.

❀ Chelsey

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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: First Friday

{My friend Roxanna and I went to First Friday on the first. Wandered around my town. Had some free drinks and some free cheese and some free cookies. Yeah, it was fun. πŸ™‚ I very much love where I live. :D}

{AND: Vloggin’ Vednesday this week. The topic is about significant others… no way could I EVER convince Mike to get on Camera for this… Maybe after I give him a couple beers… probably wont happen. SOOO I interviewed Ruari instead. She is a significant other. :)}


{If you have a Wordless{ish} Wednesday, please feel free to link it up below. BY the way: Shawntae from A Little King and I now share our Wednesday Linky’s. :D. And, feel free to link up to these blogs too… 5 Minutes For Mom, Parenting by Dummies, A Beautiful Mess, Supermom, and Live and Love Outloud.}

❀ Chelsey

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Blog Anniversary GIVEAWAY: A Custom 16 x 20 Portrait from Fleur Anning! {CLOSED}

Hey guys! Yup… it’s been a year since I started my Paper Mama blog! I’ve been blogging since 2008… but, my other blog never meant as much to me as this one does… this blog is my little bloggy home. Wow! I’ve really loved every moment of blogging as The Paper Mama and can’t wait to see where this next year takes me! So, for celebration I have a few awesome giveaways for you all this week! Yes! Here’s giveaway number 2…. (you can find the others in the left sidebar under “giveaways”)
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Hello! This is Fluer Anning… I absolutely love her custom portrait creations! And, would love to someday get one to hang up in my home. LOVE it. She’s sweet enough to offer a custom portrait to one lucky reader!


What can you win?
A Custom 16 x 20 Gallery Wrapped Portrait from Fleur Anning! Totally awesome!


How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… πŸ™

Mandatory entry:
1) Just answer this question: How bad do you want to win this?{1 entry}
 
Optional entries (Please leave a separate comment for each entry so it counts. Thanks!):
1) Follow me (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) Like my Facebook page for The Paper Mama {1 entry}
3) Follow me on Twitter: @thepapermama {1 entry}
4) Follow them on Twitter: @fleuranning {1 entry}
5) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway. You are welcome to copy and paste this tweet:
” Win a Beautiful Custom 16 x 20 Portrait from Fleur Anning! Blog anniversary @thepapermama ! http://alturl.com/86ngj “{1 entry}
6) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {1 entry} 

7) “Like” Fleur Anning on Facebook. {1 entry}

If you have a moment, I’d LOVE to get 
a couple votes from you!
Vote For Us @ TopBaby Blogs! The Best Baby Blog Directory

Last day to enter giveaway is April 30th, 2011 at 11:59PM Pacific time.

❀ Chelsey

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