Don’t forget to vote for your favorite holiday card/photo! Voting ends tonight!!!
Do you have a moment to vote for my blog?
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Leave a Comment
Categories: Uncategorized
I Heart Faces: Self portrait
WINNER of the Barely Measured gift certificate is….
Random.org chose the lucky winner of the Barely Measured Gift Certificate! The winner is…
That would be Selena from Stoneyville!
Congrats! I’ll contact you through email!
AND, just wanted to remind you all to vote for your favorite holiday card! The voting closes on Monday night. There have already been over 400 unique votes! AND, there are about 10 cards duking it out to win a spot in the top 4!
VOTE HERE!
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Categories: Uncategorized
Have you voted?
…………………………..
1. In My Home
OOOOoookay… It’s not my home. It’s my mom’s. Same difference.
2. It’s beginning to look a lot like…
3. Sweet Treat
Shhhhh! No one tell Ashley I pulled this photo from last week! š
4. Time
This is what time is like for me. A big blur. I never know what time… day… date it is. Is it Halloween yet?
5. Everyday
I spy a baby… being naughty. Everyday.
Can I get a vote from you?
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Categories: Uncategorized
VOTE for your favorite holiday card!
Oh man. I can’t even BEGIN to tell you all how HARD it was for the other judges and I to choose the top 20! There were 61 entries into the 1st annual Holiday Card Challenge. Wow. Everything was so creative and cute! But, we did have to narrow it down to 20 to prep for the voting! Well… we did it. As hard as it was, we finally chose 20.
You have until Monday 11:59 PM Pacific Time to vote for your favorite holiday card/photo! There will be 4 winners! SO, let your friends and family know! Lots of goodies to win! You can only vote once… and results will be hidden (I like to keep the results secret… keeps it exciting :D). Vote for the photo you think deserves to win! Have fun!!!
1.
 |
| {Entry} |
2.
 |
| {Entry} |
3.
 |
| {Entry} |
4.
 |
| {Entry} |
5.
 |
| {Entry} |
6.
 |
| {Entry} |
7.
 |
| {Entry} |
8.
 |
| {Entry} |
9.
 |
| {Entry} |
10.
 |
| {Entry} |
11.
 |
| {Entry} |
12.
 |
| {Entry} |
13.
 |
| {Entry} |
14.
 |
| {Entry} |
15.
 |
| {Entry} |
16.
 |
| {Entry} |
17.
 |
| {Entry} |
18.
 |
| {Entry} |
19.
 |
| {Entry} |
20.
 |
| {Entry} |
Remember, you can only vote once. Voting ends Monday night at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Share on Facebook, twitter, and on your blog! Vote!
Go ahead and click here to see all the prizes!
Do you have a moment to vote for my blog?
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Categories: Uncategorized
Paper Mama Photo Challenge:
This weeks guest judge: ME!
This weeks challenge: Blessings.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) from your holiday meal or from Thanksgiving day. Or, if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, a photo of you and your loved ones together. A photo of your blessings.
My examples of “Blessings”:
Ruari’s first Thanksgiving! She had her first taste of turkey (in a jar)… at first she wasn’t too sure about it… But, that quickly changed. She LOVED it.
……………………..
Here are a couple links to some free photo editing software if you don’t already have something:
Picnik
Picasa
Gimp
Pixlr
……………………..
There always has to be rules… I know, boring right? But, it’s to help me and you. š 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 December 9th…
……………………..
Guess what…. after 4 challenges there will be a week long vote off of the winners from the 4 previous challenges… 1 more challenge to go…
Winners so far:
Cozy: … Hi, Baby. …
Eyes: … Bunch of Barrons …
Black and White: … Window to my Soul …
Blessings: … no one yet …
And, if you all get a moment…. I’d LOVE a vote! š
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Categories: Uncategorized
AND, the winner of the Paper Mama Black and White challenge is…
NOT ALWAYS PICTURE PERFECT
This weeks guest judge:
Tez from: Not Always Picture Perfect.
This weeks challenge: Black and White.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) in a black and white photo. This week I’m encouraging you to work with photo editing programs. Just play with it and have fun. I’ll include some links to some free editing programs (If you don’t already have one).
Tezzie’s picks:
1) Why Tezzie chose this photo: “This is such a fun shot, where the viewer immediately gets drawn in. Itās a beautiful b/w conversion, has stunning lighting, and is nice and sharp…but what makes the shot, of course, is the hilarious expression on her face…it actually made me laugh out loud, which is hard to do!”
 |
| {Window to my soul} |
Congrats! Please feel free to grab a “fact: I’m awesome … #1 winner” button below. Because: you ARE awesome! And, thank you SO much for participating!
2) Why Tezzie chose this photo: “Sweet Minty captured my heart early on, this week…I couldnāt get this image out of my mind; his soulful eyes, looking slightly ashamed yet playful at the same time…it makes me think heās just got a ātalking toā for playing with the tree, but he just wants to go right back to it again! A fun holiday photo, taken from a great point of view…and, that added twinkle is like the ācherry on topā :D”
 |
| {These Are the Days, the Time is Now} |
3) Why Tezzie chose this photo: “I love a photo that tells a story…that chubby little hand, trying to reach the dog is absolutely precious! Seeing it, makes ME want to reach out and pet the dog too J . This is a great example of how converting a photo into black and white helps enchance it…I think colours would have distracted from the scene too much, and having it in b/w created instead a timeless shot!”
 |
| {Holly Days} |
4) Why Tezzie chose this photo: “Just sweetness; summer fun in the sun, the mischief in the smile, the crinkled nose…and, oh those curls! Lighting is the key ingredient in this one…taking a good picture in full sun is hard to do as it can create such harsh contrasts, but in this case it works FOR the photo, highlighting those perfect curls. One canāt help but to fall in love with this sweet little boy <3″
 |
| {Stepping on Cheerios} |
5) Why Tezzie chose this photo: “I love the softness of this black and white conversion, that has a hint towards sepia without it being too much. He is so intent on his task, and what makes this so special to me, is the timeless quality the photo posesses…”
 |
| {Alita Jewel} |
Congrats to the top 5 winners! Great job, and please feel free to grab the top 5 button below! You’re all awesome!
My favorites (in no particular order):
 |
| {Dash Photography} |
 |
| {Being What I Want to Be} |
 |
| {It’s Just Jenn} |
 |
| {Chronicles of Corbin} |
 |
| {Find Your Happiness} |
 |
| {Rhianne Lightfoot} |
If you’re one of my favorites you are more than welcome to grab a “Paper mama hearts me” button below!
We also wanted to give a couple shout outs…
 |
| {My Life My World My Blessings} |
 |
| {Super Piper Calle Docious} |
 |
| {Crosbie Crew} |
Guess what…. after 4 challenges there will be a week long vote off of the winners from the 4 previous challenges… 1 more challenge to go…
Winners so far:
Cozy: … Hi, Baby. …
Eyes: … Bunch of Barrons …
Black and White: … Window to my Soul …
Blessings: … no one yet …
And, if you all get a moment…. I’d LOVE a vote! š
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Categories: Uncategorized
Hello Photo Challenges!
First off an Announcement: Today is THE last day to enter your holiday photo/card into my Holiday Card Challenge!!!!!!!! MANY prizes for FOUR winners. It’s so fun, you should totally join in! You have until tonight at 11:59 PM Pacific Time to link up (Don’t tell anyone…. BUT… I’m pretty laid back and will accept a submission through email if the Linky is closed. But, I am opening my email tomorrow morning at 6:00 AM Pacific Time. After that… We’re closed!)
…………………………
Well, another week of accidentally taking time off from photo challenges!!! I don’t really notice when I’m doing it… but, it’s a nice recharge! I’m ready to play.
- Fix my photo @ Trendy Treehouse:
Before:
Fix 1:
I touched up the contrast and brightness. Cloned out the people on the right. And, cropped. That sun flare across there faces was totally driving me nuts! So, I approached this another way…
Fix 2:
Yeah, I liked the silhouette better… even though you can’t see the faces anymore! š
- Fix it Friday:
Before:
After 1:
After 2:
- Macro Friday, Before and After:
Before: SOOC
After:
- Sky Watch Friday, And then she snapped:
Do you see it? The reflection of the sky in my ornament?
A vote on this lovely Friday for the Paper Mama blog?
OOOOOooooh… and ONE more thing: we have a winner for the Padalily Carseat Cushion!
That would be Kel from Then There Were 5! Yay! Congrats! I will be emailing you.
Would ya could ya? Vote for me?
Categories: Uncategorized
