The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Simple Beauty


This weeks guest judge: 
Chana from Mamma Town!
This weeks challenge: Simple Beauty.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty). Simple beauty.


Chana’s example of “Simple Beauty”:

My example of “Simple Beauty”:

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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. 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. 🙂 Click on the 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 March 10th…
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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… 4 more challenges to go…

Time for the vote off! Vote here! 

Winners so far:
Simple Beauty: … no one yet …

Peace: … no one yet …

Green: … no one yet …  
Sweet: … no one yet …

The Paper Mama

And, if you all get a moment…. 
I’d LOVE a vote! 😀
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Chelsey

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VOTE OFF: Pick your favorite for the month!

It’s time to vote for your photo of the last month! Here are the 4 winners:

1. Self Portrait: IROCKSOWHAT
{I Rock So What}
2. My Valentine: Holly Nicole
{Holly Nicole}
3. Red: The Daily Wyatt

4. Movement: The Daily Wyatt
{The Daily Wyatt}
Please Vote! Voting will end on March 10th, 2010 at 11:59 pm. Get your friends and family to vote! 🙂 Make a post on your blog linking back to the vote post.




Chelsey

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AND, the winner of the "Movement" photo challenge is…

This weeks guest judge: ME!
This weeks challenge: Movement.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) moving somehow.





The winners chosen by me:

First: The Daily Wyatt
Why I chose this photo: “It’s just gorgeous! How could I not choose it?”

{The Daily Wyatt}

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: They Call Me Mama
Why I chose this photo: “I love the happy excitement on his face! The leaves frozen in time.”

{They Call Me Mama}

Third: Continuous Shutter
Why I chose this photo: “Love how the puppy is frozen in the air with little glitters of snow!”

{Continuous Shutter}

Fourth: Photographic Data
Why I chose this photo: “Love the determined looks on their faces. Great capture.”

{Photographic Data}

Fifth: Bunch of Barrons
Why I chose this photo: “I feel like I’m at the concert. Love it.”

{Bunch of Barrons}

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):

{West Word}

{The Fiddlehead Report}

{Being What I Want to Be}

{Inspire Me Photography}

{RSVP Ink}

{Seasons of Thankfulness}

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… 4 more challenges to go…

Time for the vote off! Vote here!
Winners so far:
Simple Beauty: … no one yet …

Peace: … no one yet …

Green: … no one yet …  
Sweet: … no one yet … 
 
And, if you all get a moment…. 
I’d LOVE a vote! 😀
Vote For Us @ TopBaby Blogs! The Best Baby Blog Directory



Chelsey

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My baby girl.


Thanks to the makers of Pine-Sol® for sponsoring my writing. A study shows a clean smelling home can help children succeed, so Pine-Sol® is supporting Reading is Fundamental (RIF) this year. Click “Like” on Pine-Sol®’s Facebook page here and they will donate books to RIF!
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When you have a baby things change. Fast. I didn’t immediately accept these changes when Ruari was first born… but, I do more and more each day. I accept (and truly enjoy) my role as her mother and what it takes to help her grow into a beautiful and lovely person.
As parents we really can feel pushed to do this and do that to make our kids #1 and to grow up to be child prodigy’s or young geniuses. I can only imagine the push is even greater these days with the online world. I don’t know about you… but, at almost every point during the day I am somehow connected to technology.
So, here I am… concerned that I’m not doing enough to help my baby progress to the next stages in her life… Do I read to her enough? Do we go for enough walks? Do I give her enough attention? Is she getting enough healthy food? All these questions have run through my head more than once. 
Even though I may not have the “correct” answers to the above questions… I know the best thing I can do to help Ruari achieve is to give her my love. To do this I need to take care of me (mind, body, and soul). Enjoy the moment I’m in. Cuddle. Kisses. Be silly. Take breaks when I need them.

I just need to love my baby. And, I do.

A vote for the blog? 😀
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Chelsey

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Bottom of post: Don’t forget to click over to Pine-Sol®’s Facebook page to support our children’s success. I was selected for this Pine-Sol® sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

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Blog Love

A few weeks ago I shared with you 5 blogs that I always visit. I wanted to share some more with you. It’s so fun to find more blogs!


Reasons I love each of the following blogs: They update often… their photos are always beautiful… 99.9% of the time their posts have photos in them (I’m such a visual person that a photo in a post is always a plus)… AND, these ladies are all very nice (unless they’re totally faking ;D)

Here is the second round of favorite blogs:

Sara and little Miss Pie. So, I just realized I haven’t actually seen a photo of Sara… But, I still love reading her blog! She is hilarious and kind and a wonderful writer! I very much encourage you to give her a visit! Unofficial Mom

 Ree Drummond. I’m pretty sure most of you already know who this lady is… but, if you don’t: check her out. She’s a blogger celebrity. Her photos are so inspiring. The Pioneer Woman.
 Allie and Henry. I was very lucky to meet this lady last year… look here…. and yes: Allie is as sweet in real life as she is in her blog. I love her random sweet posts. Please give her a visit. It’s a Wonderful Life .
 Melissa, Zoe, Stella, and Rowan. I’ve actually met her 3 times now (here, here and here). A very sweet little family. Melissa is currently planning her wedding for this summer! Yay! Give her a visit. Hi, Baby.

Kelsey, Braedon, Eli, and Coral. I’m sure you’ve all seen me talk about this lady before. She’s a real life friend (I’ve blogged about her a lot). And, she blogs! She’s actually been blogging FOREVER. She’s an amazing writer. Please check her out. K.B. Squared.

That second round of favorite blogs. I will share more later! I hope you all give these ladies a visit! I started a linky up with my last favorite bloggers post and it will be open for a very long time! If you’d like to link up your favorite bloggers, please link your post below.

ONE more thing…

So, the other day I noticed that I had 900 followers! When I remember (which doesn’t usually happen)… I like to give a shout out to my followers! BUT, the 900th follower doesn’t have a link to a blog or anything… 🙁 SO, I just want to say “HEY!” to a couple of new followers around her!

My 899th follower: Rachel from Wildflower Photography and A Little Bit Vintage.

AND… just because I LOVE finding new blogs and want to share with you… here’s my 898th follower: Shelly from That Girl Blogs 2011

Who are your favorite bloggers? I’d love to see them! Happy Thursday everyone!
Do you have a moment to spare two clicks for my blog? Thank you so much!
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Chelsey

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{Blog Love Search Label: Blog Love}

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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Hot Vliggity Vlog on Vednesday

{So, a few other bloggers and I have recently tried out vlogging for the first time. And, we liked seeing ourselves on video SO much… we decided to do it again. ;D I think this may be a weekly thing. We’re going to come up with topics that we’ll all talk about and record a vlog. So here we are… here’s my very virst vliggity vlog vor Vednesday. I’ll still be doing my Wordless{ish} Wednesdays (link up below)… but, now there will be a vlog to go along with the cute Ruari photos! Actually, I’ve really been enjoying watching other vlogs. It’s kind of fun to see what a blogger is like in real life.}
{I ran across this blog, Eighty MPH Mom. She offers up 3 questions each week and asks her readers to answer them in a blog post… preferably in vlog form. So, for this week I talked about her first two questions and then sort of answered a couple other questions my readers had for me.}
{The questions from Eighty MPH Mom for this week:
1. Do you have Spring flowers (or any flowers) blooming in your yard right now? Show us!
2. Are you watching American Idol this season? What do you think about the new judges?
3. Tell us something that happened to you last week!}


{I hope you all enjoyed that! I know it was hard for me to watch (just can’t get used to seeing me on video… but, I’ll keep up with it!).}
{I encourage you all to vlog with us! If you do vlog this week and would like to link up, feel free to link your vlog post up to the linky below. Put “vlog” in the title if you vlog.}
{Let me know if there are any other topics you’d like to see us talk about in vlog form in the future.}

{I hope you take a moment to view the other bloggers that are talking about the same subjects this week:

{Can we get a vote today?}
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{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… (Wordless Wednesday HQ, 5 Minutes For Mom, Parenting by Dummies, A Beautiful Mess, Go Graham Go, Supermom, Live and Love Outloud, and My Wee View.). Happy Wednesday to all of you! Don’t forget to check the announcements above the posts. Giveaways and the photo challenges!}

My hairclip in the video is from: Twenty Five Designs. 😀

Chelsey

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The Directory is up!

 
So, the directory is up and running (Click here to check it out)! I have the first 20 up! More to come for sure! Just takes a little time to put them together. I’ll be capping the submissions at 200 (for now)… so, there’s about 100 spots left if you want in! Here’s what I’ll need from you:

If you’d like in… please email me here at my Paper Heart Camera email. My other email gets pretty full and I don’t want to lose anything. 🙂
Include the following in the email:
– Name (or name you like to go by)
– Blog Name
– Blog URL
– A short SHORT description of your blog/you
– Do you have a shop(s)? Include the name and URL
Optional:
– Self portrait photo

MORE STUFF: New fun giveaway! Win a custom Sadie Ryan Keepsake Tile!!!

And… because I haven’t for a while… My 365 challenge:
48{365}: Laureli
49{365}: Why are you doing that?
50{365}: Pistachio
51{365}: Danny B/W
52{365}: Fat City
53{365}: Cheese and Peanut Butter
54{365}: Sketchy
55{365}: Snow Day.
Sweet Shot Day
56{365}: Tile
57{365}: Getting blurry.
58{365}: Coral and Ruari FBFF
Again: thanks to EVERYONE that has been voting for me! 
You are welcome to vote each day! Thanks! VOTE HERE or below.
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Chelsey

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